Mission Statement
The Wyoming Department of Corrections contributes to public safety by exercising reasonable, safe, secure and humane management, while actively providing offenders opportunities to become law-abiding citizens.
Vision
To be the Benchmark Correctional Agency in the United States.
The Wyoming Department of Corrections will provide a seamless correctional system aimed at improving community safety through employee training, recognition and retention, evidence-based crime prevention, risk/need assessment, and recidivism reduction strategies that focus on:
* Workforce excellence;
* Role modeling and reinforcing pro-social behavior;
* Redirecting behavior that is not pro-social in nature;
* Collaborative intervention to at-risk populations;
* Thorough and on-going individual risk/needs assessments;
* Risk-appropriate housing and community supervision/mentoring;
* Individualized quality services to victims, offenders and inmates; and,
* Successful collaborative re-integration back into society.