1. MCA Contents
  2. TITLE 53
  3. CHAPTER 1
  4. Part 2
  5. 53-1-201 Purpose of department of corrections

Montana Code Annotated 2021

TITLE 53. SOCIAL SERVICES AND INSTITUTIONS

CHAPTER 1. GENERAL ADMINISTRATION OF INSTITUTIONS

Part 2. Department of Corrections

Purpose Of Department Of Corrections

53-1-201. Purpose of department of corrections. The department of corrections shall use at maximum efficiency the resources of state government in a coordinated effort to:

(1) develop and maintain comprehensive services and programs in the field of adult and youth corrections; and

(2) provide for the custody, assessment, care, supervision, treatment, education, rehabilitation, and work and skill development of formerly adjudicated delinquent youth who are referred or committed to the department.

History: En. Sec. 1, Ch. 199, L. 1965; amd. Sec. 38, Ch. 120, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 80-1401; amd. Sec. 69, Ch. 609, L. 1987; amd. Sec. 4, Ch. 262, L. 1991; amd. Sec. 393, Ch. 546, L. 1995; amd. Sec. 69, Ch. 550, L. 1997; amd. Sec. 46, Ch. 339, L. 2021.