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‘You Can’t Treat Us Like Animals’: Former Inmate Describes Experience At Utah Prison During COVID-19Jeromy Tait was released early from the Utah State Prison because of the coronavirus pandemic. He described his experience during COVID-19 outbreaks there.
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The latest Utah news from Thursday evening, November 5, 2020.
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The Utah State Prison in Draper is experiencing its second COVID-19 outbreak, and the Central Utah Correctional Facility in Gunnison is having its first. On Wednesday, the Utah Department of Corrections announced the first COVID-19 related death at the prison.
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The Utah Department of Corrections reported another COVID-19 outbreak at the state prison. Officials said they’re concerned because the outbreak has impacted a unit where the medically vulnerable population stays.
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Officials from the Utah Department of Corrections say there are a number of health and safety measures in place to prevent and contain the spread of the coronavirus at the Utah State Prison. But an outbreak of COVID-19 cases there is concerning a civil liberties organization and families of people incarcerated at the prison.
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Utah’s Department of Corrections is working to contain a COVID-19 outbreak in two housing blocks at the Draper prison. The department's executive director said they’re doing their best to keep inmates separated and provide masks where needed.
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Planning efforts are ramping up on a site that state and local leaders say is Utah’s most important development opportunity for the decades ahead. Right now, the prime real estate in Draper is home to the Utah State Prison, but one day officials hope to transform it into a 21st century hub for jobs, housing and transportation.
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Rollin Cook, head of the Utah Department of Corrections is stepping down next month. For the past five years, he’s overseen the prison system, probation…
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Utah Governor Gary Herbert’s staff held a press conference Thursday to address concerns about the rising cost of building the new state prison.Paul…
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The nonprofit planning group Envision Utah met with elected officials this week as they start to brainstorm ways to develop a huge swath of land at the…
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A Utah Republican Senator is working on a bill to back out of a deal that would allow Salt Lake City to increase the sales tax. The agreement was a…
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Utah is poised to overhaul its criminal justice system in one landmark bill unveiled today at the state capitol.The bill is expected to save the state…