Wyo. Stat. § 25-13-102 (2026)

(a) There is created the correctional industries advisory
board. The board shall consist of seven (7) members appointed
by the governor. Members shall serve a three (3) year term
provided that of the initial board, two (2) members shall be
appointed for a one (1) year term, two (2) members for two (2)
year terms and three (3) members for three (3) year terms.
Membership on the board shall include representatives of
organized labor, business, the criminal justice system and the
educational community. The director of the department of
corrections and the director of the department of workforce
services, or their designees, shall serve as ex officio
nonvoting members of the board.

     (b) The governor may remove any member of the board as
provided by W.S. 9-1-202.

     (c) Vacancies on the advisory board shall be filled by
appointment for the unexpired term.

     (d) Members of the advisory board shall not receive
compensation for their services, but when actually engaged in
the performance of their duties shall receive travel expenses,
per diem and mileage expenses in the same manner and amount as
employees of the state.

     (e) The department shall provide staff services as the
advisory board requires to carry out its duties.

     (f) The advisory board shall recommend to the governor and
to the department policies for correctional industries programs
designed to:

          (i) Offer inmates meaningful employment, work
experience and training in vocations that are specifically
designed to reduce recidivism and thereby enhance public safety
by providing opportunities for legitimate means of livelihood
upon the inmate's release from custody;

          (ii) Provide industries which will reduce the tax
burden of corrections and save taxpayers money through
production of goods and services for sale and use;

          (iii) Provide for the effective and efficient
operation of correctional work programs which are as similar as
possible to those provided by the private sector;

          (iv) Encourage the development of and provide for the
selection of, contracting for, and supervision of work programs
with participating private enterprise firms; and

          (v) Provide advice regarding the use of available
funds in correctional industries enterprises and meaningful work
programs that will not result in the displacement of employed
workers, be applied in skills, crafts or trades in which there
is adequate gainful labor in the locality or impair existing
contracts for services.

     (g) The advisory board shall annually review and report to
the governor and joint judiciary interim committee the
performance of the correctional industries program within the
department.