Jail Diversion Plan

The Missoula County Commissioners took an important step forward at their Wednesday meeting towards approval of a sweeping jail diversion plan.

The Missoula County Detention Facility was built back in the 1990's with a capacity of 400 inmates, but for quite some time, the jail population has been overcrowded, many times with men and women suffering from mental health and other problems that might not require incarceration.