Criminal justice reform solutions await lawmaker action
Outside experts have found targeted solutions to Wyoming’s incarceration crisis. But will legislators move them forward?
bob lampert
Psych., drug treatment gaps drive Wyoming’s prison problem
Cops, docs and bureaucrats all agree holes in mental health and substance abuse treatment go hand-in-hand with Wyoming’s prison crowding problem.
Criminal justice reform gets a shot in the arm
Wyoming gets outside researchers funded by the U.S. Department of Justice to look for reforms. But will they convince the state’s prosecutors?
Draft budget relies on savings, avoids major cuts
Lawmakers drew heavily on savings to write the state’s two-year budget. Big cuts were largely avoided but some programs took hits.
Cuts to prison drug treatment come back to bite budget
Lawmakers’ and Gov. Matt Mead’s decision to cut $4.5 million from substance abuse programs in prisons is costing the state money, WDOC director said.
