Montana Department of Corrections

The Montana Department of Corrections is a state agency of Montana that operates state prisons and manages community-corrections programs. The agency has its headquarters in Helena.

Adult secure facilities

 * Male
 * Montana State Prison (Unincorporated Powell County, near Deer Lodge)
 * Private/regional prisons for men
 * Cascade County Regional Prison (Great Falls)
 * Crossroads Correctional Facility (Unincorporated Toole County, near Shelby), privately operated by the Corrections Corporation of America
 * Dawson County Correctional Facility (Glendive)


 * Female
 * Montana Women's Prison (Billings)

Adult Community Corrections
Operated by the state, county government or private nonprofits under contract with the state.
 * Missoula Assessment and Sanction Center, Missoula
 * Nexus Meth Treatment Center (males), Lewistown
 * Elkhorn Meth Treatment Center (females), Boulder
 * START revocation and sanction center, Anaconda
 * Connections Corrections, Butte and Warm Springs
 * WATCh DUI treatment program, Warm Springs and Glendive
 * Treasure State Correctional Training Center (boot camp), Deer Lodge
 * Passages Women's Center, Billings
 * Pine Hills Correctional Facility, Miles City
 * Prerelease centers in Billings, Bozeman, Butte, Great Falls, Helena and Missoula
 * Probation and parole offices in 23 communities

Youth Services Division
The Youth Services Division operates juvenile correctional facilities. Pine Hills Youth Correctional Facility in unincorporated Custer County, near Miles City, serves delinquent boys. Riverside Youth Correctional Facility, a 20-bed facility for girls, is located in Boulder.

Youth Community Corrections
The Youth Community Corrections Bureau forms the youth parole network.


 * Youth Transition Centers, Great Falls
 * Juvenile parole