Wyoming Sex Offender Registration Details

According to the criminal law of Wyoming, the sex offenders are divided into four prominent categories like level 1, level 2, level 3 and p. Level 1 offenders are those who have a low risk of repeating their offense. Offenders belonging to level 2 have a moderate risk of repeating offense. A high risk of repeating offense is attached with the level 3 offenders. Whereas the level p offenders have been registered but the risk of their repeating the offense remains undefined.

A recent survey has revealed the fact that there are about 1200 sex offenders in the state. Although it is not a large number but the enforcement officials and legislatures are worried because 56% of these offenders have relocated Wyoming after being convicted of sex offenses elsewhere.

While the other states have strict laws in place in order to prohibit the sex offenders from residing near schools, day care center and places inhabited by children, Wyoming has no such laws. Sex offenders categorized as medium risk offenders are not listed on the state’s publicly accessible website. It even lacks a standard system for accepting convictions from other US states.

Wyoming Sex Offender Registry

The Wyoming State Legislature, in 2007, has amended the sex offender registry laws. Since then the DCI allows access to the information by the public via the Internet. The website lists all the sex offenders registered in the state. The information include the full name of the offender, date of birth, offense, date of conviction, sentence duration, physical description like height, weight, eye color, hair color, etc., social security number, driver’s license and details of the vehicle the offender operates as well as the employment details. The state resource http://wysors.dci.wyo.gov/ enables the residents of Wyoming to access the sex offender registry online. This website, however, has the following disclaimers displayed within it.

•    Any offender included in the sex offender  registry is not labeled as being currently dangerous.
•    The sex offenders register voluntarily in as per their conviction record and state law.
•    The main reason of providing information about the sex offenders online is for protection of the public.

The law also says that any sex offender, who enters Wyoming, with the aim of working or residing or going to school, must register with the Sheriff’s office in the county of residence. A few of the websites display a map of your neighborhood, in Wyoming and gives you the number of predators living around your society. A pending proposal in the state legislature states that a sex offender in Wyoming would require to be listed on an Internet database while a few of them should be made to wear GPS tracking devices. However this has not been finalized yet.

Wyoming Sex Offender Statistics

According to a recent survey one in the four kids has been sexually harassed by adults online, 38% of the kids are found to be engaged in sexual conversation online, 57% of the predators are using the Internet for flirting, 30% of the children get phone calls from the people they met online.

You may take a look at the official website http://wysors.dci.wyo.gov/sor/home.htm in order to obtain more information on Wyoming sex offenders.