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| Location | 2900 S Higley Blvd, Rawlins, Wyoming |
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| Status | In Use |
| Security class | Level IV/Level V Maximum Security |
| Capacity | 750 inmates |
| Opened | Frontier Prison: 1901 North Facility: 1980 Current Facility: 2001 |
| Closed | Frontier Prison: 1980 North Facility: 2001 |
| Managed by | Wyoming Department of Corrections |
| Director | Neicole Molden, Warden |
The Wyoming State Penitentiary is an American historic and current prison in Rawlins, Carbon County, Wyoming, which has operated from 1901. It moved within Rawlins to a new location in 1981. In 2018, it is a Wyoming Department of Corrections state maximum-security prison for men.[1]
Wyoming State Penitentiary is also the location of Wyoming's death row for men and execution chamber, which is located in the prison's parole board meeting room. No death sentences have been carried out in Wyoming since the 1992 execution of convicted murderer Mark Hopkinson, and, in 2018, there were no inmates on death row.
- ^ "Wyoming State Penitentiary". Wyoming Department of Corrections. Retrieved 7 August 2018.