This January, CoreCivic announced a contract with Montana to hold inmates at its Mississippi prison, an announcement that followed other contracts with CoreCivic’s prison in Arizona. In total, around 600 male inmates — roughly 20 percent of Montana’s adult male prison population — are imprisoned out of state. Those contracts cost the state about $19 million a year.
Author Archives: Christopher Cartwright
Christopher Cartwright is a journalist based in Louisiana. He reports on communities along the lower Mississippi River between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, with coverage ranging from prisons to petrochemical companies. He previously wrote for outlets in New Hampshire, Wisconsin and his home state of Texas.