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Prisoners should not be profit centers. Montana's privatized prison under review
Montana is examining its role in the corporate warehousing of prisoners. As the Missoulian reports, Montana lawmakers met yesterday to explore whether to purchase Crossroads Correctional Center, a privately run prison in Shelby, when the state's 20-year contract with Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) is up in 2019. Montana would do well to end its reliance on this controversial, for-profit corporation to run one of our state’s largest prisons.
Montana's death penalty protocol is broken
Montana’s death penalty protocol is broken and last week’s court battle of medical experts proved that.
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