Utah State Correctional Facility

The Utah Department of Corrections brought in help from other state agencies to address medical issues at the new Salt Lake City facility.

“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.

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.

In the coming weeks, Utah State Correctional Facility officials will begin to transfer prisoners from the Draper location to the new Salt Lake City prison.