As a result of the pandemic more people than before have been behind bars for months at the Montana State Hospital’s forensic facility pending charges without adequate mental health treatment. Katheryn Houston of Kaiser Health News reports as of March 1st, 71 people were waiting for treatment or an evaluation at the 54-bed forensic unit ...
New Report Finds Nearly Half Of Montana Schools’ Water With Excessive Lead Levels
Of the 222 Montana schools that had turned in water samples by mid-February Kaiser Health News reports 110 had at least one water fixture with lead levels higher than 15 parts per billion. Montana Correspondent Katheryn Houghton reports a new state rule requires those fixtures be immediately be shut off. For many finding the money to fix the p...
COVID-Protection Funds For Montana Prisons Not Yet Spent
Kaiser Health News reporter Katheryn Houghton reports Montana has yet to spend any of the $2.5 million in federal aid it received last summer to boost COVID detection and mitigation in the state’s prison and jails. That’s because the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention raised concerns about the state’s spending plan causing the st...