Q&A: Locked-up kids and gov’t transparency in Wyoming
Youth study at the Wyo10 Day Reporting Center in Fremont County in 2016. Some of the program’s funding recently came under the knife as Wyoming government slashes funding for programs, including those that keep juvenile offenders out of the court system. (Miles Bryan/Wyoming Public Radio)
April 30, 2021 by Andrew Graham, WyoFile
From now until the 2022 legislative session, the Joint Judiciary Committee will study the state’s handling of kids who run into legal trouble with an eye toward improving Wyoming’s juvenile justice system.
Judiciary Chairwoman Sen. Tara Nethercott and her cochair, Rep. Jared Olsen both Cheyenne attorneys and Republicans explained the stakes in frank terms in a letter nominating the topic to the Wyoming Legislature’s Management Council.
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After a successful year and a half on the film festival and screening circuit, the University of Wyomingâs 55-minute science, adventure and conservation documentary film, âDeer 139,â will premiere online on the spring equinox.
Viewers are invited to join the premiere on YouTube at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 20. A live question-and-answer session with the filmâs team will follow the premiere at 7:55 p.m. via a Zoom webinar. Both events are free and open to the public. For more information, and to access the documentary film, click here.
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The film will be freely available on YouTube to watch following the premiere event.
March 16, 2021
Tennessee Watson, from left, Anya Tyson and Sam Dwinnell hike through western Wyoming in a scene from the documentary film “Deer 139.” The University of Wyoming-produced documentary film will premiere online Saturday, March 20. (Morgan Heim Photo)
After a successful year and a half on the film festival and screening circuit, the University of Wyoming’s 55-minute science, adventure and conservation documentary film, “Deer 139,” will premiere online on the spring equinox.
Viewers are invited to join the premiere on YouTube at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 20. A live question-and-answer session with the film’s team will follow the premiere at 7:55 p.m. via a Zoom webinar. Both events are free and open to the public. For more information, and to access the documentary film, visit www.uwyo.edu/haub/ruckelshaus-institute/outreach/deer-139.html.