About the Wyoming State Penitentiary
The Wyoming State Penitentiary (WSP) is a high custody facility for both general population and administrative segregation housing. WSP is one of the larger WDOC facilities and typically the location most in need of correctional officers. WSP offers an intensive Field Training Officer (FTO) program once candidates complete Basic Training Academy to ensure our staff are highly trained. The primary goal for the Education Department at WSP is to provide a basic level of education that will enable inmates to successfully engage with the world around them. Adult male offenders are offered a variety of classroom and video educational and vocational programs. The institution also has a growing correctional industries program. To learn more about the Wyoming State Penitentiary, click here.
About the Wyoming Honor Farm
The Wyoming Honor Farm (WHF) houses 283 adult male offenders and is classified as a minimum custody facility. Established in 1931, the Honor Farm is located one mile north of Riverton, Wyoming. The Honor Farm’s Wild Horse Program, begun in 1988, plays an integral part in inmate rehabilitation by providing an opportunity for inmates to learn how to respect animals and people through day-to-day challenges. Respect is a life skill that many inmates need help developing while incarcerated, and those in the Wild Horse Program work together as a team to develop respect for the opinions and goals of others. Inmates working with horses learn that through respect and patience, even a wild animal will respond in a positive manner. The Honor Farm was recently featured on CBS’s 60 Minutes. View the story by clicking here. To learn more about the Wyoming Honor Farm, click here.
About the Wyoming Medium Correctional Institution
The Wyoming Medium Correctional Institution (WMCI) is specifically designed to serve as the main intake and assessment center for male inmates not sentenced to death. It serves as a primary education and treatment center for inmates identified as requiring high levels of protective custody and medical, mental health, dental, substance abuse, life skills, cognitive/behavioral, and/or sex offender treatment services. To learn more about the Wyoming Medium Correctional Institution, click here.
About the Wyoming Women’s Center
The Wyoming Women’s Center was first established on June 20, 1977 and was temporarily located on Wyoming State Hospital grounds in Evanston, Wyoming. In 1980, the Wyoming State Legislature formally created the Wyoming Women’s Center, and by 1981 had authorized the establishment of a permanent facility in Lusk, Wyoming. The original housing capacity of the Women’s Center facility was 82 beds, and with recent construction, the housing capacity has increased to 261 in the main facility and an additional 32 beds in the Intensive Treatment Unit. To learn more about the Wyoming Women’s Center, click here.
About the Wyoming Honor Conservation Camp and Boot Camp
The Wyoming Honor Conservation Camp (WHCC) was constructed on state land north of the town of Newcastle and in 1989, 24 minimum custody inmates were transferred to Newcastle to begin reconstruction of the modular buildings that would become the kitchen and dining facility, inmate barracks, and offices. Since its modest beginning, the WHCC has grown into a prison containing three dorms housing 238 minimum security inmates, and features a double fenced-in secure boot camp building which houses 56 inmates. The WHCC now includes a warehouse, as well as programming, vocational, recreational, and educational space, to allow us to meet the goal of reducing recidivism through cognitive and behavioral intervention. To learn more about the Wyoming Honor Conservation Camp, click here.
The WDOC is hiring and we’re seeking qualified applicants to join our team! To find out about our career opportunities please contact:
E-mail: Doc.Recruiter@Wyo.Gov
Mailing address: 1934 Wyott Drive, Suite 100 Cheyenne, WY 82002
Toll-Free: 877-WDOC-JOB (877-936-2562)
Fax: 307-777-7665
