Montana Code 7-32-2203. Who may be confined in a detention center
7-32-2203. Who may be confined in a detention center. Detention centers are used as follows:
Terms Used In Montana Code 7-32-2203
- Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
- Detention center: means a facility established and maintained by an appropriate entity for the purpose of confining arrested persons or persons sentenced to the detention center. See Montana Code 7-32-2241
- Process: means a writ or summons issued in the course of judicial proceedings. See Montana Code 1-1-202
- State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See Montana Code 1-1-201
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
(1)for the detention of persons committed in order to secure their attendance as witnesses in criminal cases;
(2)for the detention of persons charged with crime and committed for trial;
(3)for the confinement of persons committed for contempt or upon civil process or by other authority of law;
(4)for the confinement of persons sentenced to imprisonment therein upon conviction of a crime;
(5)for the confinement of persons sentenced to the state prison, as agreed upon by the state and the administrator in charge of the detention center.