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Learn about the US prison system, reform with these book recommendations
Learn about the US prison system, reform with these book recommendations
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Find these titles and more on mass incarceration at the Pima County Public Library.Incarcerated person at Davis County Correctional Facility dies
Inmate at Davis County Correctional Facility dies
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FARMINGTON, Utah (ABC4) – An inmate at the Davis County Correctional Facility has died. According to facility officials, the 58-year-old man was found unresponsive in his cell Saturday mornin…The Biden administration announced it would allocate $700 million for COVID-19 detection and mitigation activities in confinement facilities, such as prisons and jails. This amount will be drawn from a larger pool of funding, following an announcement last week that the White House would be investing $1.6 billion for increased efforts to combat the coronavirus pandemic, including in congregate settings.
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On July 20, the U.S. Senate passed the VOCA Fix to Sustain the Crime Victims Fund Act of 2021.Utah State Prison inmates get COVID-19 vaccine dose from mobile clinic
Utah State Prison inmates get COVID-19 vaccine dose from mobile clinic
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Dozens of new inmates at the Utah State Prison in Draper received a free dose of the COVID-19 vaccine from a mobile vaccination clinic on Tuesday.Inmates grapple with uncertainty over Biden prison plan
Inmates grapple with uncertainty over Biden prison plan
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A Biden plan to send inmates back to prison could upend lives they have established outside penitentiary walls.Drowning in debt: How interest, fees keep people in recovery from paying restitution
Drowning in debt: How interest, fees keep people in recovery from paying restitution
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(KUTV) In some criminal cases the court orders and offender to pay restitution to a victim. But as the Addicted Utah team discovered, the victims are only getting a small portion of the money. That's because the payers are drowning in debt filled with interest and fees. It's just another barrier for...Vaccinated prisoners, unvaccinated guards illustrate Biden's tricky road. A federal prison in Oakdale, Louisiana, grabbed national headlines in March 2020 after a COVID-19 outbreak killed at least eight inmates and sickened more than 100 people.
Vaccinated prisoners, unvaccinated guards illustrate Biden's tricky road
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A federal prison in Oakdale, Louisiana, grabbed national headlines in March 2020 after a COVID-19 outbreak killed at least eight inmates and sickened more than 100 people.State lawmakers prepare to order audit of Utah's parole agency
State lawmakers prepare to order audit of Utah's parole agency
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State lawmakers are taking notice after a series of 2News investigations uncovered a litany of supervision failures by Utah Adult Probation & Parole when it came to protecting the public from the state's most dangerous criminals. Our investigations revealed that, in some cases, AP&P is not following...In Posthumously Released Video, Former Florida Supreme Court Chief Justice Calls for End to Death Penalty
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In a video interview posthumously released on the anniversary of the first modern exoneration of a Florida death-row prisoner, former Florida Supreme Court Chief Justice Gerald Kogan has called for abolition of the state’s death penalty. “I believe that the death penalty should absolutely not be...Utah State Prison inmates vaccinated in Nomi Health, Utah Department of Corrections partnership. The one-day event administered Johnson & Johnson vaccines for incoming inmates in Draper.
Utah State Prison inmates vaccinated in Nomi Health, Utah Department of Corrections partnership
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Over 100 inmates were vaccinated against COVID-19 on Tuesday in a one-day event held by Nomi Health and the Utah Department of Corrections.
"Molly Prince has been involved with the Utah Prisoner Advocate Network for 15 years.
She said every summer, there have been concerns about hot conditions at the Utah State Prison in Draper, too.
She recently sent an email to families with advice on how their loved ones can beat the heat.
“You get a shower, you don't dry off, you put on a wet t-shirt, you lay on your cement floor and that's how you stay cool at night,” Prince said.
Shawn Anderson, facilities director for the state’s corrections department, said they try to keep the temperatures in the 70s and 80s. He said they have some sort of cooling unit — like a fan, swamp cooler or central air — in every area of the prison."
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Hot Temperatures Worry Families Of People Incarcerated At Utah’s Correctional Facilities
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It’s been an exceptionally hot summer in Utah, and the record-breaking temperatures have some families worried about their loved ones incarcerated at state-run correctional facilities.Well Wasatch A East and A West have NO cooling systems. Tiny individually owned fans owned by inmates do not constitute “cooling systems“. And I have been involved with trying to advocate on prison issues for 15 years but I only started UPAN 8 years ago. July 2013. Just to be clear.
My son is in Wasatch, he tells me how hot it is in there 😡😢
