{"data":{"id":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-6-5-112","jurisdiction":"us-wy","citation":"Wyo. Stat. § 6-5-112","heading":"Mistreating persons in institutions or mental hospital; penalties; no bar to other criminal action.","body":"(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:\n(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\n(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.\n(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.","path":["TITLE 6 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES","CHAPTER 5 - OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION","ARTICLE 1 - OFFENSES BY PUBLIC OFFICIALS"],"source_url":"https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title06.pdf","current_through":"2026 Budget Session; as of 2026-07-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T00:16:32Z","sha256":"e1220b6f14e4136c8a0605ac6e6d7ccca372927fb385c034100cbf472e76b74a","source_id":"us-wy","stale":false,"prev":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-6-5-111","next":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-6-5-113"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}