Wyoming § 6-5-112 Mistreating persons in institutions or mental
hospital; penalties; no bar to other criminal action

Wyoming Statutes

§ 6-5-112 — Mistreating persons in institutions or mental hospital; penalties; no bar to other criminal action

Wyoming § 6-5-112

Title 06Crimes and Offenses

Ch. 5OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Art. 1OFFENSES BY PUBLIC OFFICIALS

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Bluebook

Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 6-5-112 (2026).

Text

(a)A person commits a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more than three (3) years, a fine of not more than three thousand dollars ($3,000.00), or both, if he:

(i)Is an employee of, or is responsible for the care of a person in, a reformatory, penal or charitable institution or a mental hospital and treats him with unnecessary severity, harshness or cruelty; or

(ii)Is an officer required by law to perform an act with regard to persons in a reformatory, penal or charitable institution or a mental hospital and he intentionally refuses or neglects to perform the act.

(b)This section does not bar prosecution, under any other criminal statute, of a person responsible for the care of a person in a reformatory, penal or charitable institution or a mental hospital, even if he also viola

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(a) A person commits a felony punishable by imprisonment
for not more than three (3) years, a fine of not more than three
thousand dollars ($3,000.00), or both, if he:
(i) Is an employee of, or is responsible for the care
of a person in, a reformatory, penal or charitable institution
or a mental hospital and treats him with unnecessary severity,
harshness or cruelty; or
(ii) Is an officer required by law to perform an act
with regard to persons in a reformatory, penal or charitable
institution or a mental hospital and he intentionally refuses or
neglects to perform the act.
(b) This section does not bar prosecution, under any other
criminal statute, of a person responsible for the care of a
person in a reformatory, penal or charitable institution or a
mental hospital, even if he also violates this section.