Wyoming Medium Correctional Institution

Wyoming's intake center and largest prison — men entering the state system start here, east of Torrington near the Nebraska line.

Overview

The Wyoming Medium Correctional Institution is the state’s newest and largest prison, and the front door of its men’s system: WDOC designates it “the main intake and assessment center for male inmates not sentenced to death.” Men sentenced to Wyoming prison time are processed here before classification determines where they serve the sentence — which may be here, since WMCI is also the system’s medium-custody prison and its designated treatment center for people needing intensive medical, mental health, dental, cognitive-behavioral, or sex-offender treatment services.

For families, intake has one hard rule: under the published policy, people in the intake units cannot receive visits until intake ends and a housing unit is assigned — initial classification is completed within 45 days. Mail and approved phone calls work during that window.

WDOC’s facility page also notes a small population of medium-custody women housed at WMCI, and the published healthcare policy places high-risk pregnancies in WMCI’s vulnerable-population unit. The visiting schedule requires female inmates’ visits to be pre-approved by special visit request. One caution: WDOC’s annual report says women housed in a temporary WMCI unit during a staffing shortage returned to the Women’s Center in 2025, so for any individual woman, the Wyoming Offender Locator shows current placement.

What Makes Wyoming Medium Correctional Institution Different

• It is where a Wyoming man’s sentence starts — and where the no-visiting intake window happens. The Wyoming Offender Locator shows when someone has moved from intake to a regular assignment.
• Four visiting days a week (Friday through Monday) with morning, afternoon, and evening sessions on the posted schedule.
• It is the system’s treatment hub, with the designated programs for high-need medical, mental health, and sex-offender treatment cases — placements that are program-driven rather than custody-driven.
• WDOC publishes no video visiting option for WMCI — the department posts video documents only for the State Penitentiary and the Honor Conservation Camp.
• WMCI’s posted schedule covers holiday visiting: when a major holiday falls on a Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday, extra sessions run from 1:00-4:30 p.m. and 5:30-9:00 p.m.
• At about 88 miles from Cheyenne, it is the easiest WDOC facility to reach from the state’s population centers in the southeast — and only about a half hour from Scottsbluff, Nebraska.

Visiting Hours and Procedures

The statewide rules above — the inmate-initiated application, dress code, ID, and the full-body scanner — apply at WMCI. What follows is specific to this facility.

The posted schedule assigns some sessions to specific housing units (the B3 unit appears with its own slots), so confirming the person’s unit before traveling avoids arriving for the wrong session. Visits for people in restrictive housing and for female inmates require a pre-approved special visit request. The full approval process, dress code, and arrival rules are in Visiting in Wyoming.

Getting There and Parking

WMCI is a few miles east of Torrington off US-26 via Road 55F, in farm country near the Nebraska line.

Distances are approximate, based on map routing data. No intercity bus serves Torrington. The Goshen County Senior Friendship Center runs a demand-response van service on weekdays ($2 per stop, 307-532-2796) — but visiting days are Friday through Monday, so it covers only part of the schedule, and a prison stop is not published. WDOC publishes no visitor parking details.

Nearby Services

Torrington has the essentials: a 24-hour Maverik station and fast food on the Valley Road strip, plus a Cobblestone Hotel & Suites on Main Street and a Holiday Inn Express. Community Hospital, a Banner Health critical-access hospital at 2000 Campbell Drive, has a 24-hour emergency department.

Learn More

For detailed information about visiting and communicating with someone in a Wyoming state facility:

• Visiting in Wyoming — the inmate-initiated application, dress code, and scanner
• Mail & Packages — the number-after-name addressing rule
• Phone & Video Calls — the ICSolutions system and calling lists
• Sending Money — the visitor-list deposit requirement
• Medical & Mental Health — the 24/7 family crisis line
• Transfers — intake, custody levels, and out-of-state placement