Jail

An inmate at the Natrona County Detention Center is dead, but investigators do not suspect foul play.

The Wyoming Department of Corrections says an inmate has escaped from the Wyoming Honor Conservation Camp in Newcastle.

A Boston, Massachusetts teen has been sentenced to two years in prison after being found guilty of causing a fatal car crash due to texting and driving.

Lenny Dykstra’s unlikely journey from all-star centerfielder to supposed financial wizard and businessman has landed the 49-year-old in jail.

DETROIT (AP) — A Nigerian who tried to blow up an international flight near Detroit on behalf of al-Qaida has been sentenced to life in prison without parole. The mandatory punishment Thursday for Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab was never in doubt after he pleaded guilty in October...

CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — Budget cuts of five percent or more would hurt alternative programs in Wyoming’s prison system, according to the corrections department. Department director Robert Lampert briefed lawmakers on Monday about what cuts would be required under different funding scenarios. Lamp ...

Authorities say an inmate has died after hanging himself in the Laramie County jail in Cheyenne. The Cheyenne Tribune Eagle reports  the inmate was found Thursday and was taken to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead. His name hasn’t been released...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — The Wyoming Supreme Court is set to consider an appeal on behalf of a Sheridan teenager serving life in prison following his guilty plea to a home invasion murder. Eighteen-year-old Wyatt Bear Cloud is one of three teens convicted of murder in the August 2009 killing of Sheridan businessman Robert Ernst...