The Central Utah Correctional Facility (CUCF, also known as the Central Utah Correctional Facility - Gunnison Prison) is a prison in
Gunnison,
Utah
Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its northeast by Wyoming, to its north by Idaho, to its south by Arizona, and to its ...
, United States, that is one of two
prison
A prison, also known as a jail, gaol (dated, standard English, Australian, and historically in Canada), penitentiary (American English and Canadian English), detention center (or detention centre outside the US), correction center, corre ...
s managed by the
Utah Department of Corrections
The Utah Department of Corrections (UDC) is a government agency dedicated to the management and supervision of convicted felons in the U.S. state of Utah. It is currently led by the Executive Director Brian Nielson. It has its headquarters in ...
' Division of Institutional Operations.
[Utah Department of Corrections. (2006, December 19). ''Utah Department of Corrections Facilities''. Retrieved March 31, 2007, from http://www.cr.ex.state.ut.us/corrections/facilities/ ] It's also death row for women in Utah.
Description
The prison was completed in 1990 and has a capacity for 1,125 prisoners.
[Utah Department of Corrections (2006, December 19). ''Central Utah Correctional Facility''. Retrieved April 10, 2007, from http://www.cr.ex.state.ut.us/corrections/facilities/cucf.html ]
CUCF is composed of two main housing units: Henry and Boulder.
Henry is broken up into four sections - Aspen, Birch, Cedar, and Dogwood (also called "SMU" for "Special Management Unit"). Boulder is divided into three buildings - Elm, Fir, Gale and Hickory. Aspen, Birch and Cedar house regular population inmates. Dogwood (SMU) is a short term housing unit intended for those in transport, those waiting to be moved into other sections, and those being punished. Elm houses some college students, but also contains "lock-down", or punishment, sections. Fir houses inmates who are either enrolled in or are waiting to begin the in-patient substance abuse treatment program "HOPE" (Helping Offenders Parole Effectively). Gale houses inmates who are part of the STRIVE (Success through Responsibility, Integrity, Values and Effort). Hickory is controlled, maximum security unit housing "level two" inmates.
The prison is used to house up to maximum security types of inmates. Unlike the
Utah State Correctional Facility located in
Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City (often shortened to Salt Lake and abbreviated as SLC) is the capital and most populous city of Utah, United States. It is the seat of Salt Lake County, the most populous county in Utah. With a population of 200,133 in 2020, th ...
, CUCF is located in a rural part of the state, and thus more isolated from the main population centers of Utah.
The prison underwent an expansion concluding in 2008, adding 192 beds in the Hickory unit to meet the growing needs of Utah's offender population.
Notable inmates
See also
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List of Utah state prisons
This is a complete list of List of U.S. state prisons, state prisons in Utah. There are no List of U.S. federal prisons, federal prisons in Utah and this list does not include county jails located in the state of Utah.
As of 2010, Utah eliminated ...
References
External links
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Prisons in Utah
Buildings and structures in Sanpete County, Utah
Capital punishment in Utah
1990 establishments in Utah
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