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State Reform Profile

Wyoming

Wyoming has limited reform but enacted justice reinvestment to control a rapidly growing prison population.

ALTREFORM COMPOSITE69/100

Key Statistics

Incarceration Rate
384
per 100,000 residents
Annual Cost
$41K
per incarcerated person
3-Year Recidivism
62%
reincarcerated within 3 yrs
Racial Disparity
2.3×
Black vs. White incarceration
Alt. Programs
12
active diversion programs
Reform Initiatives
3
tracked by AltReform

Incarceration by Race

WY Overall384
National Avg568
Black (est.)530
White (est.)253

Incarceration rate per 100,000 residents. Racial estimates based on BJS/Sentencing Project methodology.

Recidivism Rate

62%3-year recidivism
This stateNational avg: 67%

Percent of people reincarcerated within 3 years of release. Source: BJS recidivism data series.

Cost vs. Alternatives

$41K
incarceration/yr
vs.
~$5K
diversion/yr

Active & Passed Reforms

2 initiatives

HB 14 – Justice ReinvestmentView full details →

Reformed parole and probation to reduce technical revocations.

PassedSentencing2018
AltReform Score70/100

Drug Court ExpansionView full details →

Expanded drug courts to 10 additional counties.

ActiveDrug Policy2020
AltReform Score67/100

Data Sources & Methodology

Reform data sourced from state legislative records, BJS Criminal Justice Statistics, the Vera Institute Incarceration Trends dataset, and The Sentencing Project. AltReform prediction scores (0,100) are generated by our ML model trained on 20+ years of state-level reform outcomes, weighting recidivism reduction, racial equity impact, cost-effectiveness, and political feasibility. Statistics are the most recent available (2021,2024).

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