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2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 7 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 19 - Criminal History Records › Article 5 - Juvenile Justice Information System › Section 7-19-503 - Collection of Juvenile Justice Information.

7-19-503. Collection of juvenile justice information. Note: this section is Renumbered by Laws 2022, ch. 15, 3. effective 7/1/2024.
(a) In any case in which a juvenile is adjudicated a delinquent child for the commission of a qualifying offense, the court shall direct that, to the extent possible, the following information be collected and provided to the division:
(i) Offender identification information including:
(A) The juvenile offender's name, including other names by which the juvenile is known, and social security number;
(B) The juvenile offender's date and place of birth;
(C) The juvenile offender's physical description, including sex, weight, height, race, ethnicity, eye color, hair color, scars, marks and tattoos;
(D) The juvenile offender's last known residential address; and
(E) The juvenile offender's fingerprints.
(ii) Offense identification information including:
(A) The criminal offense for which the juvenile was adjudicated delinquent;
(B) Identification of the juvenile court in which the juvenile was adjudicated delinquent; and
(C) The date and description of the final disposition ordered by the juvenile court.
(b) The information maintained by the division shall not include predisposition studies and reports, social summaries, medical or psychological reports, educational records, multidisciplinary team minutes and records or transcripts of dispositional hearings.
(c) The division may designate codes relating to the information described in subsection (a) of this section.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 7 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 19 - Criminal History Records › Article 5 - Juvenile Justice Information System › Section 7-19-504 - Access to and Dissemination of Information.

7-19-504. Access to and dissemination of information. Note: this section is Renumbered by Laws 2022, ch. 15, 3. effective 7/1/2024.
(a) Information contained in the juvenile justice information system shall be accessible, whether directly or through an intermediary, to:
(i) Other criminal justice agencies;
(ii) Any person designated for the purpose provided by W.S. 14-6-227;
(iii) The department of family services if the subject is in the custody of the department;
(iv) An individual who has met the requirements established by the division to ensure the record will be used solely as a statistical research or reporting record and that the record is to be transferred in a form that is not individually identifiable;
(v) Any record subject as provided by W.S. 7-19-109.
(b) When a subject reaches the age of majority, all information in the juvenile justice information system pertaining to that subject shall be deleted.
(c) Any person who willfully violates subsection (a) or (b) of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars ($500.00). Any person or entity who violates subsection (a) of this section shall be denied further access to the system.
7-19-505. Inspection of information. Note: this section is Renumbered as 14-6-605 by Laws 2022, ch. 15, 4. effective 7/1/2024.
An individual, his parents and guardian have the right to inspect all juvenile justice record information located within this state which refers to that individual in accordance with W.S. 7-19-109.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 7 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 19 - Criminal History Records › Article 6 - National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact Act › Section 7-19-603 - Compact Officer to Administer the Compact.

7-19-603. Compact officer to administer the compact.
The Wyoming attorney general or his designee shall act as the compact officer responsible for implementation and administration of this compact on behalf of the state of Wyoming.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 7 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 20 - Family Violence › Section 7-20-102 - Arrests Without Warrant.

7-20-102. Arrests without warrant.
(a) In addition to arrests specified in W.S. 7-2-102, any peace officer who has probable cause to believe that a violation of W.S. 6-2-510(a) or 6-2-511(a) has taken place within the preceding twenty-four (24) hours or is taking place or that a violation of W.S. 6-2-502(a) or 6-2-504(a) or (b) has taken place within the preceding twenty-four (24) hours or is taking place and that the person who committed or is committing the violation is a household member as defined by W.S. 35-21-102(a)(iv), may arrest the violator without a warrant for that violation, regardless of whether the violation was committed in the presence of the peace officer.
(b) A peace officer, without a warrant, may arrest and take into custody a person if:
(i) An order of protection has been issued by a circuit or district court as authorized by W.S. 35-21-104 or 35-21-105 stating on its face the period of time for which the order is valid and specifically restraining or enjoining a household member, as defined by W.S. 35-21-102(a)(iv), from entering onto premises, from physical abuse, threats of personal abuse or acts which unreasonably restrain the personal liberty of any household member, or from abducting, removing or concealing any child in the custody of another household member or from transferring, concealing, encumbering or otherwise disposing of petitioner's property or the joint property of the parties;
(ii) A true copy and proof of service of the order has been filed with the sheriff's office having jurisdiction of the area in which the moving party resides;
(iii) The person named in the order has received notice of the injunctive order;
(iv) The person named in the order is acting in violation of the order or the peace officer has probable cause to believe that the person violated the order within the preceding twenty-four (24) hours; and
(v) The order states on its face that a violation of its terms subjects the person to a criminal penalty pursuant to W.S. 6-4-404.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 7 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 20 - Family Violence › Section 7-20-103 - Appearance in Court; Hearing; Probation.

