(Riverton, WY) â As of Tuesday, December 29th only 2 active cases of COVID-19 at the Wyoming Honor Farm have been reported, according to the latest Wyoming Department of Corrections update. This number includes 1 staff member and 1 inmate at the facility.
In total, the number of confirmed positive COVID cases totals 42 within all DOC facilities -this includes the Honor Farm. Those cases were identified in routine surveillance samplings conducted last week, the release noted.
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There are 16 confirmed cases within the Wyoming Medium Correction Institution in Torrington. The majority of cases, 13, are reported among staff members, and only 3 in the inmate population.
42 new COVID cases confirmed among Wyoming inmates and correctional staff By Brendan LaChance on December 29, 2020
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UPDATE: The WDOC issued a correction on Tuesday afternoon. They had originally reported 21 staff and 3 inmates positive for COVID-19 at the Wyoming State Penitentiary. The WDOC corrected that information to report 3 staff and 21 inmates positive. This story has been updated to reflect the correction.
CASPER, Wyo. The Wyoming Department of Corrections said on Tuesday, Dec. 29 that routine surveillance sampling of inmates and correctional staff in Wyoming in the last week revealed 42 new positive cases of COVID-19.
24 cases were identified at the Wyoming State Penitentiary, 16 cases at the Wyoming Medium Correctional Institution and two cases at the Wyoming Honor Farm:
The Wyoming Department of Corrections released their latest confirmed positive COVID case numbers today, December 15th.
The latest numbers show that only one DOC facility, Wyoming State Penitentiary, has active COVID cases. The Wyoming Honor Farm in Riverton has had a steady decrease in reported cases since November.
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Wyoming Honor Farm (WHF) Riverton – Positive Covid Cases: 0
Wyoming Honor Conservation Camp (WHCC) Newcastle – Positive Covid Cases:0
Wyoming Womenâs Center (WWC) Lusk – Positive Covid Cases: 0
Wyoming State Penitentiary (WSP) Rawlins – Positive Covid Cases: 8 (Staff 2, Inmates 6)
Working with the Wyoming Department of Health, all active inmate cases are medically monitored and managed by the Department and the DOC healthcare provider (Corizon Health, Inc.) in accordance with CDC guidelines.