Montana’s Department of Corrections (DOC) is considering swapping out the elderly male inmates of Boulder’s Riverside detention center for a cohort of young mother prisoners.
“The department is evaluating the Riverside facility’s role in Montana’s correctional structure and how it would most benefit our critically overcapacity prison system,” DOC Director Brian Gootkin said in a statement. “That may involve a shift in the population living at that facility.”
The DOC said it is unable to provide details until its decision is final. But Jefferson County Commissioner Cory Kirsch revealed at a public meeting in Boulder last week that DOC officials had told him the incoming inmates could be younger female prisoners who have children.