7-20-103. Appearance in court; hearing; probation.
(a) Any person arrested pursuant to W.S. 7-20-102 shall be brought before the court having jurisdiction in the cause without unnecessary delay. At the initial appearance under this section the court shall:
(i) Set a time for a hearing on the alleged violation of the order of protection within seventy-two (72) hours after the person is initially brought before the court under this subsection;
(ii) Set a reasonable bond pending the hearing;
(iii) If the arrest is pursuant to W.S. 7-20-102(b), notify the party who procured the order of protection and direct that party to appear at the hearing and give evidence on the alleged violation; and
(iv) If the defendant is found guilty of an offense referred to in W.S. 7-20-102(a) and 35-21-106(c) and if probation is otherwise available for the offense, the court, without entering a judgment of guilt and with the concurrence of the prosecutor and consent of the defendant, may defer further proceedings and place the defendant on probation as provided in this paragraph. The terms and conditions of probation shall include those necessary to provide for the protection of the alleged victim and other specifically designated persons and additional conditions and requirements which the court deems appropriate, including any counseling or diversionary programs available to the defendant. On violation of a term or condition of probation, the court may enter an adjudication of guilt and proceed as otherwise provided for revocation of probation. On fulfillment of the terms and conditions of probation, the court shall discharge the defendant and dismiss the proceedings against the defendant. This subsection does not apply in any case in which the defendant has previously been found guilty of an offense referred to in W.S. 7-20-102(a) and 35-21-106(c), or in which charges under this section have previously been dismissed in accordance with this subsection.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 7 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 20 - Family Violence › Section 7-20-104 - Notice to Victim of Services and Legal Rights and Remedies.

7-20-104. Notice to victim of services and legal rights and remedies.
At the time of arrest under W.S. 7-20-102 or as soon thereafter as is practicable, the peace officer shall advise the victim of the availability of a program that provides services to victims of battering in the community and give the victim notice of the legal rights and remedies available. The notice shall include furnishing the victim a copy of the following statement:
"IF YOU ARE THE VICTIM OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, you can ask the district attorney to file a criminal complaint. You also have the right to go to the circuit or district court and file a petition requesting any of the following orders for relief: (a) An order restraining your attacker from abusing you; (b) An order directing your attacker to leave your household; (c) An order preventing your attacker from entering your residence, school, business or place of employment; (d) An order awarding you or the other parent custody of or visitation with a minor child or children; (e) An order restraining your attacker from molesting or interfering with minor children in your custody; (f) An order directing the party not granted custody to pay support for minor children, or for support of the other party if that party has a legal obligation to do so.
You also have the right to sue for losses suffered as a result of the abuse, including medical and moving expenses, loss of earnings or support and other out-of-pocket expenses for injuries sustained and damage to your property. This can be done without an attorney in small claims court if the total amount claimed is under $.... (Officer to insert current jurisdictional limit of small claims court).
1. Name, address and phone number of local family violence program.
2. Name, address and phone number of district attorney's office."
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 7 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 20 - Family Violence › Section 7-20-105 - Peace Officer Education and Training.

7-20-105. Peace officer education and training.
(a) Law enforcement agencies and the Wyoming law enforcement academy shall provide peace officers with a uniform education and training program approved by the peace officer standards and training commission designed to inform the officers of the problems of family and household abuse, procedures to deal with these problems, the provisions of this chapter and the services and facilities available to abused family and household members. The amount and degree of peace officer training shall include the following:
(i) Officers who are currently employed by a law enforcement agency and have already completed and been certified through a state basic skills course shall be provided eight (8) hours of training through the local law enforcement agency at which the officer is employed. The law enforcement agency may contact the family violence program in the county to assist in designing and implementing this training;
(ii) Officers who have not yet completed and been certified through the Wyoming state basic skills course shall be provided twelve (12) hours of training as part of the basic skills course at the Wyoming law enforcement academy. The department of health may be contacted to assist in designing and implementing this training.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 7 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 20 - Family Violence › Section 7-20-107 - Identification Codes; Reports.

