Women’s prison conditions like ‘stockyard’ say former inmates March 26, 2019 by Andrew Graham 3 Comments Released incarcerees of Wyoming’s only women’s prison denounce crumbling facilities, punitive use of jails.
‘People helping people’: North Dakota’s addiction fix November 15, 2018 by Andrew Graham 2 Comments An innovative new program harnesses state bureaucracy to networks of recovering addicts. WyoFile examines how the pairing plays out in Devils Lake.
Tribes confront incarceration problem September 18, 2018 by Andrew Graham 7 Comments “The numbers that you’re seeing in jail now are ... true numbers for this reservation,” a tribal judge said last month. Can tribal traditions help?
Public defender: 4,191 poor could go without representation January 16, 2018 by Andrew Graham 3 Comments Caseloads for Wyoming’s public defenders have exceeded the office’s ability to adequately represent clients, possibly violating the constitution.
Exonerated man shouldn't have to prove innocence March 11, 2014 by Kerry Drake 10 Comments An amendment requiring those exonerated by DNA evidence to prove their innocence in a court hearing kills a bill that would have provided the wrongfully convicted with compensation for time spent in jail.