| Number of Prisons | 4 prisons including an Honor Farm, a Boot Camp, and one women's prison holding just over 100 women. |
Number of Prisoners
| Wyoming reported 1,923 prisoners to the Bureau of Justice Statistics for its mid-year 2004 report [1]. (Link goes directly to a PDF file on the BJS site.) |
| Women Prisoners | Number not available on their website or through BJS
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| State Population | 501,000 (based on latest figures from the US Census [2]) |
| DOC Budget | Not reported on their website or through BJS |
DOC website
| http://doc.state.wy.us/corrections.asp [3] there is very little statistical info or budget info, and no visiting info except for addresses of prisons.
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Death Penalty?
| Yes
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Newspapers
| The main newspaper that covers stories related to prisons and corrections policy is the Billings Gazette [4] (MT). You can see a fairly complete list of Wyoming newspapers here [5]. |
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| NIC Statistics | You can see the National Institute of Corrections stats on Wyoming here [6]. The stats are mostly "per 100,000 people," based on the figures the state reports to the Federal Government. |
WY stats
| The University of Wyoming's Wyoming Survey and Analysis Center [7] conducts some criminal justice research. |
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| Drug Court Analysis | The WSAC has produced an evaluation of Wyoming's drug courts [8]. This link takes you directly to a large PDF file, so your screen may appear to be blank while it loads. |
| Prison Expansion | Wyoming is currently planning to expand its prison system. |
