CHAPTER 18 - COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS

(i) "Adult community correctional facility or program" means a community based or community-oriented facility or program which is operated either by a unit of local government or by a nongovernmental agency which:

(A) May provide residential and nonresidential accommodations and services for offenders, parolees and inmates;

(B) Provides programs and services to aid offenders, parolees and inmates in obtaining and holding regular employment, in enrolling in and maintaining academic courses, in participating in vocational training programs, in utilizing the resources of the community in meeting their personal and family needs and in participating in whatever specialized treatment programs exist within the community; and

(ii) "Corrections board" means a community corrections board created pursuant to this act;

(iii) "Inmate" means an adult serving a felony sentence in any state penal institution or any correctional facility operated pursuant to a contract under W.S. 7-22-102, excluding any inmate who:

(A) At the time of consideration has any criminal proceedings pending against him which could affect his status as an inmate;

(B) Has been convicted of first degree murder;

(D) Has been sentenced to death.

(iv) "Nongovernmental agency" means any person or organization other than a unit of local government and includes private profit and not for profit organizations;

(v) "Offender" means an adult who has entered a plea of guilty or has been convicted of a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment or a felony, excluding any person who:

(A) At the time of consideration has any other felony criminal proceedings pending against him;

(B) Has been convicted of, or pled guilty to, first degree murder;

(D) Has been convicted of, or pled guilty to, a crime punishable by death.

(vi) "Unit of local government" means a county, city or town;

(vii) "Department" means the state department of corrections;

(viii) "Parolee" means an adult who has been granted parole under W.S. 7-13-402;

(ix) "Validated risk-need assessment" means as defined in W.S. 7-13-1101(a)(iii);

(x) "This act" means W.S. 7-18-101 through 7-18-115.

7-18-103. Establishment and operation of facilities and programs by local governments; screening procedures; acceptance or rejection of offenders, parolees or inmates.

(a) Any unit of local government may establish, maintain and operate adult community correctional facilities and programs deemed necessary to serve its own needs and may enter into contracts or agreements with a corrections board for the placement of offenders, parolees and inmates in its adult community correctional facility or program.

(b) The unit of local government shall establish procedures for screening offenders, parolees and inmates who are to be placed in its adult community correctional facility or program. The screening shall take into account the risk the offender, parolee or inmate may present to himself and others as well as the aptitude, attitude and social and occupational skills of the offender, parolee or inmate.

(c) The unit of local government has the authority to accept, reject or reject after acceptance the placement of any offender, parolee or inmate in its adult community correctional facility or program pursuant to any contract or agreement with a corrections board. If an offender, parolee or inmate is rejected by the unit of local government after initial acceptance, the offender, parolee or inmate shall remain in the custody of the unit of local government for a reasonable period of time pending receipt of appropriate orders for transfer of the offender, parolee or inmate.

7-18-104. Establishment and operation of facilities or programs by nongovernmental agencies; required governmental approval; acceptance or rejection of offenders, parolees or inmates.

(a) If approved as provided in subsection (b) of this section, a nongovernmental agency may establish, maintain and operate an adult community correctional facility and program and may contract with a corrections board to provide services to offenders, parolees and inmates.

(b) The establishment of any nongovernmental adult community correctional facility or program shall be subject to approval of the board of county commissioners of the county and the governing body of the city or town in which the proposed facility or the situs of the program is to be located. Approval or denial of the establishment of the facility or program shall be made only after consultation with the corrections board and the department.

(c) The nongovernmental agency operating an adult community correctional facility or program has the authority to accept, reject or reject after acceptance the placement of any offender, parolee or inmate in its facility or program pursuant to any contract or agreement with a corrections board. If an offender, parolee or inmate is rejected by the nongovernmental agency after initial acceptance, the offender, parolee or inmate shall remain in the custody of the nongovernmental agency for a reasonable period of time pending receipt of appropriate orders for transfer of the offender, parolee or inmate.

(a) A county may establish, or two (2) or more counties may agree to establish jointly, a community corrections board in accordance with this act.

