Kayla Opdahl

This document outlines the mission, vision, philosophy, and core values of the Wyoming Department of Corrections. It focuses on contributing to public safety through reasonable, safe, secure, and humane management, while providing offenders opportunities to become law-abiding citizens. Key strategic areas include achieving benchmark correctional agency status through workforce excellence, employee training and retention, evidence-based crime prevention, risk/need assessment, and recidivism reduction strategies. The plan emphasizes fostering pro-social behavior, collaborative intervention, individualized services for victims and offenders, and successful reintegration into society, all guided by principles of openness, honesty, integrity, and strong community partnerships.

The strategic plan for the Wyoming Department of Corrections (WDOC) focuses on public safety, offender rehabilitation, effective case management, and adherence to correctional standards. Key priorities include managing the offender population to ensure safety and security, operating safe and humane facilities, and providing opportunities for rehabilitation through evidence-based interventions. The plan also aims to facilitate successful reentry into society for offenders, with performance measures and indicators regularly evaluated to ensure growth and change. The document includes demographic information, performance measures, and objectives related to staffing, facility capacity, risk assessment, treatment programs, and recidivism rates.

The Wyoming State Suicide Prevention Plan (2024-2028) aims to improve the lives and communities in Wyoming by fostering hope, purpose, and connection. It focuses on a unified approach to suicide prevention as a public health issue, encompassing prevention (addressing root causes, enhancing mental health education, increasing access to services, promoting social connectedness and resilience), intervention (training to identify and respond to distress and suicidal ideation), and postvention (supporting bereaved communities and preventing the ripple effect of suicide). The plan leverages partnerships, including the Wyoming Alliance for Suicide Prevention, and utilizes data-driven strategies to guide its efforts. It addresses the historically high suicide rates in Wyoming, which are double the national average, and aims to reduce suicide incidence through collaborative efforts across multiple sectors.

The Wyoming Department of Corrections (WDOC) FY 2009-2010 Strategic Plan focuses on improving public safety, offender rehabilitation, and efficient resource management. Key areas of focus include reducing recidivism through evidence-based practices, improving staff recruitment and retention, enhancing community supervision strategies, and strengthening partnerships with victims, communities, and agencies. The plan outlines performance measures related to staff vacancy and turnover rates, probation and parole success rates, inmate recidivism rates, offender program completion rates, and compliance with correctional audit standards. Targeted outcomes include safer communities, increased successful completion of supervision, reduced recidivism, improved program participation, and enhanced compliance with correctional standards.

The Wyoming Department of Corrections (WDOC) 2010-2012 Strategic Plan focuses on improving public safety, offender rehabilitation, and efficient case management. Key performance measures include reducing staff vacancy and turnover rates, increasing probation and parole success rates, lowering recidivism among released inmates, improving completion rates of offender programs, and enhancing compliance with correctional audit standards. The plan addresses challenges such as staff recruitment and retention, increasing offender populations, and resource limitations. Strategies include implementing research-based best practices, strengthening community partnerships, enhancing staff training, and utilizing risk/needs assessments to individualize interventions. The overall goal is to create safer communities while effectively managing offenders and promoting their successful reintegration into society.