Wyoming State Penitentiary prisoners let out of cells 15 minutes a day

RAWLINS — After a month and a half of restricted activity and an ultimate lockdown because of a COVID-19 outbreak at the Wyoming State Penitentiary, inmates and their families are concerned about conditions inside the correctional facility.

Sylvia Brown’s husband is an inmate at the prison, and she said she has had no contact visits with her husband since March. She has had three video visits in the past six months, and days go by where she does not hear from her husband. In normal times, he might call multiple times a day.

“My husband has not seen sunlight or fresh air in a month and a half,” Brown said, adding that he was transferred to the Penitentiary from the Honor Farm four or five months ago.

“Before, he was out of his cell, in the community. He was able to call — we have five children, and he was able to call us multiple times a day,” Brown said. “All the sudden, things just stopped.”

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