States across the country saw changes in their prison admissions and populations due to supervision violations in 2020. But some states were already experiencing reductions in violation admissions and population prior to the pandemic. This snapshot shows available supervision violation data for Wyoming from 2018 through 2020.
Admissions
From 2018 to 2020, Wyoming saw a 18 percent decline in the number of prison admissions due to supervision violations.
The breakdown
Total Admissions
Violation Admissions
Technical Violation Admissions
2018
1084
597
526
2019
1116
628
535
2020
878
489
396
Total
2018
2019
2020
Total admissions
1,084
1,116
878
Total Violation admissions
597
628
489
Probation admissions
259
301
262
Parole admissions
338
327
227
Total Technical Violation admissions
526
535
396
Probation admissions
225
248
208
Parole admissions
301
287
188
Total New Offense admissions
71
93
93
Probation admissions
34
53
54
Parole admissions
37
40
39
Population
From 2018 to 2020, Wyoming saw a 8 percent decline in the number of people in prison due to supervision violations.
The breakdown
Total Population
Violation Population
Technical Violation Population
2018
2454
738
614
2019
2543
774
674
2020
2364
681
585
Total
2018
2019
2020
Total population
2,454
2,543
2,364
Total Violation population
738
774
681
Probation population
497
498
482
Parole population
241
276
199
Total Technical Violation population
614
674
585
Probation population
442
469
458
Parole population
172
205
127
Total New Offense population
124
100
96
Probation population
55
29
24
Parole population
69
71
72
Additional State Notes
Admissions data is from FY2018 to FY2020. Population data from 2018 to 2020 is from a snapshot date of June 30. Admissions due to supervision violations include short incarceration stays in state-funded custody (1- to 180-day sanctions). Department of Corrections staff were not able to determine the admission type for the entire snapshot population, particularly for probation revocations that took place prior to FY2012, but parole revocations are largely captured.
Whether an incarceration is the result of a new offense or technical violation is often difficult and problematic to delineate, even in states with available data. Most states do not consider a supervision violation to be the result of a new offense unless a new felony conviction is present, meaning technical violations may include misdemeanor convictions or new arrests. "Prison" includes county jail if the county was reimbursed by the state for a person’s incarceration, which occurs in some, but not all, states. Supervision violations may include revocations (i.e., unsuccessful terminations of a supervision and completion of a sentence in prison or jail) or short-term sanctions (i.e., probation or parole jurisdiction is maintained and the person is incarcerated for a short period of time in prison or jail). Not all states impose or include short-term sanctions in their count of supervision violations.