(b) A corrections board shall consist of nine (9) members appointed by the county commissioners. When two (2) or more counties have agreed to establish a corrections board, the county commissioners of each participating county shall appoint members as provided in the agreement of the counties. The corrections board shall be composed of:

(i) One (1) district judge designated by the chief justice of the Wyoming supreme court;

(ii) One (1) prosecuting attorney;

(iii) One (1) municipal law enforcement officer;

(iv) One (1) county law enforcement officer;

(v) One (1) probation and parole officer; and

(vi) Four (4) lay citizens, no more than two (2) of whom shall be from the same county if the corrections board is established by two (2) or more counties. If the community corrections board is established for a county in which a community college is located, one (1) of the four (4) lay citizen members shall be a representative of the community college.

(c) Members of community corrections boards shall serve for rotating terms of four (4) years. Of the members first appointed, one-third (1/3) shall be appointed for two (2) years, one-third (1/3) for three (3) years and one-third (1/3) for four (4) years.

(d) Members of a corrections board shall serve without compensation.

(e) A majority of the corrections board constitutes a quorum. All actions of the corrections board shall be approved by a majority of those present at the meeting.

(f) A corrections board shall annually elect from its members a chairman to preside at meetings, a secretary to maintain the records and a finance officer who shall file with the board a bond with an approved corporate surety in the penal sum designated by the corrections board.

(a) Subject to this act, a corrections board may:

(i) Contract with the department to accept offenders, parolees and inmates for placement in an adult community correctional facility or program operating under a contract for services with the corrections board within the county or counties served by the corrections board;

(ii) Repealed By Laws 2003, Ch. 42, § 2.

(iii) Accept, reject or reject after acceptance the placement pursuant to a contract with the department, of any offender, parolee or inmate in an adult community correctional facility or program. If an offender, parolee or inmate is rejected by the corrections board after initial acceptance, the offender, parolee or inmate shall be placed in the custody of a sheriff of a county served by the corrections board for a reasonable period of time pending receipt of appropriate orders for the transfer of the offender, parolee or inmate.

(b) A corrections board shall:

(i) Screen all offenders, parolees and inmates proposed to be placed in an adult community correctional facility or program taking into account the potential risk resulting from the placement of the offender, parolee or inmate as well as the aptitude, attitude and social and occupational skills of the offender, parolee or inmate;

(ii) Review, inspect and evaluate all adult community correctional facilities and programs operating within the county or counties served by the corrections board; and

(iii) If the offender is a convicted misdemeanant, obtain funding for the placement from nonstate sources.

(c) Notwithstanding W.S. 1-39-101 through 1-39-120 or any other provision of law and except for intentional torts or illegal acts, a corrections board and its members are immune from any liability, either as a board or individually, for any actions or omissions by the board or any member thereof pursuant to this act.

(a) Every contract for services entered into pursuant to this act between a corrections board and a local unit of government or a nongovernmental agency shall provide guidelines for the operation of the adult community correctional facility or program and minimum standards for the services provided, including:

(i) Requirements for strict accountability procedures and practices for the conduct and supervision of offenders, parolees and inmates including requirements for twenty-four (24) hour supervision of offenders, parolees and inmates in residential programs;

(ii) Guidelines for service providers to perform periodic and unscheduled tests to determine the use of drugs by offenders, parolees and inmates; and

(iii) Guidelines for service providers to develop individual treatment plans for each offender, parolee or inmate.

(b) Prior to entering into agreement or contract with any nongovernmental adult community corrections agency, the corrections board shall submit the agreement or contract and any proposed guidelines for the use of any program or facility to the department and the governing body of any affected unit of local government for its review and recommendations.

(a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, following an eligible adult offender's conviction or his plea of guilty, the sentencing court may, as a condition of probation, order that the offender participate in a residential or nonresidential adult community correctional program during all or any part of his term of probation.

(b) Placement of an offender in an adult community correctional facility or program under this section shall be made only if:

(i) The adult community correctional facility or program is operated by a governmental unit or a nongovernmental agency which has entered into a contract with the corrections board serving the county in which the defendant is sentenced and the corrections board has contracted with the department to provide adult community correctional services for offenders;

(ii) Funding for the placement is available;

(iii) The offender is acceptable to the corrections board; and

(iv) The offender is assessed through a validated risk-need assessment as a high risk for reoffending or violating a condition of probation.