7-20-107. Identification codes; reports.
(a) The Wyoming division of criminal investigation within the office of the attorney general shall develop and each law enforcement agency shall use a domestic violence identification code or codes by January 1, 1988. In all incidents of domestic violence, a report shall be written and shall be thus identified on the face of the report as a domestic violence incident.
(b) The division of criminal investigation shall compile a quarterly and annual statistical report which shall include the number of reported incidents of domestic abuse for each county and for the state as a whole, the types of crime involved in the domestic abuse, the days of the week and hours of the day the incidents occurred and the final disposition of each reported incident. The statistical reports shall not include the names of any of the persons involved in an incident of domestic abuse or any information which would serve to identify such persons as individuals. Copies of the quarterly and annual statistical reports shall be published in the "Uniform Crime Reporting, Crime in Wyoming" publication and shall be made available to the public upon request.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 7 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 21 - Victim Impact Statements › Section 7-21-101 - Definitions.

7-21-101. Definitions.
(a) As used in this chapter:
(i) "Crime" means a felony as defined by W.S. 6-10-101;
(ii) "Family member" means a spouse, child, sibling, parent or legal guardian of a victim;
(iii) "Victim" means an individual who has suffered direct or threatened physical, emotional or financial harm as the result of the commission of a crime or a family member of a minor, incompetent person or a homicide victim;
(iv) "Victim impact statement" means an oral or written statement by the victim of a crime providing the information specified by W.S. 7-21-102(c).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 7 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 21 - Victim Impact Statements › Section 7-21-102 - Notice to Crime Victims.

7-21-102. Notice to crime victims.
(a) If a defendant is convicted of a crime involving an identifiable victim, the district attorney, upon and in accordance with the request of the victim, shall give to the victim notice of the following:
(i) The defendant's conviction;
(ii) The offenses for which the defendant was convicted and the possible sentences for each offense;
(iii) The victim's opportunity to make a written or oral impact statement for use in the preparation of the presentence investigation report concerning the defendant when a presentence investigation report is to be prepared;
(iv) The address and telephone number of the probation office which is to prepare the presentence investigation report;
(v) That a presentence investigation report and any statement of the victim included in the report will be made available to the defendant;
(vi) The victim's opportunity to make an impact statement at sentencing or at any subsequent hearing for correction or reduction of sentence; and
(vii) The time and place of the sentencing proceeding and the time and place of any subsequent hearing for correction or reduction of sentence.
(b) The notice given by the district attorney to the victim pursuant to this section shall be given by any means reasonably calculated to give prompt actual notice.
(c) A notice given under subsection (a) of this section shall inform the victim that his impact statement may include but shall not be limited to the following:
(i) An explanation of the nature and extent of any physical, psychological or emotional harm or trauma suffered by the victim;
(ii) An explanation of the extent of any economic loss or property damage suffered by the victim;
(iii) The need for and extent of restitution and whether the victim has applied for or received compensation for loss or damage; and
(iv) The victim's recommendation for an appropriate disposition.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 7 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 21 - Victim Impact Statements › Section 7-21-103 - Submission of Victim Impact Statement to Sentencing Court.

7-21-103. Submission of victim impact statement to sentencing court.
(a) At any hearing to determine, correct or reduce a sentence, an identifiable victim of the crime may submit, orally, in writing or both, a victim impact statement to the court.
(i) Repealed by Laws 2005, ch. 17, 2.
(ii) Repealed By Laws 2005, ch. 17, 2.
(b) Any victim impact statement submitted to the court pursuant to this section shall be among the factors considered by the court in determining the sentence to be imposed upon the defendant or in determining whether there should be a correction or reduction of sentence.
(c) Any failure to comply with the terms of this chapter shall not create a cause for appeal or reduction of sentence for the defendant, or a civil cause of action against any person by the defendant.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 7 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 22 - Private Correctional Facilities › Article 1 - In General › Section 7-22-101 - Definitions.

