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In a party-line vote, the House sent a bill to the Senate that restricts housing for incarcerated transgender minors and also bans gender-affirming care for transgender adults.
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A working group of state representatives, law enforcement, business leaders and those with lived experience with incarceration want to find innovative solutions to high recidivism in Utah.
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Families described mosquito infestations and insufficient access to medication after inmates moved in two years ago. Now, they say there has been good progress.
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The bill would require an incarcerated transgender woman to be housed in the male wing of the jail or prison.
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David Bokovoy, director of prison education at SLCC, said he’s heard from a lot of students who said getting an education was the most transformative part of their time in prison.
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The Utah Department of Corrections brought in help from other state agencies to address medical issues at the new Salt Lake City facility.
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“In the last six weeks, and four of those weeks have been in the new prison, the Utah Prisoner Advocate Network has received 73 emails related to significant medical concern,” said the advocacy group's director and cofounder.
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Inmates have access to a growing list of college-level classes, but not all provide college credit and none currently lead to a bachelor’s degree. That could soon change.
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The latest Utah news from Monday morning, Jan. 31, 2022
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The latest Utah news from Thursday morning, Dec 9, 2021
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The lawyers for Adree Edmo, the first incarcerated person to receive federally court-ordered gender confirmation surgery, are asking Idaho to pay back $2.82 million in attorneys fees.
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Tami Peay's husband is incarcerated in a Utah state prison for an illegal drugs conviction, and she hasn't seen him in more than four months. She used...