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State signals intent to relocate prerelease center to 55 Basin Creek Rd; local clubs and nonprofit weigh in
Summary
Butte-Silver Bow officials opened a public hearing on a notice of intent to relocate a state prerelease center to 55 Basin Creek Road, the former Acadia facility; representatives from the Department of Corrections, the Butte Trap Club and a longtime prerelease operator addressed commissioners.
Council members opened a public hearing after staff described a Department of Corrections notice of intent to relocate a prerelease center to 55 Basin Creek Road, a property currently zoned M-1 and identified as the former Acadia facility. Director Crane said the state invoked Montana statute 76-2-402 allowing agencies to use property contrary to local zoning and asked the council to schedule a hearing for Feb. 19, 2025.
Scott Eichner, rehabilitation programs chief for the Montana Department of Corrections, attended as a…
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