After assessing 10 locations, the Montana Department of Corrections views three places – Boulder, Deer Lodge, and Miles City – as its preferred options for its new women’s prison.
Speaking to a legislative budgeting committee March 18, DOC Director Eric Strauss explained that, of the three, Deer Lodge may be the weakest choice, given that an ongoing expansion there would likely complicate further construction.
“Now we’re in the process of likely paring that down to two,” said Strauss, adding that the DOC is “looking at specifically the opportunities of the land we own in Boulder and in Miles City, a little bit deeper dive to understand what potential exists at both of those locations.”
