{"data":{"id":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-7-22-101","jurisdiction":"us-wy","citation":"Wyo. Stat. § 7-22-101","heading":"Definitions.","body":"(a) As used in this article:\n(i) \"American correctional association standards\" means those standards at the time of implementation of this act, or if amended, the amended American correctional association standards, which are approved by the state;\n(ii) \"Contracting governmental entity\" means the state or a local government which has entered into a contract with a contractor pursuant to this article;\n(iii) \"Contractor\" or \"private contractor\" means a person who has entered into a contract with the state or a local government pursuant to W.S. 7-22-102;\n(iv) \"Deadly force\" means force that is likely to cause death or serious bodily injury;\n(v) \"Facility\" means a jail, prison or other incarceration facility constructed or operated pursuant to a contract under W.S. 7-22-102;\n(vi) \"Five (5) state elected officials\" means the governor, secretary of state, state auditor, state treasurer and superintendent of public instruction;\n(vii) \"Local government\" means any city, town, joint powers board or county in Wyoming;\n(viii) \"Nondeadly force\" means force that normally would cause neither death nor serious bodily injury;\n(ix) \"Private-company detention officer\" means a private contractor's employee serving as a detention officer at a facility being operated pursuant to a contract under W.S. 7-22-102;\n(x) \"State\" means the state of Wyoming acting through the office of the governor.","path":["TITLE 7 - CRIMINAL PROCEDURE","CHAPTER 22 - PRIVATE CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES","ARTICLE 1 - IN GENERAL"],"source_url":"https://wyoleg.gov/statutes/compress/title07.pdf","current_through":"2026 Budget Session; as of 2026-07-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-04T00:16:32Z","sha256":"a436535f1dcf12f2d2866085c9535ec2ba341df501c6b4a0f99b6b0ca8c87f06","source_id":"us-wy","stale":false,"prev":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-7-21-103","next":"us-wy/wyo.-stat.-7-22-102"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}