Wyoming
Probation and Parole in Wyoming
Structured overview of Wyoming probation, the presumptive 36-month felony cap, active parole, graduated sanctions, voting-right restoration, and interstate movement.
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Wyoming at a glance
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1. Overview
Wyoming uses both probation and parole. Community supervision is carried out through the Wyoming Department of Corrections, which supervises adult probation and parole statewide through field services.
Wyoming is primarily a statute-based sentencing state. Its supervision framework is built principally through Title 7, Chapter 13 rather than a statewide presumptive sentencing-guidelines grid.
2. Sentencing Structure and Guidelines
Wyoming sentencing is governed primarily by statute. Courts may suspend the imposition or execution of sentence and place a person on supervised or unsupervised probation under W.S. § 7-13-302, except for crimes punishable by death or life imprisonment.
Wyoming also uses statutory incentives and sanctions for probation, parole, and conditional-release supervision.
3. Probation Length and Structure
Under W.S. § 7-13-302(b), no probation term may exceed the maximum imprisonment allowed by law, and a felony probation term may not exceed 36 months unless the judge finds good cause on the record to impose a longer term.
For good cause, the judge may extend probation up to the maximum imprisonment term authorized for the offense after considering public safety, rehabilitation, deterrence, and other sentencing goals.
Section 7-13-305 reinforces that continuations or extensions cannot exceed the maximum allowed by § 7-13-302(b).
4. Deferred-Prosecution / Discharge-and-Dismissal Probation
Wyoming also has a separate first-offender-style framework under W.S. § 7-13-301 that can allow qualifying defendants to be placed on probation without entry of a judgment of guilt or conviction.
Successful completion can result in discharge and dismissal without an adjudication of guilt, subject to the statute's eligibility restrictions.
The Legislature amended this statute in 2026 to add new excluded offenses, including grooming of a minor for a sexual offense. That amendment affects eligibility for this deferred framework but does not change the broader 36-month felony-probation rule under § 7-13-302.
5. Does Wyoming Use Parole?
Yes. Wyoming operates an active parole system.
Under W.S. § 7-13-402, the Board of Parole may grant parole to a person serving an eligible sentence after the person has served the minimum term pronounced by the trial court, less applicable good time.
Life without parole and other statutorily excluded sentences remain outside ordinary parole eligibility.
6. Who Imposes and Supervises Probation and Parole?
Probation is imposed by the sentencing court. Wyoming DOC probation and parole agents provide day-to-day field supervision.
Parole release decisions are made by the Wyoming Board of Parole, while DOC field services supervises parolees in the community.
7. Violations and Graduated Sanctions
Wyoming uses a structured incentives-and-sanctions system for probation, parole, and conditional release.
Authorized responses include administrative sanctions, increased reporting, community service, intensive supervision, nonresidential community corrections, and custodial sanctions.
Quick-dip jail sanctions
One distinctive option is immediate confinement in a consenting Wyoming county jail for a 2-day or 3-day consecutive period, commonly described as a quick-dip sanction.
Longer custodial sanctions and formal revocation remain available when authorized by statute and the governing supervision status.
8. Adult Community Corrections
Wyoming's adult community-corrections system provides residential and nonresidential options that may be used as structured alternatives to full revocation or incarceration in qualifying cases.
These placements are distinct from ordinary probation but can operate as a higher-structure intervention within the supervision system.
9. Modification of Conditions
Probation conditions originate with the court's sentencing authority, while DOC agents supervise compliance and implement authorized administrative responses.
Parole conditions are administered through the Board of Parole and DOC field-services structure.
10. Interstate Movement: ICAOS and ICOTS
Wyoming participates in the Interstate Compact for Adult Offender Supervision (ICAOS). When the compact applies, qualifying probationers and parolees generally may not simply relocate to another state without completing the transfer process.
Under ICAOS Rule 3.101, mandatory transfer generally requires more than 90 days or an indefinite supervision period remaining, substantial compliance, a valid supervision plan, and the applicable residency or resident-family/support criteria. Transfers are processed through ICOTS.
11. Completion of Probation
Probation ends when the person completes the court-imposed term and satisfies the required conditions, unless supervision is modified or revoked.
For ordinary felony probation, the presumptive term is 36 months unless the court makes the required good-cause findings for a longer period.
12. Voting Rights After a Wyoming Felony Conviction
Wyoming's restoration rules distinguish among categories of felony convictions.
For qualifying nonviolent felony convictions, voting rights are restored after the person completes the full sentence, including probation and parole, and satisfies the applicable statutory requirements. For eligible Wyoming convictions completed on or after January 1, 2010, DOC issues the restoration certificate without requiring a separate application.
Older Wyoming cases and qualifying out-of-state convictions can follow an application-based restoration process. Broader civil-right and firearm-right restoration rules are separate and should not be assumed to follow the same timeline as voting rights.
13. Clemency and Other Rights Restoration
Clemency is separate from ordinary parole and from statutory voting-right restoration.
Wyoming's broader restoration framework can distinguish voting rights, other civil rights, and firearm rights, so the applicable statute or executive process should be checked for the specific right at issue.
14. Key Points in Wyoming
15. Find Services in Wyoming
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