![This Oct. 29, 2013, file photo shows the Montana Women's Prison in Billings. (Matthew Brown/Associated Press)](https://hagadone.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/photos/2021/06/15/AP721841348994_t1170.jpg?5cc718665ab672dba93d511ab4c682bb370e5f86)
This Oct. 29, 2013, file photo shows the Montana Women's Prison in Billings. (Matthew Brown/Associated Press)
October 29, 2013
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