Montana Code Annotated 2019

TITLE 7. LOCAL GOVERNMENT

CHAPTER 32. LAW ENFORCEMENT

Part 22. Detention Centers

Powers Of Detention Center Administrators

7-32-2234. Powers of detention center administrators. A detention center administrator is responsible for the immediate management and control of the detention center subject to general policies and programs established pursuant to the agreement provided for in 7-32-2201(2) and any applicable interlocal agreement. The powers of an administrator and detention center personnel employed under the administrator's authority include control over inmates:

(1) within the confines and grounds of the detention center; and

(2) outside the detention center confines and grounds while transporting any inmate or in the hot pursuit or apprehension of any escapee.

History: En. Sec. 4, Ch. 447, L. 1985; amd. Sec. 27, Ch. 461, L. 1989; amd. Sec. 705, Ch. 61, L. 2007.