(c) Prior to the placement of an offender in any nongovernmental adult community correctional facility, the sentencing judge shall notify or cause to be notified the law enforcement agencies of affected units of local government concerning the identity of the offender to be placed.

(d) The probation and parole agent for the judicial district shall include in the presentence report or otherwise recommend to the sentencing judge recommendations for the utilization of any governmental or, when available, nongovernmental adult community correctional facility or program which has been approved for use by the corrections board.

(e) The probation and parole officers for the judicial district shall have general supervisory authority over all offenders placed in adult community correctional facilities or programs under this section.

(f) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, the department may impose the administrative sanctions provided in W.S. 7-13-1802(b) on any probationer participating in an intensive supervision program who violates the rules and restrictions of the program as an alternative to probation revocation.

(g) Notwithstanding paragraph (b)(iv) of this section, placement of a probationer in an adult community correctional program as a sanction under subsection (f) of this section and W.S. 7-13-1801 through 7-13-1803 or following a revocation of probation shall not require the probationer to be assessed through a validated risk-need assessment as a high risk for reoffending or violating a condition of probation.

(a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, and upon recommendation of the warden or superintendent of the institution, the department may transfer an adult inmate to a residential adult community correctional facility.

(b) A transfer of an inmate to a residential adult community correctional facility under this section may be made only if:

(i) The department determines the inmate poses a low risk of escape or violence;

(ii) The inmate is eligible under W.S. 7-18-102(a)(iii);

(iii) The inmate is within at least twenty-four (24) months of his parole eligibility date and his conduct during his confinement has been such that he is appropriate for placement;

(iv) The residential adult community correctional facility is operated under a contract with a corrections board and the corrections board has contracted with the department to provide services which include placement of pre-parole inmates;

(v) The inmate has been accepted by the corrections board;

(vi) Funding for the placement is available; and

(vii) The department determines the correctional needs of the inmate will be better served by the transfer.

(c) Prior to the placement of an inmate in any nongovernmental adult community correctional facility, the department shall notify or cause to be notified the law enforcement agencies of affected units of local government concerning the identity of the inmate to be placed.

(d) No inmate shall be transferred to a residential adult community corrections facility under this section unless he agrees in writing to abide by the regulations of the program provider and any additional conditions imposed by the department. Approval of a transfer under this section is not a discharge of the inmate but shall be construed as an extension of the limits of confinement of the institution to which the inmate was committed. The department may revoke the approval of the transfer of an inmate under this section at any time for violation by the inmate of any conditions of the placement. Upon revocation the inmate shall be returned to the physical custody of the department.

(e) The probation and parole officers for the judicial district shall have general supervisory authority over all inmates in adult community correctional facilities or programs under this section.

(a) Subject to legislative appropriation, the department may, by negotiation without competitive bids or by competitive bidding, contract with any community corrections board created under this act, to provide services for:

(i) Convicted felony offenders ordered by a sentencing court to participate in adult community correctional facilities or programs as a condition of probation;

(ii) Inmates transferred to a residential adult community correctional facility by the department pursuant to W.S. 7-18-109; or

(iii) Parolees required to participate in a residential or nonresidential adult community correctional program as a condition of parole pursuant to W.S. 7-18-115.

(b) No inmate, parolee or offender shall be deemed to be a third party beneficiary of, or to be otherwise entitled to enforce any provision of, any contract entered into under subsection (a) of this section.

(a) The department shall:

(i) Establish minimum facility standards for residential adult community correctional facilities operated by any entity receiving funds under this act;

(ii) Establish minimum standards for adult community correctional programs;

(iii) Review and evaluate all adult community correctional facilities and programs funded under this act;

(iv) Prescribe accounting and reporting standards for all program providers under this act;

(v) Establish a per diem rate to be paid program providers under this act which shall not exceed the daily cost of keeping an inmate at the Wyoming state penitentiary;

(vi) Promulgate rules and regulations reasonably necessary to carry out the provisions of this act.

(a) An offender, parolee or an inmate is deemed guilty of escape from official detention and shall be punished as provided by W.S. 6-5-206(a)(i) if, without proper authorization, he:

(i) Fails to remain within the extended limits of his confinement or to return within the time prescribed to an adult community correctional facility to which he was assigned or transferred; or

(ii) Being a participant in a program established under the provisions of this act he leaves his place of employment or fails or neglects to return to the adult community correctional facility within the time prescribed or when specifically ordered to do so.

