Montana State Prison

A Montana State Prison guard has been accused smuggling methamphetamine and marijuana into the prison in exchange for cash.

BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — The man who shot and killed two students on the Montana State University campus in 1990 will have his second chance at parole after 24 years in prison. The Bozeman Daily Chronicle reports that 44-year-old Brett Byers is scheduled to appear before the Montana Board of Pardons and Parole on Wednesday at the Montana State Prison...

State officials are breathing a sigh of relief after Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell said the Greater Sage Grouse did not warrant protection under the Endangered Species Act.

Just before Christmas of 2013, seven individuals were caught in a sex sting operation conducted by several law enforcement agencies, including the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force.

70 year-old habitual sexual offender William Suthers of Missoula learned on Friday that he could very likely be spending the rest of his life in prison.

Beau Donaldson, the former Grizzly football player who confessed to raping a childhood friend, and is now serving a 10 year term in the Montana State Prison, had his first parole hearing in Deer Lodge on Friday.

State officials are exploring options to ease the growing prison population at the Montana State Prison in Deer Lodge.

On Tuesday, November 12, Emmit Hogsten, 45, received a sentence of 50 years in the Montana State Prison with 30 years suspended after he stabbed his wife, Jennifer, repeatedly until the knife broke and she escaped to a nearby business.

A Missoula man who shot his wife in the face with a .22 caliber rifle was sentenced in Missoula District Court on Tuesday, November 12 to 20 years in the Montana State Prison, with 10 years suspended.

Tom George Vineyard, 38, of Missoula, charged with driving onto a North 5th Street sidewalk on May 16, striking two sisters and killing one of them, has pleaded guilty to two felonies.