Montana State Legislature

The LJIC is responsible for monitoring the activities of the Office of the State Public Defender (OPD), the Department of Corrections (DOC), the Department of Justice (DOJ), and any entities attached to those agencies for administrative purposes. The administratively attached entities that the LJIC monitors are:

• the Board of Pardons and Parole (attached to DOC);
• the Gaming Advisory Council (attached to DOJ); and
• the Public Safety Officer Standards and Training (POST) Council (attached to DOJ until July 1, 2019, when it is staffed by a bureau of the DOJ).

The committee also serves as the liaison to the Judicial Branch.

In addition to reviewing the agency's statutorily required reports, administrative rules, and proposed legislation, the LJIC also monitors the operations of the agency with specific attention to:

• identification of issues likely to require future legislative attention;
• opportunities to improve existing law through the analysis of problems; and
• the experiences of Montana's citizens with the operation of the agency that may be amenable to improvement through legislative action.

Judicial Branch Liaison

• Pretrial Project Update memo, May 2019 -- Office of Court Administrator
• 2019 Fiscal Year End report, November 2019 -- Legislative Fiscal Division
• Pretrial Project Update memo, September 2020 -- Office of Court Administrator

Department of Corrections

• Letter re prison visitation, June 2019 -- DOC
• Department handouts at September 2019 LJIC meeting
  • Vision and Mission Statement
  • Objectives, Activities, and Metrics
  • Fact Sheet: Evidence Based Programs
  • Victim Services
• LJIC letter to Governor Bullock re Criminal Justice Oversight Council -- Sept. 2019
• Standards of Medical Care in a Correctional Setting -- follow up from September 2019 LJIC meeting
• 2019 Fiscal Year End report, November 2019 -- Legislative Fiscal Division
• Department materials for November 2019 LJIC meeting
  • Presentation slides: Grievances
  • Inmate Grievance Flowchart
  • Factsheet: Montana State Prison Visiting Program Facts and Figures
  • Brochure: Visitor scheduling
  • Montana State Prison visitation schedule
• Department materials for January 2020 LJIC meeting
  • Montana Incentives and Interventions Grid (MIIG), 6/2019 version
  • Summary of the Evidence Based Correctional Program Checklist
  • Final Report: CPC for Sex Offender Program at Montana State Prison
  • Presentation slides: Evidence Based Correctional Program Checklist
• Department materials for March 30, 2020, LJIC meeting
  • Presentation slides: COVID-19
• Department materials for May 12, 2020, LJIC meeting
  • Presentation slides: COVID-19
  • Fact Sheet: Prison Issues Board
• Sentinel testing update #1, May 26, 2020
• LJIC Letter to the Department, June 2, 2020
  • DOC response, June 10, 2020
  • Additional information on programming and waitlists, July 7, 2020
• Department materials for June 30, 2020, LJIC informational briefing
  • Presentation slides: COVID-19
• Department materials for July 13, 2020, LJIC meeting
  • Presentation slides: COVID-19
  • Update: COVID-19 Effects on PREA Audits and Compliance -- July 10, 2020
• Department responses to LJIC questions from July 13, 2020, meeting
• Department materials for September 14, 2020, LJIC meeting
  • Presentation slides

Board of Pardons and Parole

• Memo: Parolees Awaiting Release Data, September 2019 -- Board of Pardons and Parole
• Parole release data through May 2020 -- Board of Pardons and Parole
• Chart: Release Data, FY 2013 through April 2020 -- Board of Pardons and Parole

Department of Justice

• 2019 Fiscal Year End report, November 2019 -- Legislative Fiscal Division

Office of State Public Defender

• 2019 Fiscal Year End report, November 2019 -- Legislative Fiscal Division
• FY19 and FY20 Report to the Governor, Legislature, and Supreme Court
• OPD Annual Report, 2020

Miscellaneous

• Brochure: Interim Budget Changes -- Legislative Fiscal Division