Montana likes to think of itself as rugged, practical, and allergic to nonsense. That makes our parole system such a puzzling outlier. On paper, parole exists. In practice, it’s mostly ...

The state’s probation and parole system is no effective alternative to prison, the American Civil Liberties Union of Montana said in a new report, calling it “an onerous regime that is anything but ...

Montana's parole board on Wednesday rejected a clemency application from Barry Beach, meaning he will continue to serve a 100-year prison sentence for the 1979 slaying of a high-school classmate on ...

HELENA – Members of a legislative law and justice panel Friday directed its staff to draft bills to monitor and narrow the powers of the Montana Parole Board when it grants parole to prison inmates.

HELENA — Montana's parole board has decided to release former quarterback Ryan Leaf to authorities in Texas, where he was recently sentenced for violating his probation. The ex-San Diego Chargers and ...