The Utah Department of Corrections (UDC) is a

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dedicated to the management and supervision of convicted

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in the U.S. state of

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. It is currently led by the Executive Director Brian Nielson. It has its headquarters in the Utah Department of Corrections Administration Building in Draper.

Divisions

The Utah Department of Corrections is made up of several divisions and facilities.

Adult Probation and Parole

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. Each region within the division of AP&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 the Utah Board of Pardons and Parole.

Division of Administrative Services

This division is housed in the Utah Department of Corrections Administration Building and manages the UDC Corrections Training Academy.Utah Department of Corrections. (2006, December 19). ''Utah Department of Corrections Facilities''. Retrieved March 31, 2007, from http://corrections.utah.gov/corrections/facilities/

Division of Facilities Construction & Management

Managed by the department-wide Division of Facilities Construction & Management, this division manages construction and maintenance to UDC facilities.

Division of Prison Operations

The Division of Prison Operations or DPO manages the State of Utah's two primary correctional facilities, including the Central Utah Correctional Facility and the Utah State Correctional Facility. The state also sends more than 1,000 inmates out to county jail facilities around Utah through a jail contracting program.

Training

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.

Utah Correctional Industries

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 the Bureau of Land Management. This program has since been retired, citing ongoing budget disagreements.

Programming

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.

Facilities

See

List of Utah state prisons This is a complete list of state prisons in Utah. There are no federal prisons in Utah and this list does not include county jails located in the state of Utah. As of 2010, Utah eliminated its use of private prisons for state prisoners. Facilit ...

Operations

Utah previously required all visits between prisoners and their visitors to be conducted in the

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Death row

The first two people executed in the modern era were Antelope and Long Hair, who were executed at the Sugar House Prison in Sugar House, Salt Lake City on September 15, 1854. From 1951 to 2022, executions were held at the

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. The first execution at Utah State was #38 Eliseo J. Mares Jr., and the last execution at Utah State was #51

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. From July 2022, executions will be held at the Utah State Correctional Facility in

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Fallen officers

Since the establishment of the Utah Department of Corrections, five officers have died while on duty.The Officer Down Memorial Page
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References

* http://www.parkrecord.com/ci_22902534/governor-names-rollin-cook-new-head-corrections

External links

Official site - http://corrections.utah.gov/
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