Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal has announced that Torrington, Wyo.,
will be the site of the state's new medium-security prison.
Selected to provide services for the conceptual design, the
architectural team of DLR Group of Colorado Springs, Colo., and Tobin
and Associates of Cheyenne, Wyo., were involved in the gathering, review
and scoring of the initial site proposals, which included the cities of
Torrington, Rawlins and Riverton, Wyo. The new facility will be a
650-bed prison that will create more than 300 jobs and allow the state
to return many inmates from out-of-state prisons. Wyoming currently
houses nearly 550 inmates out of state due to lack of beds. In order to
bring all inmates back to Wyoming, the 2004 Wyoming State Legislature approved funding for expansion projects at each of the existing four
prisons, as well as funding for the initial phase of planning of a new
prison. DLR Group and Tobin and Associates have extensive experience
with correctional facilities. DLR Group has designed federal prisons in
Florida and Colorado and state facilities in Colorado, Oregon, Nebraska,
Illinois and California, among others. The Central Production Facility
at the Wyoming State Penitentiary in Rawlins and the facility at the
Wyoming Honor Conservation Camp and Wyoming Boot Camp in Newcastle were
designed by Tobin and Associates. For more information, visit
www.dlrgroup.com.
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