7-22-101. Definitions.
(a) As used in this article:
(i) "American correctional association standards" means those standards at the time of implementation of this act, or if amended, the amended American correctional association standards, which are approved by the state;
(ii) "Contracting governmental entity" means the state or a local government which has entered into a contract with a contractor pursuant to this article;
(iii) "Contractor" or "private contractor" means a person who has entered into a contract with the state or a local government pursuant to W.S. 7-22-102;
(iv) "Deadly force" means force that is likely to cause death or serious bodily injury;
(v) "Facility" means a jail, prison or other incarceration facility constructed or operated pursuant to a contract under W.S. 7-22-102;
(vi) "Five (5) state elected officials" means the governor, secretary of state, state auditor, state treasurer and superintendent of public instruction;
(vii) "Local government" means any city, town, joint powers board or county in Wyoming;
(viii) "Nondeadly force" means force that normally would cause neither death nor serious bodily injury;
(ix) "Private-company detention officer" means a private contractor's employee serving as a detention officer at a facility being operated pursuant to a contract under W.S. 7-22-102;
(x) "State" means the state of Wyoming acting through the office of the governor.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 7 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 22 - Private Correctional Facilities › Article 1 - In General › Section 7-22-103 - Incarceration of Inmates in Privately Operated Facility.

7-22-103. Incarceration of inmates in privately operated facility.
At the direction of the state, in the case of a person sentenced to the custody of the department of corrections to serve a term of imprisonment in a state penal institution, or at the direction of the local government in the case of a person sentenced to imprisonment in a city or county jail, the person sentenced to imprisonment may be incarcerated in a facility constructed or operated by a private entity pursuant to a contract under this article.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 7 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 22 - Private Correctional Facilities › Article 1 - In General › Section 7-22-104 - Contract Term and Renewal.

7-22-104. Contract term and renewal.
The initial contract for the operation of a facility or for incarceration of prisoners or inmates therein shall be for a period of not more than three (3) years with an option to renew biannually thereafter. Contracts for purchase or lease (as lessor or lessee) of a facility shall not exceed a term of thirty (30) years. Any contract for the construction or operation of a facility shall be subject to annual appropriation by the contracting governmental entity.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 7 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 22 - Private Correctional Facilities › Article 1 - In General › Section 7-22-105 - Standards of Operation.

7-22-105. Standards of operation.
(a) All facilities governed by this article shall be designed, constructed and at all times maintained and operated in accordance with the American correctional association standards in force at the time of contracting. The facility shall meet the percentage of standards required for accreditation by the American correctional association, except where the contract requires compliance with a higher percentage of nonmandatory standards. The contract may allow the contractor an extension of time in which to meet a lower percentage of nonmandatory standards only when the contract is for the renovation of an existing facility, in which case the contractor shall have not longer than three (3) months to meet those standards that are applicable to the physical plant.
(b) Facilities governed by this article shall comply with all federal and state constitutional standards, state and local laws, and all court orders.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 7 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 22 - Private Correctional Facilities › Article 1 - In General › Section 7-22-106 - Private-Company Detention Officers; Use of Force.

7-22-106. Private-company detention officers; use of force.
(a) No person shall be employed as a private-company detention officer unless the person has been trained in the use of force and the use of firearms in accordance with American correctional association standards, 3-4070 through 3-4091, and, at the contractor's expense, has satisfactorily completed a basic training program approved by the state. If the training is provided under contract with the state, the costs of a basic training program shall not be greater than the costs of peace officer training at the Wyoming law enforcement academy.
(b) A private-company detention officer may use force only while on the grounds of a facility or while transporting inmates. Nondeadly force and deadly force shall be used by a private-company detention officer only as provided in this section.
(c) A private-company detention officer is authorized to use only such nondeadly force as the circumstances require in the following situations:
(i) To prevent the commission of a felony or misdemeanor, including escape;
(ii) To defend himself or others against physical assault;
(iii) To prevent serious damage to property;
(iv) To enforce institutional regulations and orders; and
(v) To prevent or quell a riot.
(d) A private-company detention officer who is trained pursuant to the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, shall have the right to carry and use firearms and shall exercise such authority and use deadly force only as a last resort when reasonably necessary to prevent the commission of a violent felony as defined in W.S. 6-1-104(a)(xii), to prevent the escape of a convicted felon from custody, or to defend the officer or any other person from imminent danger of death or serious bodily injury.
(e) Within three (3) days following an incident involving the use of force against an inmate or another, the employee shall file a written report describing the incident with the administrative staff of the facility and with the contract monitor appointed pursuant to W.S. 7-22-108.
(f) A private contractor shall have the same standing, authority, rights and responsibilities as the contracting governmental entity in any agreement, formal or informal, with local law enforcement agencies concerning the latter's obligations in the event of a riot, escape or other emergency situation.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 7 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 22 - Private Correctional Facilities › Article 1 - In General › Section 7-22-107 - Employee Training Requirements.

