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Inside Flathead County Jail: The crisis behind the $105 million bond

by HANNAH SHIELDSTAYLOR INMAN
Daily Inter Lake/Report for America | October 27, 2025 12:00 AM

Inside the Flathead County Jail, aging pipes leak sewage, officers walk 12-hour shifts through overcrowded cells, and inmates struggling with mental health have nowhere to turn. 

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