No Credit for Time Served: The Fiscal and Equitable Problems with Wyoming’s Parole Statutes

Wyoming statutes employ similar parlance, using the term “compliance violation” to broadly describe a technical violation as an act that does not result in arrest for a misdemeanor or felony, or is not absconding from supervision. Essentially, any violation other than an arrest or absconding while on parole is a “compliance violation” (technical violation) under Wyoming law. When parolees commit technical violations, the parole agent has a number of options: administering sanctions, increasing other requirements, and requiring additional treatment. If the violation is serious enough, such as absconding from supervision or committing a felony, the agent typically has no choice but to seek revocation and return the parolee to prison.*
* See Wyo. Stat. Ann. §§ 7-13-403, -1801 (providing that “[t]he system shall provide for graduated responses to compliance violations and other violations of supervision conditions in a swift, certain and proportional manner”