Status open Capacity 720 Security class medium / mixed | Phone +1 307-532-6600 Opened 2010 | |
Address 7076 Rd 55F, Torrington, WY 82240, USA Hours Open today · 8AM–4PMThursday8AM–4PMFriday8AM–4PMSaturdayClosedSundayClosedMonday8AM–4PMTuesday8AM–4PMWednesday8AM–4PMSuggest an edit Similar County Sheriff, Scotts Bluff County Dententio, Goshen County District C, Torrington Telegram, Torrington Workforce Center | ||
Wyoming Medium Correctional Institution (WMCI) is a prison for men located in Torrington, Wyoming. WMCI, a facility of the Wyoming Department of Corrections, serves as an intake center for men who are not sentenced to death.
History
The Layton Construction Company built the WMCI facility, while DLR Group designed the institution. As the prison was being prepared to house inmates, the state moved 20 prisoners from the Wyoming Honor Conservation Camp in Newcastle; the prisoners assisted preparations during the week and lived in the honor conservation camp over the weekends.
The grand opening and ribbon cutting occurred on January 6, 2010. The prison's first 75 offenders arrived at WMCI from the Wyoming State Penitentiary on January 13. Days later more prisoners arrived, bringing the total number to over 300. The first of those inmates arrived from the Wyoming State Penitentiary on January 17. On January 20, 127 prisoners sentenced in Wyoming who were previously housed in correctional facilities in Virginia arrived at WMCI. Several days later, more Wyoming-sentenced prisoners who were previously housed in Virginia arrived at WMCI.