7-22-107. Employee training requirements.
All employees of a facility operated by a private contractor pursuant to this article shall receive, at a minimum, the same quality and quantity of training as that required for employees of state operated facilities. If any or all of the applicable American correctional association standards relating to training are more stringent than are governmental standards, training shall be provided in accordance with the more stringent standards. All training expenses shall be the responsibility of the private contractor.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 7 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 22 - Private Correctional Facilities › Article 1 - In General › Section 7-22-108 - Monitoring; Right of Access.

7-22-108. Monitoring; right of access.
(a) The contracting governmental entity at the contractor's expense, shall employ an individual to be responsible for monitoring all aspects of the private contractor's performance under a contract for the operation of a facility pursuant to W.S. 7-22-102. The individual employed as contract monitor shall be qualified to perform this function by reason of education, training and experience as determined by the five (5) state elected officials. At a minimum, the contract monitor shall have completed at least the same training required by this article for detention officers and shall have served a minimum of three (3) years as a detention officer. The monitor, with the approval of the contracting governmental entity, shall appoint staff as necessary to assist in monitoring at the facility, which staff shall be at the contractor's expense and will be solely responsible to the contract monitor. The monitor or his designee shall be provided an on-site work area by the contractor, shall be on-site on a daily basis, and shall have access to all areas of the facility and to inmates and staff at all times. The contractor shall provide any and all data, reports and other materials that the monitor determines are necessary to carry out monitoring responsibilities under this section.
(b) The monitor or his designee shall be responsible to and report to the state and any other contracting governmental entity at least monthly, and more often as necessary to ensure proper operation of the facility, concerning the contractor's performance.
(c) Members of the public shall have the same right of access to facilities operated by a private contractor pursuant to this article as they do to state operated facilities.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 7 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 22 - Private Correctional Facilities › Article 1 - In General › Section 7-22-109 - Liability and Sovereign Immunity.

7-22-109. Liability and sovereign immunity.
(a) The contractor shall assume all liability arising under a contract entered into pursuant to W.S. 7-22-102.
(b) Neither the sovereign immunity of the state nor the sovereign immunity applicable to any local government shall extend to the contractor. Neither the contractor nor the insurer of the contractor may plead the defense of sovereign immunity in any action arising out of the performance of the contract.
(c) Nothing in this article shall be construed to accord to any inmate in any facility or to a member of the public third party beneficiary status.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 7 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 22 - Private Correctional Facilities › Article 1 - In General › Section 7-22-110 - Insurance.

7-22-110. Insurance.
(a) The contractor shall provide an adequate plan of insurance, specifically including insurance for civil rights claims, as determined by an independent risk management or actuarial firm with demonstrated experience in public liability for state governments. In determining the adequacy of the plan, the firm shall determine whether the insurance is adequate to:
(i) Fully indemnify the contracting governmental entity and the state from actions by third parties against the contractor, the contracting governmental entity or, the state or as a result of the contract;
(ii) Assure the contractor's ability to fulfill its contract with the contracting governmental entity in all respects and to assure that the contractor is not limited in this ability due to financial liability that results from judgments;
(iii) Protect the local government and the state against claims arising as the result of any occurrence during the term of the contract on an occurrence basis; and
(iv) Satisfy other requirements specified by the independent risk management or actuarial firm.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 7 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 22 - Private Correctional Facilities › Article 1 - In General › Section 7-22-111 - Termination of Contract and Resumption of Control.

7-22-111. Termination of contract and resumption of control.
(a) The board or the local government may, upon demonstration that a breach of contract has occurred and that after the passage of a reasonable period of time the breach has not been cured, without penalty to the state or the local government, cancel a contract for the private operation of a facility at any time on giving ninety (90) days written notice.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision in this article to the contrary, prior to entering a contract for the private operation of a facility, a plan shall be developed by the contractor and approved by the contracting governmental entity establishing the method by which the state or the local government will resume control of the facility or the inmates incarcerated in a leased facility upon contract termination.
(c) Any contract entered into under this article for the private operation of a facility shall provide that upon declaration by the state or the local government of any material breach of contract on the part of the private contractor, the state or the local government may, if necessary, assume immediate temporary control of the operation of the facility pending transfer of inmates to another facility.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 7 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 22 - Private Correctional Facilities › Article 1 - In General › Section 7-22-112 - Nondelegation of Authority.

