Crossroads Correctional Facility

Crossroads Correctional Facility
Location 50 Crossroads Drive
Shelby, Montana
Capacity 664
Managed by Corrections Corporation of America
For the state prison in Missouri, see Crossroads Correctional Center.

Crossroads Correctional Facility is prison for men located in unincorporated Toole County, Montana just west of Shelby. The facility is privately operated by the Corrections Corporation of America.[1] It is the only private prison in the state.[2]

The facility houses detainees under contract with the Montana Department of Corrections[3] and the United States Marshals Service.[1] The facility opened in 1999 and is "multi-security".

Crossroads was the detention site for Montana medical marijuana provider Richard Flor, who died a few months into his five-year federal sentence, allegedly because of a lack of appropriate medical care.[4][5] As of December 2014, former National Football League quarterback Ryan Leaf was released from the facility on good behavior.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 cca.com/facilities/crossroads-correctional-facility#
  2. ↑ "Department of Corrections - private.mcpx". cor.mt.gov. Retrieved 2014-01-30.
  3. ↑ "Department of Corrections - default.mcpx". cor.mt.gov. Retrieved 2014-01-30.
  4. ↑ "Montana's First Registered Medical Marijuana Caregiver Dies in Federal Prison - Hit & Run : Reason.com". reason.com. Retrieved 2014-01-30.
  5. ↑ "Ex-medical marijuana provider dies in custody". billingsgazette.com. Retrieved 2014-01-30.
  6. ↑ "Montana Dept of Correction Offender Search Network - Ryan Leaf". Montana Department of Correction. Retrieved May 1, 2014.

Coordinates: 48°30′07″N 111°53′35″W / 48.50208°N 111.89313°W / 48.50208; -111.89313

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