ASSOCIATION OF STATE CORRECTIONAL ADMINISTRATORS
Executive Officers
Regional Representatives
President
Ashbel T. Wall, II
Vice President
Christopher Epps
Midwest
John Baldwin
Northeast
Luis Spencer
Treasurer
Leann Bertsch
Past President
Harold Clarke
Southern
Gary Maynard
Western
Brad Livingston
For Immediate Release
December 9, 2013
Contact: George or Camille Camp
Phone: 301.791.2722
Wyoming Department of Corrections Director Robert O. “Bob” Lampert
Wins Award as Outstanding Corrections Director in the Nation
In the closing session of the Association of State Correctional Administrators (ASCA)
All Directors Training on December 7, 2013, ASCA honored Robert O. “Bob” Lampert,
Director of the Wyoming Department of Corrections (WDOC), as the Outstanding
Director of Corrections for 2013.
The Francke Award is presented to an ASCA member annually and recognizes that
member’s commitment and accomplishments. The award was established in 1992 in
celebration of the late Michael Francke’s contributions to the corrections field and his
support of ASCA. In 1989, Michael Francke, who at the time was Director of the Oregon
Department of Corrections, was murdered outside his office in Salem, Oregon.
Making the award announcement, A.T. Wall, current ASCA President and Director of
Rhode Island Department of Corrections, said: “Bob Lampert is a Marine Corps veteran
with more than 37 years of correctional experience, including military and state service.
He became the director of the Wyoming DOC in November of 2003 after working as a
superintendent of the largest correctional facility in the northwest and as assistant
superintendent of Oregon’s only maximum-security institution. Director Lampert joined
the Oregon prison system after retiring from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice
(TDCJ), following a 20-year career that saw him rise through the ranks from correctional
officer to senior warden. Most impressive is that while Director Lampert was working
full-time with TDCJ, he obtained four university degrees. He received a Bachelor’s and
Master’s degree in criminology and corrections, as well as a Master’s degree in business
administration from Sam Houston State University in Huntsville, Texas. He earned a
doctorate of jurisprudence from the University of Houston and is licensed to practice law
in Texas.”
Since his appointment as Director of the WDOC, Lampert has served under two
governors. Under Bob’s leadership, WDOC has become one of the most respected and
credible agencies in Wyoming state government. WDOC has implemented practices to
give opportunities for inmate education and skill development, opening the door to
productive levels and different opportunities upon release. He has worked to shift
Wyoming’s focus from “incarceration only” to include other proven strategies. He has a
global understanding of the issues and a vision for the WDOC that makes a substantial
and positive difference in Wyoming communities and for individuals released from
prison.
Director Lampert showed his outstanding leadership and dedication to the WDOC by
creating opportunities for inmate education and skill development, obtaining
approximately $139 million in funding for the expansion of five facilities, increasing
staffing levels by 32%, providing P.O.S.T. certification for correctional officers, attaining
statutory law enforcement retirement eligibility for parole agents, arguing for a
mother/child integration facility and residential program for high risk sex offenders in
medium security prison, and significantly reducing overcrowding. As a direct result of
his innovative efforts in outcome-based programming for inmates, recidivism has
declined by 13% since his arrival in 2003 (noted as second lowest in nation based on
2011 Pew Report).
When Governor Mead asked agencies to reduce the general fund budget by eight percent,
Director Lampert looked to past reversions for finding ways to meet the budget goal
without adversely affecting public safety, offender services, evidence-based programing,
employees, or facility operations. He held the line of spending for inmate medical,
mental health, and dental care through negotiations with off-site providers, returning over
$6 million to the state’s treasury.
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Director Lampert has also taken an active role in other initiatives that are important to
Wyoming and its citizens. He served for eight years as the chair of the Governor’s
Substance Abuse and Violent Crime Advisory Board. He also served as the chair of the
Wyoming Health Information Network Executive Leadership Team (ELT), where he
headed the development of an innovative program called “Healthy Families Succeed,”
which focuses on health, employment, and social issues in order to make Wyoming a
better place to live for those in need. Through collaboration with other agencies, Director
Lampert led initiatives and provided services that help the population improve health, job
performance, and decision-making skills. Participants’ qualities of life have improved by
16 percent since his appointment. The Council of State Governments has acknowledged
this program’s value and success by presenting it with the regional Innovation in
Governance award.
Beyond being Director of the WDOC, Lampert is also a member of the Wyoming
Council on Interstate Adult Offender Supervision, Commissioner on the Wyoming Peace
Officer Standards and Training Commission, and an active member of the Council of
State Governments as a Toll Fellow alumnus.
He actively serves on the Statewide 2-1-1 Board of Directors, the Wyoming Court
Supervised Treatment Program Panel, the Wyoming Suicide Prevention Council, the
Wyoming State Energy Sector Partnership Advisory Council, the Governor’s Prevention
Consortium, the Value Based Health Care Planning Group, the Wyoming Health
Information Technology Advisory Board, the Wyoming Health Information Enterprise
Eligibility System Executive Committee, the Wyoming Tele-Health Consortium, the
Governor’s Domestic Violence Elimination Council, the Health Insurance Information
Exchange Steering Committee, and the Veteran’s Commission.
Director Lampert is also an active member of ASCA. He chairs the Performance
Measures Committee and has led the expansion and success of the Performance-Based
Measures System (PBMS). He is an active and longstanding member of the Program &
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Training Committee, Policy & Resolutions Committee, and Reentry Committee. He is a
Certified Correctional Executive, a member of the Discover Corrections National
Advisory Board, and a Commissioner on the American Corrections Association National
Commission on Professional Certification for Corrections.
Bob Lampert’s achievements in the corrections field, his service to the state of Wyoming
and its citizens’ well-being, his active participation in ASCA, and his keen leadership and
innovation are reasons why he is so deserving of the 2013 Francke Award.
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