Alternatives

Passages is a community corrections prerelease center that prepares female adult offenders from the montana state womens prison, federal bureau of prisons, and montana probation and parole. In addition to providing supervision, treatment and rehabilitative programming is provided to the offenders to help and challenge them be successful in their integration into society as productive citizens. Passages also provides two secured supervision and treatment programs for female offenders: an alcohol and drug treatment unit and an assessment, sanction, revocation and hold center.

Jail alternatives and misdemeanor probation provides community corrections, rehabilitative and treatment services to yellowstone, stillwater and carbon counties for over 5,000 community and local offenders. Jail alternatives provides supervision and treatment sevices designed to reduce jail overcrowding, teach responsibility, permit non-dangerous offenders to retain employment, and save taxpayer money. The misdemeanor program provides yellowstone county with pretrial and probationary services with particular effectiveness in dui and partner/family member assault.