Montana Focus

Originally a bi-weekly news public affairs series hosted by Gene Brodeur, this program now consists of 5 specials throughout the year. Programs tackle issues across the state relating to politics and government, natural resources, business development, and social changes. In each program Gene visits with newspaper editors in Montana's communities to target the current headlines. Produced by Gene Brodeur and Scott Sterling for KUSM-TV/MontanaPBS, MSU-Bozeman.
 
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Montana's Prisons: A Growth Industry - Part 2  (No. 211)
Part two of the Montana Focus series on corrections features an interview with Warden James MacDonald at the Crossroads Correctional Center in Shelby, and a visit with inmates Robert Bone and Higinio Gonzalez. At the Juvenile Girls Facility in Boulder, we interview Superintendent Cindy McKenzie. For our OP-ED segment we talk to Editor Barbara Simonetti of the Shelby Promoter. Finally, KTVQ-Billings reporter Kaycee Murray introduces us to a Billings pilot who just returned from relief work for Tsunami victims.
First Aired Thursday, February 24, 2005

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