Women in the Utah Department of Corrections
Corrections officers in Utah are predominantly male. Its a job that many believe requires traditionally masculine attributes like brute strength and force. But less than a quarter of Utah Corrections...
View ArticleCommittee Recommends Moving Prison from Draper
The state’s Prison Relocation Authority Committee has endorsed the idea of moving Utah’s main state prison away from Draper, and that's something the business community there would like to see. Bill...
View ArticleU Plans to Bring Science to Utah Prisons
The University of Utah wants to bring science and sustainability into the state’s prisons. The U is developing a project that would work with inmates on recycling, gardening, and composting among other...
View ArticleGovernor Appoints Six Members to New Prison Relocation and Development Authority
Governor Gary Herbert appointed six members to the newly formed Prison Relocation and Development Authority today. The group is tasked with examining the potential of moving the state prison that is...
View ArticleSalt Lake County Inmate Found Dead After Being Charged with Abuse
A jailed man accused of sexually abusing teenage immigrant boys and forcing them to deal drugs is dead. The Salt Lake County Sheriff says that authorities found 42-year-old Victor Manuel Rax hanging in...
View ArticleUtah Commission Recommends Reducing Drug Possession to a Misdemeanor
Utah's Criminal and Juvenile Justice Commission unveiled a package of recommendations to control prison growth today, including a proposal to make first-time drug possession a misdemeanor instead of a...
View ArticleUtah Prison Inmate Death is a Homicide, Autopsy Finds
The Utah Medical Examiner's Office has ruled the death of state prison inmate Christopher Lee Lucas a homicide. The death occurred last fall after corrections officers used pepper spray to break up a...
View ArticlePrison Relocation Chairs Reverse Course, Plan to Attend Q&A Sessions
The first of three information sessions on a new state prison site is Wednesday night at the Utah State Fairpark in Salt Lake City. The co-chairs of the Prison Relocation Commission say the meetings...
View ArticleACLU Supports Utah Prison Inmates on Hunger Strike
The American Civil Liberties Union of Utah is supporting a group of state inmates currently on hunger strike.
View ArticleBill Requires Jails, Prisons To Disclose Info About Inmate Deaths and Treatment
More transparency could be coming to Utah jails and prisons with a bill that would require them to report all in-custody deaths to the state.
View ArticleSen. Mike Lee Makes Final Push For Bipartisan Criminal Justice Reform Bill
Congress is considering bipartisan legislation to overhaul the criminal justice system that President Trump says he wants to sign into law by the end of the year. Called the First Step Act , the bill...
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