If the administrator of an adult community correctional facility or any other appropriate supervising authority has cause to believe that an offender, parolee or inmate placed in an adult community correctional facility has violated any rule or condition of that person's placement in that facility or any term of post-release supervision or cannot be safely housed in that facility, the administrator or other authority shall certify to the department the facts which are the basis for the belief and execute a transfer order to the sheriff of the county in which the facility is located, who shall confine the offender, parolee or inmate in the county jail pending a determination by the appropriate judicial or executive authorities as to whether or not the offender, parolee or inmate shall remain in community corrections.

(a) Wages earned by an inmate, parolee or offender while in an adult community corrections program shall be retained and accounted for by the program operator and shall be disbursed for the purposes provided in this subsection and in the order specified:

(i) Personal necessities;

(ii) Room and board to the program operator at a rate to be established by the department;

(iii) Support of dependent relations;

(iv) Court ordered restitution, fines, sanctions and reimbursement for the services of public defender or court appointed counsel, the surcharge imposed under W.S. 1-40-119, victims compensation obligations under W.S. 1-40-112(g) and the surcharge imposed under W.S. 7-13-1616;

(v) Repealed By Laws 1999, ch. 62, § 2.

(vi) Costs of health insurance; and

(vii) Remaining funds shall be paid to the inmate, parolee or offender upon parole or final discharge.

(b) Wages earned by offenders, other than parolees or inmates, while in a residential adult community corrections program shall be retained and accounted for by the program operator and shall be disbursed only for the purposes and in the order specified in subsection (a) of this section unless otherwise ordered by the sentencing court. Any remaining funds shall be paid to the offender upon his satisfactory discharge from the program. Upon revocation of an offender's probation, the program operator shall forward any remaining funds to the court or to the institution to which the offender is sentenced as directed by the court.

(c) Program operators shall keep an accurate record and account of all wages earned by inmates, parolees and offenders pursuant to the rules promulgated by the department.

(d) The earnings of inmates under this act are not subject to garnishment, attachment or execution.

(e) Information relating to the amount of wages earned by an inmate, parolee or offender in an adult community corrections program is confidential and is not subject to public inspection.

(a) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, the state board of parole may, as a condition of parole, require a parolee to participate in a residential or nonresidential adult community correctional program during all or any part of his term of parole.

(b) Placement of a parolee in an adult community correctional facility or program under this section shall be made only if:

(i) Repealed by Laws 2019, ch. 116, § 3.

(ii) The adult community correctional facility or program is operated under a contract with a corrections board and the corrections board has contracted with the department to provide services which include placement of parolees;

(iii) The parolee has been accepted by the corrections board;

(iv) Funding for the placement is available; and

(v) The offender is assessed through a validated risk-need assessment as a high risk of reoffending or violating a condition of parole.

(c) Prior to the placement of a parolee in any nongovernmental adult community correctional facility, the department shall notify or cause to be notified the law enforcement agencies of affected units of local government concerning the identity of the parolee to be placed.

(d) No parolee shall be paroled to an adult residential community corrections facility under this section unless he agrees in writing to abide by the regulations of the program provider and any additional conditions imposed by the state board of parole and the department.

(e) The state board of parole may revoke a parolee's parole at any time for violation by the parolee of any conditions of the placement under this section. Upon revocation, the parolee shall be returned to the physical custody of the department.

(f) The probation and parole officers for the judicial district shall have general supervisory authority over all parolees placed in adult community correctional facilities or programs under this section.

(g) Subject to subsection (b) of this section, the department may impose the administrative sanctions provided in W.S. 7-13-1802(b) on any parolee participating in an intensive supervision program who violates the rules and restrictions of the program as an alternative to parole revocation.

(h) Notwithstanding paragraph (b)(v) of this section, placement of a parolee in an adult community correctional program authorized under this article as a sanction under subsection (g) of this section, W.S. 7-13-1801 through 7-13-1803 or following a modification or revocation of parole shall not require the parolee to be assessed through a validated risk-need assessment as a high risk for reoffending or violating a condition of probation.