Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana
Serving Southern Jefferson County in the Great State of Montana
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Sheriff Don Bell worries about the state of Lake County's jail, which like many in Montana, is regularly filled to capacity. "My jail right now, everybody in there is on a felony charge. There's no minor, misdemeanor people in my jail, so it's really considered a max jail," said Bell. To put this in some perspective, county jails aren't meant to house felony offenders after they receive a sentence, that's the job of state prisons. In Sheriff Bell's 2016 annual report, the Lake County Jail proces...