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Commissioners direct staff to negotiate stricter MOU language with DOC for proposed prerelease site
Summary
Flathead County commissioners reviewed a proposed memorandum of understanding (MOU) from the Montana Department of Corrections for a DOC-managed prerelease facility and instructed staff to seek clarifications and stronger protections on definitions, reporting, penalties and community notification.
Flathead County commissioners on April 16 reviewed a memorandum of understanding draft from the Montana Department of Corrections (DOC) related to operations at a proposed DOC-managed prerelease facility and instructed county staff to seek clarifications and stronger protections before agreeing to terms.
County Administrator Pete Melnick said he had circulated the DOC draft and a comparative analysis and that Charity Yonker, an attorney for the DOC, had most recently provided the MOU text. “If you guys want to come up with a counter proposal, I can send it back to the DOC,” Melnick told commissioners.
Commissioners focused on several substantive items: the need to define “sanctioned beds,” clarify…
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