MONTANA JUSTICE: Power, Punishment, & the Penitentiary

During Montana's early territorial years, "criminal justice" was almost nonexistent. In 1871, the federal government funded a penitentiary in Deer Lodge that was turned over to Montana when it achieved statehood in 1889. Edgerton provides a social history of the Montana Penitentiary, with a primary focus on its early, formative years. Photos.