7-22-112. Nondelegation of authority.
(a) No contract for private correctional services under this article shall authorize, allow or imply a delegation to a private contractor of authority or responsibility to:
(i) Classify inmates or place inmates in less restrictive custody or more restrictive custody;
(ii) Transfer an inmate, although the contractor may recommend in writing that the state or the local government transfer a particular inmate;
(iii) Formulate rules of inmate behavior, violations of which may subject inmates to sanctions, except to the extent that the rules are accepted or modified by the state or the local government;
(iv) Take any disciplinary action against an inmate;
(v) Grant, deny or revoke good time credits;
(vi) Recommend that the parole board either deny or grant parole, provided the contractor may submit written reports that have been prepared in the ordinary course of business unless otherwise requested by the parole board;
(vii) Develop procedures for calculating good time credits or inmate release and parole eligibility dates;
(viii) Determine inmate eligibility for furlough, compassionate leave or participation in community corrections;
(ix) Require an inmate to work, except as directed or authorized by the state or the local government. In connection with work required by the state or the local government, the private contractor shall not have authority to:
(A) Approve the type of work that inmates may perform; or
(B) Award or withhold wages or good time credits based on the manner in which individual inmates perform such work.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 7 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 22 - Private Correctional Facilities › Article 1 - In General › Section 7-22-113 - Authority of State to Contract With Local Governments.

7-22-113. Authority of state to contract with local governments.
The state may contract with any local government or private contractor which is responsible for the maintenance or operation of a facility to house in the facility inmates or prisoners of the state penitentiary or any other facility operated or under the control of the state, and any local government or private contractor may accept and house such inmates or prisoners in the facility pursuant to any contract with the state. The contract shall specify such matters as are deemed relevant by the state, the local government or the private contractor and shall be approved as to form and content by the Wyoming attorney general.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 7 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 22 - Private Correctional Facilities › Article 1 - In General › Section 7-22-115 - Contract Authorizing Operation Required; Exception.

7-22-115. Contract authorizing operation required; exception.
(a) No private entity shall construct, operate or manage any private jail, prison or other structure to house or incarcerate inmates or prisoners in this state except pursuant to contract under this article.
(b) Subsection (a) of this section shall not apply to a nongovernmental community correctional facility or program approved under W.S. 7-18-104(b).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 7 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 23 - Peer Support Counseling › Section 7-23-101 - Definitions.

7-23-101. Definitions.
(a) As used in this chapter:
(i) "Emergency services personnel" means any employee or volunteer regulated under title 33, chapter 36 of the Wyoming statutes;
(ii) "Emergency services provider" means any public employer, or ground or air ambulance service, that employs emergency services personnel or persons to provide fire fighting, dispatching services or other emergency medical services;
(iii) "Employee assistance program" means a program established by a law enforcement agency or emergency services provider to provide professional counseling or support services to employees or volunteers of a law enforcement agency, emergency services provider, or a professional mental health provider associated with a peer support team;
(iv) "Law enforcement agency" means any public agency that employs a law enforcement officer;
(v) "Law enforcement officer" means any person who, by virtue of office or public employment, is vested with a duty to maintain public order or to make arrests for violations of the laws of the state of Wyoming or ordinances of a municipality or with a duty to maintain or assert custody or supervision over persons accused or convicted of a crime, while acting within the scope of their authority as an employee or volunteer of a law enforcement agency;
(vi) "Peer support counseling session" means any session conducted by a peer support specialist that is called or requested in response to a critical incident or traumatic event involving the personnel of the law enforcement agency or emergency services provider;
(vii) "Peer support specialist" means a person who:
(A) Is designated by a law enforcement agency, emergency services provider, employee assistance program or peer support team leader to lead, moderate or assist in a peer support counseling session;
(B) Is a member of a peer support team; and
(C) Has received training in counseling and providing emotional and moral support to law enforcement officers or emergency services personnel who have been involved in emotionally traumatic incidents by reason of their employment.
(viii) "Peer support team" means a group of peer support specialists serving one (1) or more law enforcement agencies or emergency services providers;
(ix) "Peer support counseling" shall not include professional counseling sessions provided by licensed counselors as defined by W.S. 33-38-102(a)(iii).
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 7 - Criminal Procedure › Chapter 23 - Peer Support Counseling › Section 7-23-102 - Peer Support Counseling Session Communications; Confidentiality; Applicability.

