Except as authorized by a person in charge, 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 that person takes or passes any controlled substance or intoxicating liquor into a jail, a state penal institution, the Wyoming boys' school, Wyoming girls' school, a correctional facility operated by a private entity pursuant to W.S. 7-22-102 or the state hospital.
Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-5-208
Taking controlled substances or liquor into jails, penal institutions or mental hospitals; penalties
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Daniel E. Borja, Sr. v. The State of Wyoming (2023)
Most recently applied in Andrew Lee Boyer v. The State of Wyoming (August 2025)
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