DEER LODGE - Inmates at Montana State Prison have been without regular water and bathroom access for days after a rupture in the facility's main water supply line was discovered Friday morning.

The Montana National Guard has been using trucks to pump water into the prison's 300,000-gallon water tank to maintain system pressure while crews continue searching for the exact location of the break along the buried waterline.

"We certainly recognize the heightened kind of tension that this scenario could create, so many of our security professionals are out talking to the units to make sure they understand we're doing everything we can to resolve this issue as fast as possible," said Montana Department of Corrections Deputy Director Eric Strauss.

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