CHEYENNE – James Ray Jones, a Wyoming inmate, died Friday, September 17, 2021, while incarcerated at the Wyoming Medium Correctional Institute in Torrington, Wyoming.

The Wyoming Department of Corrections (WDC) announced in a press release that Mr. Jones was originally convicted of fourth offense of driving a vehicle under the influence of alcohol in Sweetwater County Wyoming on June 22, 2017, and sentenced to three to six years by District Court Judge Richard Lavery.

Mr. Jones was born on April 27, 1956, in Idaho Falls, Idaho.

Mr. Jones had been battling a lengthy illness. Per WDC policy an autopsy will be conducted to determine the official cause of death.