WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Mission StatementThe 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.VisionTo 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.