7-23-102. Peer support counseling session communications; confidentiality; applicability.
(a) Any communication made by a participant or peer support specialist in a peer support counseling session, and any oral or written information conveyed in or as the result of a peer support counseling session, shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed by any person participating in or conducting the peer support counseling session.
(b) Any communication between peer support specialists relating to a peer support counseling session, between peer support specialists and the supervisors or staff of an employee assistance program or between the supervisors or staff of an employee assistance program shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed.
(c) This section shall apply only to peer support counseling sessions conducted by a peer support specialist.
(d) This section shall apply to all oral communications, notes, records and reports arising out of a peer support counseling session. Any notes, records or reports arising out of a peer support counseling session shall not be public records and shall not be available for inspection or disclosure under the Wyoming Public Records Act, W.S. 16-4-201 through 16-4-205. Nothing in this section limits the discovery or introduction into evidence of knowledge acquired by any law enforcement officer or emergency services personnel from observations made during the course of employment, or material or information acquired during the course of employment, that is otherwise subject to discovery or introduction into evidence.
(e) This section shall not apply to any:
(i) Threat of suicide or criminal act made by a participant in a peer support counseling session, or any information conveyed in a peer support counseling session relating to a threat of suicide or criminal act;
(ii) Information relating to abuse of spouses, children or the elderly, or other information that is required to be reported by law;
(iii) Admission of criminal conduct;
(iv) Disclosure of testimony by a participant who received peer support counseling services and expressly consented to the disclosure; or
(v) Disclosure of testimony by the surviving spouse or executor or administrator of the estate of a deceased participant who received peer support counseling services and the surviving spouse or executor or administrator expressly consented to the disclosure.
(f) This section shall not prohibit any communications between peer support specialists who conduct peer support counseling sessions, or any communications between peer support specialists and the supervisors or staff of an employee assistance program.
(g) This section shall not prohibit communications regarding the fitness of an employee for duty between an employee assistance program and an employer.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 8 - General Provisions › Chapter 1 - Common Law, Statutes and Rules of Construction › Section 8-1-101 - Adoption of Common Law.

8-1-101. Adoption of common law.
The common law of England as modified by judicial decisions, so far as the same is of a general nature and not inapplicable, and all declaratory or remedial acts or statutes made in aid of, or to supply the defects of the common law prior to the fourth year of James the First (excepting the second section of the sixth chapter of forty-third Elizabeth, the eighth chapter of thirteenth Elizabeth and ninth chapter of thirty-seventh Henry Eighth) and which are of a general nature and not local to England, are the rule of decision in this state when not inconsistent with the laws thereof, and are considered as of full force until repealed by legislative authority.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 8 - General Provisions › Chapter 1 - Common Law, Statutes and Rules of Construction › Section 8-1-103 - Rules of Construction for Statutes.

8-1-103. Rules of construction for statutes.
(a) The construction of all statutes of this state shall be by the following rules, unless that construction is plainly contrary to the intent of the legislature:
(i) Words and phrases shall be taken in their ordinary and usual sense, but technical words and phrases having a peculiar and appropriate meaning in law shall be understood according to their technical import;
(ii) Words importing joint authority to three (3) or more persons shall be construed as authority to a majority of those persons, unless otherwise declared in the law giving the authority;
(iii) Reference to a numbered section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph or other subdivision "of the statutes" and the abbreviation "W.S." when used in conjunction with a statute section number or its designation or identification means the Wyoming Statutes in their most recently published form including amendments to original enactments;
(iv) Words in the present tense include the future tense;
(v) Words in the plural form include the singular and words in the singular form include the plural;
(vi) Words in the masculine gender include the feminine and neuter genders;
(vii) Any uniform act shall be interpreted and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states which enact it;
(viii) If any provision of any act enacted by the Wyoming legislature or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of the act which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of any such act are severable;
(ix) Reference to legislative salary, per diem or compensation in any statute establishing the amount of salary, per diem or compensation to be paid a person who is not a legislator, shall be deemed a reference only to the rate of legislative salary, per diem or compensation set by statute and shall not be construed to authorize the payment of salary for meeting preparation days as provided for legislators under W.S. 28-5-101(e)(iii) or the payment of salary for travel days provided for legislators under W.S. 28-5-101(e)(iv);
(x) Reference to the "cooperative tribal governing body" means the inter-tribal council of the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho tribes or its official successor joint governing body. If the cooperative tribal governing body is a party to a cooperative agreement or contract with the state or a political subdivision under the laws of this state, a successor joint tribal governing body or each tribe as an individual sovereign shall remain a party to the agreement or contract unless specified otherwise in the agreement or contract.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 8 - General Provisions › Chapter 1 - Common Law, Statutes and Rules of Construction › Section 8-1-104 - Identification of Laws Amended or Repealed in Amending or Repealing Acts.

