Montana Title 53. Social Services and Institutions § 53-1-202. Department of corrections

(a) a state prison as defined in 53-30-101;

(b) appropriate community-based programs for the placement, supervision, and rehabilitation of adult felons who meet the criteria developed by the department for placement:

(c) the Montana correctional enterprises prison industries training program authorized by 53-30-131.

(a) Pine Hills correctional facility or other correctional facility as defined in 41-5-103; and

(b) any other facility or program under contract with the department that provides custody and services for delinquent youth.

(5)(a) A legislator must be admitted into the following correctional facilities or programs at any time subject to any immediate safety or security needs of the correctional facility or program:

(b) A legislator seeking access to a correctional facility or program listed in subsection (5)(a) is subject to the routine security inspection procedures of the facility or program.

(c) A department of corrections contract with a correctional facility or program listed in subsection (2) or (3) must specify that the correctional facility or program shall grant access to a legislator pursuant to this subsection (5).

(d) If a legislator is denied entrance under subsection (5)(a), the facility or program must enumerate why access was denied and provide a reasonable estimate of when access will be granted.