Wyoming Medium Correctional Institution

[1][2][3] WMCI, a facility of the Wyoming Department of Corrections, serves as an intake center for men who are not sentenced to death.

[4] The Layton Construction Company built the WMCI facility, while DLR Group designed the institution.

On January 20, 127 prisoners sentenced in Wyoming who were previously housed in correctional facilities in Virginia arrived at WMCI.

[7] In October 2021, WMCI experienced the largest surge in COVID-19 cases among prisoners and staff in Wyoming during the coronavirus pandemic.

[9] A group of prisoners who had not tested positive were moved into the facility's gym, and took over all cooking and cleaning duties for two weeks.