8-1-104. Identification of laws amended or repealed in amending or repealing acts.
In amending, altering or repealing any of the laws of Wyoming, it is sufficient to identify each of the laws to be so amended, altered or repealed by designating the particular section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph or other subdivision of the statutes affected by the appropriate number or letter, or by the appropriate chapter and section of a session law if the law to be amended, altered or repealed is not a numbered statute, and it is not necessary to refer by title or otherwise to the original legislative enactment, or amendment thereof, to be so affected. Each bill for an act to amend, alter or repeal any laws in effect, but not yet published, shall refer to the laws by their title and the date of approval by the governor. Nothing in this section shall be construed as altering any rule or requirement that any portion of an enactment being amended shall be set forth in full.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 8 - General Provisions › Chapter 1 - Common Law, Statutes and Rules of Construction › Section 8-1-105 - Identification and Designation of Sections, Subsections and Other Divisions of Bills; Duty to Insert; Method.

8-1-105. Identification and designation of sections, subsections and other divisions of bills; duty to insert; method.
(a) Each section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph, indented clause or other subdivision of every bill for any act, memorial or resolution which may be introduced in either house of the legislature shall be appropriately and systematically identified and designated by number or letter before the bill is introduced. The legislative service office shall select and insert the identification and designation numbers and letters, whenever needed. In arranging and furnishing copies of the laws passed at each session of the legislature for the printer of the session laws or the Wyoming statutes, the legislative service office shall select and insert the appropriate and systematic identification and designation numbers and letters.
(b) If any bill is for amendment of a prior enactment in which sections, subsections, paragraphs, subparagraphs and other subdivisions are appropriately identified and designated according to a consistent pattern or system, the identification and designation of portions of the bill may conform to that pattern or system, but otherwise shall be accomplished in accordance with the following rules, as nearly as practicable:
(i) The first or only section in a bill shall be identified as section 1, and any following sections shall be identified by Arabic numerals in sequence;
(ii) Statute sections within a bill shall be identified by the appropriate title, chapter and section number as: 8-1-105;
(iii) Subsections (divisions of sections) shall be identified by lower case letters in parentheses as: (a), (b), (c), etc.;
(iv) Paragraphs (divisions of subsections) shall be identified by lower case Roman numerals in parentheses, as: (i), (ii), (iii), etc.;
(v) Subparagraphs (divisions of paragraphs) shall be identified by upper case letters in parentheses, as: (A), (B), (C), etc.;
(vi) Subdivisions of subparagraphs shall be identified by upper case Roman numerals in parentheses, and any smaller subdivisions shall be identified in accordance with the pattern and system established by this subsection, again starting with Arabic numerals.
(c) The legislative service office may also insert appropriate statute section numbers and section headnotes in a bill for an act. However, statute numbers and headnotes are for reference, identification, and to facilitate preparation of copy for printing only, and do not constitute any part of the substantive law of the enactment. The legislative service office may change statute section numbers or headnotes before or after passage of the act as necessary to correct errors or conform statute numbers or headnotes to reflect amendments made by the legislature to the text of the bill.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 8 - General Provisions › Chapter 1 - Common Law, Statutes and Rules of Construction › Section 8-1-107 - Effect of Amendment or Repeal on Pending Actions.

8-1-107. Effect of amendment or repeal on pending actions.
If a statute is repealed or amended, the repeal or amendment does not affect pending actions, prosecutions or proceedings, civil or criminal. If the repeal or amendment relates to the remedy, it does not affect pending actions, prosecutions or proceedings, unless so expressed, nor shall any repeal or amendment affect causes of action, prosecutions or proceedings existing at the time of the amendment or repeal, unless otherwise expressly provided in the amending or repealing act.
2023 Wyoming Statutes › Title 8 - General Provisions › Chapter 1 - Common Law, Statutes and Rules of Construction › Section 8-1-109 - Payment of Fines and Penalties.

8-1-109. Payment of fines and penalties.
Unless otherwise specifically provided by law, all civil or administrative fines or penalties collected under the Wyoming statutes shall be paid over to the state treasurer to be credited to the public school fund of the county in which the violation for which the fine or penalty was imposed occurred.