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Women at Montana correctional center urge new treatment-focused facility
Summary
Incarcerated women and a chemical-dependency counselor urged state officials to preserve and expand treatment programs and build a new, treatment-oriented women's correctional facility, citing cramped space, aging infrastructure and budget pressures.
Women incarcerated at a state women's correctional center urged officials to build a new, treatment-oriented facility and preserve existing rehabilitation programs, saying the current building is overcrowded, physically inadequate and limits treatment options.
An unnamed inmate who spoke at the meeting said the center's treatment programs had changed her life: "We are not a bunch of misguided little girls. No. We're we're grown women. We've made mistakes. We've come here and this correctional center has offered an opportunity that a lot of us, either never had out there or never realized that we needed to take advantage of." She added she was due to leave on parole the next day and expected to remain…
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