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After working with the same prison healthcare provider for 18 years, the Wyoming Department of Corrections will enter into a new partnership to care for Wyoming inmates.
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Paul Martin, an administrator for the Wyoming Department of Corrections, said it’s challenging for prisons to compete with other jobs that pay more. An advertisement lists the starting salary for a Wyoming corrections officer at about $18 an hour, while a similar job in Nebraska pays at least $22 an hour,
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A female inmate at the center of a federal discrimination lawsuit against the Wyoming Department of Corrections has lost her appeal after a ruling in the…
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Carbon County has seen a spike in confirmed cases of COVID-19. The county had 83 cases on Friday, and had 154 total cases by Wednesday, August 19.Local…
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A new report from the Council of State Governments Justice Center says Wyoming has some improvements to make in fostering access to post-secondary…
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Those charged with municipal crimes in Riverton can now be sent to a jail nearly 100 miles away in Worland. The city struck a deal to begin sending…
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According to new statistics from the Department of Justice, the country's incarceration rate is continuing to decline. From 2007 to 2017, the U.S. prison…
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For the last three years, Wyoming Pathways from Prison has been offering college courses to incarcerated women and men in Wyoming's five correctional…
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Already this year, two Wyoming inmates have died from apparent suicide. The incidents have raised questions about the impact of staffing and bed…
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Wyoming's prisons are overcrowded and the problem is predicted to get much worse. The Wyoming Department of Corrections was forced to place 88 prisoners…