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Department of Corrections to cut $17.9 million from budget
By trib.com- Lillian Schrock
Published: 06/27/2016

The Wyoming Department of Corrections will trim $17.9 million from its budget by leaving positions vacant and cutting substance abuse treatment spending, among other things.

The reductions come in response to falling state revenues, which prompted Gov. Matt Mead last week to announce $248 million in cuts. State agencies will see their budgets shrink as a result.

Corrections Department Director Bob Lampert told a group of lawmakers last week his agency would do whatever it safely could to help reduce the state’s budget.

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