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| Utah Department of Corrections | |
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| Abbreviation | UDC |
| Agency overview | |
| Volunteers | 2,400 |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction | Utah, US |
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| Map of Utah Department of Corrections's jurisdiction | |
| Size | 84,889 square miles (219,860 km2) |
| Population | 3,216,857(2019 est.)[1] |
| General nature | |
| Operational structure | |
| Headquarters | Draper, Utah |
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| Facilities | |
| Correctional facilities Community correctional centers | 2 6 |
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| UDC website | |
TheUtah Department of Corrections (UDC) is agovernment agency dedicated to the management and supervision of convictedfelons in theU.S. state ofUtah. It is currently led by the Executive Director Jared Garcia.[2] It has its headquarters in the Utah Department of Corrections Administration Building inDraper.[3]
The Utah Department of Corrections is made up of several divisions and facilities.[3]
This division supervises 18,000 offenders in the community. The division has five Community Correctional Centers: Bonneville, Atherton, Orange Street, Northern Utah Correctional Center, and the Fortitude Treatment Center. Boundaries are divided into five regions.[4] Each region within the division ofAP&P has agents and correctional officers who perform a variety of functions in the courts and in the field. AP&P agents are certified law enforcement officers and have statewide police authority. In addition to supervising offenders in the field, AP&P agents are responsible for preparing reports on offenders for district courts and theUtah Board of Pardons and Parole.
This division is housed in the Utah Department of Corrections Administration Building and manages the UDC Corrections Training Academy.[5]
Managed by the department-wide Division of Facilities Construction & Management, this division manages construction and maintenance to UDC facilities.[5]
The Division of Prison Operations or DPO manages the State of Utah's two primary correctional facilities, including theCentral Utah Correctional Facility and theUtah State Correctional Facility. The state also sends more than 1,000 inmates out to county jail facilities around Utah through a jail contracting program.[5]
This division is responsible for providing staff and managers appropriate training to ensure employees are prepared to carry out appropriate duties, and supervisors are equipped to manage their staff.
UCI employs prison inmates who work to produce goods such as signs, furniture and embroidery. UCI mostly provides goods and services for governmental agencies, though it also contracts with various private industry businesses on certain projects.
From 2007 to 2014, UCI ran a horse gentling operation in partnership with theBureau of Land Management. This program has since been retired, citing ongoing budget disagreements.[6]
The Division of Programming supplies education, cognitive restructuring, sex-offender treatment, substance-abuse treatment, and various other services to offenders both inside the prison facilities, or those in the field on supervision under the purview of Adult Probation & Parole.
SeeList of Utah state prisons.
Utah previously required all visits between prisoners and their visitors to be conducted in theEnglish language. After challenges from theAmerican Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) the system ended the rule.[7]
The first two people executed in the modern era were Antelope and Long Hair, who were executed at theSugar House Prison inSugar House, Salt Lake City on September 15, 1854.[8] From 1951 to 2022, executions were held at theUtah State Prison inDraper, Utah. The first execution at Utah State was #38 Eliseo J. Mares Jr., and the last execution at Utah State was #51Ronnie Lee Gardner.[9] From July 2022, executions will be held at theUtah State Correctional Facility inSalt Lake City.
Since the establishment of the Utah Department of Corrections, five officers have died while on duty.[10]
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| Corrections byFederal district | Felons:Federal Bureau of Prisons, Misdemeanants:District of Columbia (incarcerated long-term felons until year 2001) |
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