State sues Flathead County over prerelease center decision
Greenwood Village Inn & Suites on Tuesday, Sept. 3. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Casey Kreider
The Montana Department of Corrections is suing Flathead County for refusing to allow a prerelease center to operate in Evergreen.
The state has filed a lawsuit in Flathead County District Court alleging that the county Board of Adjustments, which voted on Oct. 1 to deny a conditional use permit for the center, “abused its discretion when it acted beyond its legal authority” and “resorted to speculation lacking in facts and foundation” as part of the decision.
The Department of Corrections has sought to turn the former Greenwood Village Inn & Suites hotel on East Oregon Street into a 90-bed prerelease facility. The Montana Legislature last year set aside $7.1 million in funding for a prerelease center in Kalispell.
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