Wyoming Prison Communication Directory

Wyoming is the least populous state in the United States, and its correctional system is scaled accordingly. The Wyoming Department of Corrections operates the Wyoming State Penitentiary in Rawlins and the Wyoming Medium Correctional Institution in Torrington, along with a women's correctional facility in Lusk and a minimum security camp. Wyoming's 23 counties each maintain their own county jail under local sheriff oversight, and the wide geographic spread of the state means that facilities in the Powder River Basin and the Big Horn Basin serve communities separated by hours of driving across high-altitude terrain. Laramie County, which includes Cheyenne, operates the largest county detention system in the state.

JPay is the primary platform for Wyoming Department of Corrections state facilities, supporting messaging, money transfer, and photo sharing. Securus and GTL handle phone and video services at state prisons and county jails. County jails in Wyoming each operate under separate provider contracts, and the platform serving the Laramie County Detention Center in Cheyenne may differ from what is available at a smaller county jail in Sheridan or Campbell County. Federal Bureau of Prisons cases from Wyoming are typically housed at facilities in neighboring states, with those inmates communicating through CorrLinks. Wyoming's Wind River Indian Reservation, home to both the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho tribes, adds a tribal jurisdiction layer in Fremont County.

Wyoming families dealing with inmate communication face the challenge common to sparsely populated western states: facilities are spread across a large geographic area with significant distances between them, and the relevant information for each facility is not organized in one place. Whether the situation involves a state prison in Rawlins, a county jail in Cheyenne or Casper, or a federal case, this directory organizes facility and provider data for Wyoming so families can identify the right communication platform and start the process without additional complications.