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Wyoming correctional populations of Census 2020 vintage

We recommend using these addresses only for guidance in identifying prison populations in the Census data and warn against assuming that the prisons were in fact counted at that particular location.

Facility Name Prisoners Type Address City Zip County Survey Date
Albany Co. Det. Ctr. 44 Local 12/31/2013
Big Horn County Jail 61 Local 12/31/2013
Campbell Co. Det. Ctr. 137 Local 12/31/2013
Carbon Co. Jail 52 Local 12/31/2013
Casper Re-Entry Center 270 Private 10007 Landmark Lane Casper 82604 Natrona 6/30/2012
Cheyenne Transition Center 48 Private 322 West 17Th Street Cheyenne 82717 6/30/2012
Community Education Centers 138 Private 10007 Land Mark Lane Casper 82604 Natrona 6/30/2012
Converse Co. Jail 37 Local 12/31/2013
Crook Co. Jail 11 Local 12/31/2013
Fremont Co. Corr. Fac. 165 Local 12/31/2013
Goshen Co. Det. Ctr. 32 Local 12/31/2013
Hot Springs Co. Det. Ctr. 15 Local 12/31/2013
Johnson Co. Jail 33 Local 12/31/2013
Laramie Co. Det. Fac. 242 Local 12/31/2013
Lincoln Co. Jail 19 Local 12/31/2013
Natrona County Detention Center 280 Local 12/31/2013
Niobrara County Criminal Justice Facility 5 Local 12/31/2013
Park Co. Det. Ctr. 59 Local 12/31/2013
Platte Co. Det. Ctr. 42 Local 12/31/2013
Sheridan County Detention Center 90 Local 12/31/2013
Sublette Co. Det. Ctr. 16 Local 12/31/2013
Sweetwater Co. Det. Ctr. 133 Local 12/31/2013
Teton Co. Det. Ctr. 23 Local 12/31/2013
Uinta Co. Det. Ctr. 53 Local 12/31/2013
Volunteers of America Northern Rockies 44 Private 1299 Raymond Ave Gillette 82717 6/30/2012
Washakie Co. Det. Ctr. 28 Local 12/31/2013
Weston Co. Jail 5 Local 12/31/2013
Wind River Adult Detention Center 33 Indian Country 6/30/2016
Wyoming Conservation Boot Camp 56 State 40 Pippen Road Newcastle 82701 Weston 6/30/2012
Wyoming Honor Conservation Camp 146 State 40 Pippen Road Newcastle 82701 Weston 6/30/2012
Wyoming Honor Farm 155 State 40 Honor Farm Road Riverton 82501 Fremont 6/30/2012
Wyoming Medium Correctional Institution 644 State 7076 Road 55F Torrington 82240 Goshen 6/30/2012
Wyoming State Penitentiary 686 State 2900 S. Higley Road Rawlins 82301 Carbon 6/30/2012
Wyoming Women's Center 221 State 1000 West Griffith Lusk 82225 Niobrara 6/30/2012

This table draws data from four sources:

  • Federal prisons on April 2, 2020: The Prison Policy Initiative downloaded the weekly population list from the Bureau of Prisons for that date.
  • State and federal correctional facilities on June 30, 2012 were extracted from: United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Census of State and Federal Adult Correctional Facilities, 2012. ICPSR37294-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2020-02-06. doi:10.3886/ICPSR37294.v1. County data retrieved from postal service database.
  • Local jails' average daily populations from January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2013 were extracted from: United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Census of Jail Facilities, 2013. ICPSR36128-V4. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2018-04-25. doi:10.3886/ICPSR36128.v4
  • Jails in Indian Country populations on June 30, 2016 were extracted from: United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Annual Survey of Jails in Indian Country, 2016. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2018-05-23. doi:10.3886/ICPSR37006.v1

Military prisons and state halfway houses are not included in the above table as we were not able to locate an appropriate national database of these types of facilities. Juvenile facilities are not included in the above because the Census Bureau counts these facilities separately from the adult correctional institutions that are the focus of our work. Where necessary, state-specific sources will be more useful for identifying juvenile facilities.

We do, however, have a list (without population information) of all federal halfway houses as of April 2, 2020 [XLSX].

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