Word coming soon on women’s prison — BRIEFS

Montana’s Department of Corrections is reviewing seven potential sites for its new women’s prison, including Boulder, and expects to announce the results next month.

The other locations are Anaconda, Big Horn County, and Butte-Silver Bow, as well as existing DOC facilities in Deer Lodge, Billings, and Miles City, according to DOC Communications Director Carolynn Stocker, who said the department expects to reveal its findings in mid-January.

At that point, the DOC may announce its chosen location or require further analysis. The next step “is dependent on the results of the site analysis,” Stocker said in an email. “For example, if two locations garner similar results, we would investigate those in a more detailed manner.”