Eastern Shoshone Tribal Jail
Eastern Shoshone Tribal Jail Information
Eastern Shoshone are Shoshone who mostly inhabit in Wyoming and the northeast corner of the Great Basin, where Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming meet, and are classified as Indigenous People in the Great Basin. During the 1805 Lewis & Clark Expedition, they lived in the Rocky Mountains and adopted Plains horse culture, in contrast to the Western Shoshone, who retained a Great Basin civilization.[3]Inmate Services
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307-332-4932Physical address
Eastern Shoshone Tribal Jail109 Norkok Street
Fort Washakie, WY 82514 Get directions
Mailing address (personal mail)
Eastern Shoshone Tribal Jail
P.O. Box 217
Fort Washakie, WY 82514
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Because the legal system in ‘Indian Country’ operates outside of the legal jurisdiction of the cities, counties and states where the individual Indian Reservations are located, and the land is wholly owned and governed by the Tribes, the jails and detention centers on those lands are maintained and run by the individual Tribes. The police that provide the security and enforce the laws and the courts that mete out justice are also controlled by the individual Tribes.
There are over 90 jails and detention centers throughout Indian Country, of which, the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) Office of Justice Services (OJS) staffs and operates a quarter of these facilities. The remainder are operated by Tribes through the PL 93-638, Self-Governance Compacts and a few are fully funded and operated by a tribe. Each jail is unique in operation and location.
Indian Reservation and Tribal laws also fall under the legal jurisdiction of the federal government. If a federal law has been broken, the Department of Justice may get involved. In that case, a convicted person from a crime committed on Indian Lands may be required to serve their time within the BOP (Federal Bureau of Prisons).