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The Utah State Correctional Facility is the only prison in Utah authorized to carry out capital punishment, with executions conducted by lethal injection. The first inmate to be executed in the facility was Taberon Honie on August 8, 2024; this was also the first execution in Utah since 2010.
In order to cut its operating costs, as well as to reduce recidivism, in 2008 the Sheriff's Office began charging inmates to stay at the jail, which is co-ed. [11] In 2005 it had a recidivism rate of 75 percent. [12] The Purgatory jail made headlines in 2006 when it was the scene of incarceration for Warren Jeffs, following his flight from ...
From 1951 to 2022, executions were held at the Utah State Prison in Draper, Utah. The first execution at Utah State was #38 Eliseo J. Mares Jr., and the last execution at Utah State was #51 Ronnie Lee Gardner. [9] From July 2022, executions will be held at the Utah State Correctional Facility in Salt Lake City.
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. [1]
United States Army Corrections Command operated facilities [1]. United States Disciplinary Barracks, Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Kansas; Midwest Joint Regional Correctional Facility, Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth, Kansas
Central Utah Correctional Facility as viewed from US89. The prison is used to house up to maximum security inmates. Unlike the Utah State Correctional Facility located in Salt Lake City , CUCF is located in a rural part of the state, and thus more isolated from the main population centers of Utah. [ 3 ]
The Utah Division of Juvenile Justice Services (JJS) is a division of the Utah Department of Human Services operating juvenile correctional services. Its headquarters is in Salt Lake City. [1] The division was established in 1981 as the Utah Division of Youth Corrections. It received its current name on July 1, 2004. [2]
The center began accepting clients on April 17, 2015, and is dedicated to helping women who have violated their supervision conditions and are at risk of being returned to jail or prison. Bonneville (BCCC) This center opened in the 1980s and works to stabilize and transition mentally ill and sex offender parolees into the community.