ANACONDA — I’m in one of the cells of the new $25 million STEP correctional facility built near Anaconda that hopes to relieve some of the burden of an already overcrowded correctional system by concentrating on treatment and intensive counseling for low-level offenders.

“We’re excited, I think it will benefit, certainly the offender, but for public safety, our communities, our state, the Department of Corrections, it’s a win, win, win,” said Mike Thatcher, CEO of Community Counseling & Corrections Services, Inc., during a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday.

John Emeigh reports - watch the video here: New Montana facility will house and treat low-level sex offenders

The Specialized Treatment Enhanced Program, or STEP, is a partnership between the Department of Corrections and the CCC

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