2018 Wyoming Statutes
TITLE 25 - INSTITUTIONS OF THE STATE
CHAPTER 10 - HOSPITALIZATION OF MENTALLY ILL PERSONS
ARTICLE 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS
SECTION 25-10-114 - Transfer of inmates of penal institutions to state hospital; notice.
25-10-114. Transfer of inmates of penal institutions to state hospital; notice.
(a) The department of corrections may transfer an inmate of a state penal institution who is mentally ill to the state hospital, subject to the rules of admission of the state hospital, if adequate treatment cannot be provided at a state penal institution.
(b) Not less than five (5) days before an inmate is transferred pursuant to this section, the department of corrections shall give written notice to the court which ordered imprisonment, the inmate and the person responsible for his care or custody. The notice shall include:
(i) The grounds for the transfer;
(ii) The inmate's right to contest the transfer;
(iii) The inmate's right to a hearing before he is transferred; and
(iv) The inmate's right to counsel.
(c) The transfer of an inmate of a state penal institution to the state hospital shall not exceed the term of imprisonment imposed by the sentencing court unless proceedings for involuntary hospitalization are instituted under W.S. 25-10-110.
