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Bozeman resident Ellen Lorraine Van Ausdol, who ran a money management service for court-appointed clients, was sentenced Friday to nine months in prison.

A Montana man dubbed the AK-47 bandit and accused of holding up banks in several states over a five-year period has been sentenced in a Nebraska federal court to 35 years in prison.

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Officials say 330 High Side inmates were restricted to their individual cells and that no inmates or staff members were injured at any point during the four-day lockdown.

James "Whitey" Bulger, the murderous Boston gangster who benefited from a corrupt relationship with the FBI before spending 16 years as one of America's most wanted men, was slain in federal prison.

BOSTON (AP) — Boston gangster James "Whitey" Bulger has been moved again to a prison in West Virginia.
The Federal Bureau of Prisons online inmate log on Tuesday listed Bulger as an inmate at USP Hazelton, a high-security prison with an adjacent minimum security satellite camp…

A debate over private prisons in Montana came to a head this week after Governor Steve Bullock ended negotiations with Core Civic, which runs a private prison in Shelby.

Governor Steve Bullock has granted convicted killer Barry Beach clemency.

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A sentencing date has been set for a man who pleaded no contest for stabbing two sisters to death in January 2012 in their apartment.
Andrew Denning is expected to face Judge Mary Jane McCalla Knisely on Aug. 19...

BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — A former clerk for the Belgrade School District has been sentenced to two years with the Department of Corrections and ordered to pay restitution for embezzling nearly $49,000 over the district over a period of about 18 months.