53-30-101. Location and function of prisons -- definitions. (1) The correctional facility at Deer Lodge is the Montana state prison, and its primary function is to provide for the custody, treatment, training, and rehabilitation of adult male criminal offenders.
     (2) The correctional facility located in Billings is the Montana women's prison, and its primary function is to provide for the custody, treatment, training, and rehabilitation of adult female criminal offenders.
     (3) As used in this title, unless the context indicates otherwise, the following definitions apply:
     (a) "Montana state prison" means the correctional facility located at Deer Lodge.
     (b) "Montana women's prison" or "women's prison" means the correctional facility located at Billings.
     (c) "State prison" means:
     (i) the Montana state prison;
     (ii) the Montana women's prison;
     (iii) a state correctional facility portion of a Montana regional correctional facility;
     (iv) a detention center in another jurisdiction detaining inmates from Montana pursuant to 53-30-106;
     (v) a private correctional facility licensed by the department of corrections or a private correctional facility portion of a Montana regional correctional facility licensed by the department of corrections; or
     (vi) a combination of the facilities listed in this subsection (3)(c).

     History: En. Sec. 24, Ch. 199, L. 1965; R.C.M. 1947, 80-1901; amd. Sec. 9, Ch. 651, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 15, Ch. 579, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 26, Ch. 624, L. 1993; amd. Sec. 62, Ch. 18, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 505, Ch. 546, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 24, Ch. 189, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 15, Ch. 491, L. 1999.