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Wyoming · Through 2026 Budget Session; as of 2026-07-01

Wyo. Stat. § 6-5-112: Mistreating persons in institutions or mental hospital; penalties; no bar to other criminal action.

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  1. TITLE 6 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES
  2. CHAPTER 5 - OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION
  3. ARTICLE 1 - OFFENSES BY PUBLIC OFFICIALS

(a) A person commits a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than three (3) years, a fine of not more than three thousand dollars ($3,000.00), or both, if he:

(i) Is an employee of, or is responsible for the care of a person in, a reformatory, penal or charitable institution or a mental hospital and treats him with unnecessary severity, harshness or cruelty; or

(ii) Is an officer required by law to perform an act with regard to persons in a reformatory, penal or charitable institution or a mental hospital and he intentionally refuses or neglects to perform the act.

(b) This section does not bar prosecution, under any other criminal statute, of a person responsible for the care of a person in a reformatory, penal or charitable institution or a mental hospital, even if he also violates this section.

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