(Salt Lake City, UT) — A lockdown put in place at state prisons in Salt Lake City and Gunnison has been lifted. The Utah Department of Corrections enacted it more than a month ago after an inmate reportedly attacked a guard at the Central Utah Correctional Facility. DOC officials say […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah Department of Corrections is introducing a new mail system aimed at preventing contraband from being smuggled into state prisons. All non-privileged mail will be sent to a processing center operated by Pigeonly Corrections, where it will open the mail, scan it into a […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah Department of Corrections has appointed Alex Garcia as the new Adult Probation and Parole director. He will be replacing Dan Blanchard, who officials say will be taking on a new position working on special projects. He had served as director since 2015. Garcia […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A state prison inmate has sued the Utah Department of Corrections to stop the movement of inmates among buildings, an alleged lack of mask and glove use by prison officials and other measures he claims spread the coronavirus. Damon Christ, who is serving time for theft, alleges the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Latest on a Utah death-row inmate who died in prison (all times local): 3:55 p.m. Author Jon Krakauer says he’s grateful that a Utah death-row inmate who killed his brother’s wife and her toddler has died of natural causes and won’t be executed by […]
DRAPER, Utah (AP) — A Utah prison inmate’s death is being investigated as a possible homicide. KUTV in Salt Lake City reported Monday that the inmate was discovered unresponsive in his cell Saturday night at Oquirrh Facility in Draper. The Utah Department of Corrections in a statement said he was declared dead […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The prison population in Utah is growing despite reform efforts in recent years aimed at curbing the number of inmates. The Salt Lake Tribune reported Tuesday the state averaged 6,781 prison inmates each day last month, about 300 more than it had a year earlier. Utah Department […]
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Outgoing Connecticut Gov. Dannel P. Malloy and members of his administration had high praise Thursday for Democratic Gov.-elect Ned Lamont’s nominee to lead the state’s prisons. The Democratic Malloy, who made criminal justice reform a major focus during his eight-year tenure, told reporters that everything he […]
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Gov.-elect Ned Lamont is nominating the former executive director of Utah’s Department of Corrections to oversee Connecticut’s prison system. The Democrat on Wednesday called Rollin Cook “a national expert and a leader in his field,” praising Cook’s focus on criminal justice reform, including rehabilitation of inmates […]
DRAPER, Utah (AP) — An inmate on death row in Utah has died. The Utah Department of Corrections says 63-year-old Floyd Maestas died of natural causes Sunday at the prison in Draper. Maestas had been behind bars since 2008. He was convicted of aggravated murder in beating death of 72-year-old […]
