Montana State Prison Warden lives in two worlds

Photo by Cody Bloomsburg

Warden Mike Mahoney talks to an inmate through the window of an isolation cell at the Montana State Prison. Budget cuts advancing through the Legislature could make his prison more dangerous and push more inmates into community facilities, he says.

Warden worries about the effects of cutting Montana's prison budget

By CODY BLOOMSBURG , Community News Service

UM School of Journalism

DEER LODGE – Warden Mike Mahoney rests his arm on the steel door as if it were his backyard fence and he was talking to a neighbor about a ball game. Through a narrow, bulletproof windo...