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The resource center will provide formerly incarcerated individuals with space where they can charge their phone and access legal advice and health referrals.

Lawmakers moved quickly this year to pass a bill that lowers the minimum age for correctional officers. The minimum age for police officers is still 21.

One-third of the inmates at Washington County’s jail have tested positive for COVID-19 and family members say officials didn’t provide adequate protection…

An inmate at the Utah County Jail is racking up almost $1 million dollars in medical bills, more than half the jail’s annual medical budget. Utah County…

Utah’s state prison population of serious criminals has mostly dropped over the last two decades. But a new report released this week shows the number of…

New Mexico’s governor is warning Utah courts against implementing new bail reforms next month. Governor Susana Martinez says the changes will put public…

The Utah Department of Corrections says it will write new standards for safety and operations at state prisons and county jails — and those standards will…

Richard Mauro has been a public defender for nearly three decades, representing people who can’t afford an attorney. So he knows, if you can’t make bail,…

A former sheriff’s deputy will spend four months in jail for his role in abusing inmates at the Daggett County Jail. Twenty-seven-year-old Joshua Cox…

Salt Lake County has officially launched two initiatives that will put hundreds of homeless people into housing and hopefully curb repeated jail stays.…

Law enforcement officials made 36 arrests Thursday morning outside the homeless shelter in downtown Salt Lake City. But for the first time, many of the…

Utah lawmakers this year authorized millions of dollars to be used for criminal justice reform. Counties across the state are putting together their…