1. MCA Contents
  2. TITLE 7
  3. CHAPTER 32
  4. Part 22
  5. 7-32-2203 Who may be confined in a detention center

Montana Code Annotated 2023

TITLE 7. LOCAL GOVERNMENT

CHAPTER 32. LAW ENFORCEMENT

Part 22. Detention Centers

Who May Be Confined In A Detention Center

7-32-2203. Who may be confined in a detention center. Detention centers are used as follows:

(1) for the detention of persons committed in order to secure their attendance as witnesses in criminal cases;

(2) for the detention of persons charged with crime and committed for trial;

(3) for the confinement of persons committed for contempt or upon civil process or by other authority of law;

(4) for the confinement of persons sentenced to imprisonment therein upon conviction of a crime;

(5) for the confinement of persons sentenced to the state prison, as agreed upon by the state and the administrator in charge of the detention center.

History: En. Sec. 3022, Pen. C. 1895; re-en. Sec. 9759, Rev. C. 1907; re-en. Sec. 12468, R.C.M. 1921; Cal. Pen. C. Sec. 1597; re-en. Sec. 12468, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 193, L. 1973; R.C.M. 1947, 16-2803(part); amd. Sec. 17, Ch. 461, L. 1989.