Women’s prison conditions like ‘stockyard’ say former inmates
Released incarcerees of Wyoming’s only women’s prison denounce crumbling facilities, punitive use of jails.
criminal justice
‘People helping people’: North Dakota’s addiction fix
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
“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
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
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.