049-11 Wyo. Code R. §§ 11-18 - Physical Activity

(a) All juveniles shall be allowed at least one (1) hour minimum of physical exercise per day. The JDC shall document when these activities are provided each day.
(b) The JDC shall have space designated for exercise both indoors and outdoors. When weather permits, exercise shall be provided outdoors, in a secure exercise area.
(c) A variety of equipment shall be provided in sufficient amounts to ensure that all juveniles have the opportunity to participate in exercise activities during the designated recreation period.
(d) Physical exercise within the cell may be provided if the Administrator/Executive Director has reasonable grounds to believe that the release of the juvenile from the cell may jeopardize the safety and security of residents and/or order of the JDC.
(i) The JDC shall document any grounds for not allowing physical exercise outside of the cell; and
(ii) Special effort shall be made to provide daily physical exercise for those juveniles in restricted living units.
(e) The minimum space requirements for exercise areas are as follows:
(i) Outdoor exercise area shall have fifteen (15) square feet per youth for the maximum number of youth expected to use the space at one (1) time, but not less than one thousand, five hundred (1,500) square feet of unencumbered space; and
(ii) Covered/enclosed exercise areas shall not have less than five hundred (500) square feet of unencumbered space with proper ventilation.

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049-11 Wyo. Code R. §§ 11-18
Amended, Eff. 11/8/2017. Amended, Eff. 9/3/2021.

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