Like local jails nationwide, Montana's small holding facilities have become institutions of last resort as patients in mental ...

HARRISBURG, Ark. (KAIT) - The Poinsett County jail expansion is complete. The jail added 20 more beds to its facility. “It’s ...

On April 14 he tested positive for a psychoactive substance and the next day a prison officer went to his cell to give him paperwork ... cellmate sitting on his bed, staring into space.

Prisoners, some held in this isolation cell ... bed. Some reject care in the meantime. “We’re not really helping them,” Bontadelli said. “They feel like they’re in prison.” ...

Some are held there for months as they wait for an open bed at the Montana State Hospital ... chances are they’ll be locked in a basement jail cell the size of a walk-in closet.