Staff Services Division
The Staff Services Division is headquartered at Central Office in Helena and has staff remotely located at Montana State Prison, the Department Training Center in Deer Lodge and the Pine Hills Youth Correctional Facility in Miles City. The Division supports department Administrators through the following functional subdivisions:
Human Resource Bureau: provides human resource management and consulting services to the department. Oversees agency compliance with Federal and State employment and Civil Rights laws; position classification; employee compensation & benefits; labor relations and contract administration; recruitment & selection and employee discipline and commendations.
- Career Opportunities
- Employment Orientation Manual
- Personnel Manual
Professional Development Bureau: supports the department mission through staff training, education and professional development based on laws and standards of modern, efficient and consistent correctional practices. Bureau staff provides facilitation services to Administrators including system mapping, team building, change management and strategic planning.
- Training Announcements
Policy Unit: administers all policy-related matters for the Department to ensure policies and operating procedures are developed and managed in accordance with applicable national standards, federal and state laws, and Department directives.
- Policies
American Indian Liaison: ensures American Indian inmates' cultural and spiritual concerns and issues are attended to and addressed in an appropriate and professional manner. Prevents, diverts and deters American Indian youth from being involved in an unproductive life style. Educates and brings attention to the non-American Indian community the socio-economic conditions that subsequently lead to crime and an understanding of American Indian Culture.
Contacts:
- Administrator Steve Barry: (406) 444-0406
- Human Resource Bureau Chief Ken McElroy: 444-0445
- Central Office Unit
- Human Resource Specialist Vicki Schiller-Long: (406) 444-4934
- Human Resource Specialist Carol Fah: (406) 444-0439
- Human Resource Specialist Donna Stone: (406) 444-3803
- Human Resource Specialist McKenzie Hannan: (406) 444-2828
- Staff Recruiter Charles Geary: (406) 444-1541
- Montana State Prison Unit (406) 846-1320
- Human Resource Officer Cynthia Davenport: ext.2229
- Human Resource Specialist Wanda Hislop: ext.2202
- Human Resource Specialist Kerry Bruner: ext.2303
- Human Resource Technician Francey Moreni: ext.2203
- Pine Hills Youth Correctional Facility
- Human Resource Specialist Karen Austin: (406) 233-2251
- Central Office Unit
- Staff Development & Training Bureau Chief Curt Swenson: (406) 444-3909
- DOC Training Center (Deer Lodge) (406) 846-1320
- Manager Lisa Hunter: ext.2483
- In-Service Programs Tracy Napier: ext.2420
- Records Management Geri Miller: ext.2307
- Professional Programs Rae Ann Forseth: (406) 444-9819
- IT & Distance Learning Ted Ward: (406) 444-7795
- Basic Programs Tracy Napier: (406) 444-9954
- Adult Community Corrections Bill Barker: (406) 444-7892
- DOC Training Center (Deer Lodge) (406) 846-1320
- Investigations Bureau Chief Dale Tunnell: (406) 444-4761
- Legal Services Bureau Chief Colleen Ambrose: (406) 444-4152
- Staff Attorney Brenda Elias: (406) 444-3918
- Policy Specialist Adrianne Landreth: (406) 444-1680
- American Indian Liaison Myrna Kuka: (406) 444-0403
- Human Resource Bureau Chief Ken McElroy: 444-0445
