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It operated as a federal penitentiary from 1872 to 1890, and as a state prison from 1890 to 1901. It was then transferred to the University of Wyoming and was used as an agricultural experiment station until 1989. In 1991, the facility was opened to the public, and in 2004, it was designated as Wyoming Territorial Prison State Historic Site.
Visitors can go on guided tours through the old prison. There are exhibits about the old and current prisons and the Wyoming Peace Officers' Museum. In the summer of 1911, the Wyoming State Penitentiary All Stars baseball team played, made up of 12 inmates. [5] The Ware-designed prison operated for 80 years.
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The system is overcrowded. Starting in 2019, it has leased prison beds from a private facility in Mississippi. Female prisoners are housed in county jails or one of the state's male prisons because of lack of capacity. Average staff turnover in recent years has been about 23%. The state has cut 180 staff positions from the system since 2011. [6]
In the early 1990s, Detroit was in a state of constant fear as young women kept disappearing. Benjamin Atkins, the " Woodward Corridor Killer, " terrorized the city. Atkins' murder spree began in ...
The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Wyoming. A total of 7 men were executed prior to Wyoming becoming a State on July 10, 1890:
Pages in category "Prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment by Wyoming" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total.
Laws passed in Wyoming in 2022 and 2023 sought to make abortion in the state illegal but a judge has kept abortion legal while a lawsuit challenging the new laws proceeds.