Name: UPAN Monthly Meeting | Topic: David Leavitt CJ Reform: Diversion Program
Start: 2019-09-09T18:30:00-06:00
End: 2019-09-09T20:30:00-06:00
Location: Kafeneio Coffee House

Who We Are / What We Do

The Utah Prisoner Advocate Network is a 501(c)3 nonprofit and all-volunteer grassroots community outreach organization that aims to simplify the incarceration process for the inmates’ supporters—while also advocating for better conditions inside Utah jails and prisons. We do this primarily through monthly support meetings, an open dialogue with the Utah Department of Corrections, legislative advocacy, guest speakers, coalition forming, and a shared network of useful resources.

UPAN is also a proud coalition member of People Not Prisons, a group of advocacy organizations working on behalf of people with mental health conditions, people recovering from substance use disorders, and men and women caught up in Utah’s criminal justice system. UPAN is the 2014 Recipient of the ACLU of Utah Torch of Freedom Award for raising awareness about criminal justice reform.

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Aug 12

UPAN Monthly Meeting | Topic: Prison Hospice

August 12 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Free

Kafeneio Coffee House

258 West 3300 South

Salt Lake City UT 84115

801-485-1282

Organizer: Shauna Denos

Sep 09

UPAN Monthly Meeting | Topic: David Leavitt CJ Reform: Diversion Program

September 9 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Free

Kafeneio Coffee House

258 West 3300 South

Salt Lake City UT 84115

801-485-1282

Organizer: Shauna Denos

2018 Holiday Card Contest Winners

October 8, 2018 By Molly Prince

Congratulations to our 2018 Holiday Card Contest winners! Please consider downloading the PDF (by clicking on the image) to print out and send to your friends, loved ones, and those who are spending … Continue Reading

A new Clinical Power of Attorney form promises to give inmates more control over when and how medical information can be shared with their families

September 15, 2017 By Mike McAinsh

For years, families have looked on from afar in frustration as their incarcerated loved one suffered due to poor clinical practices. If they called the prison to find answers, they were met with an … Continue Reading

Utah Office of the Legislative Auditor General Completes the Audit of the Sex Offender Treatment Program (SOTP)

April 3, 2017 By Molly Prince

by Mike McAinsh and Molly Prince SOTP Audit Finds Utah Department of Correction's Program Was Poorly Managed With Weak Oversight The Legislative Audit of Utah State Prison’s Sex Offender … Continue Reading

Meet Maria Peterson: UDC’s New Public Information Officer

November 20, 2016 By Molly Prince

UDC Gets a New Public Information Officer Maria Peterson became the new Public Information Officer (PIO) for the Utah Department of Corrections in October. I had the privilege of meeting her during … Continue Reading

Authorization to Verbally Discuss Health Information

October 17, 2016 By Molly Prince

UPAN is please to announce that the Utah Department of Corrections has finished their process of developing the new "Authorization To Verbally Discuss Health Information" for inmates to use when they … Continue Reading

A Message from UPAN President Molly Prince – February 2016

February 2, 2016 By Molly Prince

Things Are a Bit Busy in the Area of Criminal Justice in Utah this Legislative Session There are several bills that relate to several areas of criminal justice in Utah. While most of these are … Continue Reading

Priorities for Utah’s New Correctional Facility

November 16, 2015 By Anna Brower

People Not Prisons: Physical & Programmatic Priorities for Utah’s New Correctional Facility The People Not Prisons Coalition is a loose coalition of advocacy groups working on behalf of people … Continue Reading

Guidelines for Mailing Holiday Cards and Letters

November 16, 2015 By Molly Prince

In preparation for the upcoming holiday season and the UPAN Holiday Card Program, I called the Mail Room in Draper to learn about any new mailing rules or recommendations the prison has to expedite … Continue Reading

Scam Alert – Possible Mail Fraud

October 26, 2015 By UPAN

Possible Scam Alert It has come to our attention that an individual(s) has sent a letter to at least one inmate and possibly others on UPAN letterhead soliciting for donations. We’re investigating … Continue Reading

More Than 100 Police Chiefs And Prosecutors (LELRCI) Unite To Cut Prison Population

October 21, 2015 By UPAN

Law Enforcement Leaders to Reduce Crime and Incarceration (LELRCI) A new coalition of the nation's top prosecutors and police chiefs are joining the effort to reform mass incarceration practices. The … Continue Reading

Peace Officer – Documentary on Police Militarization in Utah

September 24, 2015 By UPAN

"Peace Officer" is a new documentary film about the militarization of police in Utah that will make it's debut at the Tower Theater on Friday, September 25th. Representatives from the ACLU of Utah … Continue Reading

Legislative Audit of the Utah Board of Pardons and Parole is Underway

September 14, 2015 By Molly Prince

UPAN Families Can Help Gather Information The Legislative Audit Subcommittee has been assigned the task of performing an audit of the Utah Board of Pardons and Parole. We have no idea when the Board … Continue Reading

Lawmakers Vote to Relocate Utah State Prison to Salt Lake City

August 20, 2015 By UPAN

In a Special Session on Wednesday, August 19th the both houses of the Utah State Legislature voted to approve HCR101 Concurrent Resolution Approving Site for New State Correctional Facilities to move … Continue Reading

Hunger Strike at Utah State Prison

August 4, 2015 By UPAN

There's been a media frenzy over the past few days about a current hunger strike happening at the Utah State Prison. UPAN organizers have been hard at work fielding questions and interviews with … Continue Reading

HB 348 Clarification and Time Cut Correction

July 29, 2015 By Molly Prince

HB348 Clarification and Correction of Information in July Newsletter Regarding When the Time Cuts Go into Effect and Who is Eligible Greg Johnson, administrator with the Board of Pardons and Parole … Continue Reading

Posted Tuesday June 18th, 2019 - 8:48 pm

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Utah prison system down to 199 open beds as inmate population grows at a rate that the director warns is ‘not sustainable’

In the past 18 months, the population housed in Utah’s state prison system has grown by 362 inmates, Department of Corrections Executive Director Mike Haddon, said Tuesday, bringing the total count to 6,766 people.

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Instead of keeping everyone in there for life a rehabilitaion program that consisted of counseling schooling and training might reduce this issue and give the inmates motivation to do something different with themselves.

Looks like they should be working on mental health facilities not locking everyone up

Posted Tuesday June 18th, 2019 - 7:53 pm

Here’s a look at why the population of troubled inmates has increased in jails and what’s being done to address the problem: ... See MoreSee Less

Q&A: A look at the issue of mentally ill inmates in jails

The nation’s jails face increasing pressures as they house large numbers of mentally ill and addicted inmates. But the policies that contributed to this problem are decades in the making.

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Posted Tuesday June 18th, 2019 - 12:32 pm

Suicide, long the leading cause of death in U.S. jails, hit a high of 50 deaths for every 100,000 inmates in 2014, the latest year for which the government has released data. That’s 2½ times the rate of suicides in state prisons and about 3½ times that of the general population. ... See MoreSee Less

AP Investigation: Many US jails fail to stop inmate suicides

The last time Tanna Jo Fillmore talked with her mother, she was in a Utah jail, angry, pleading and desperate. She’d called every day that past week, begging for help.

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Posted Tuesday June 18th, 2019 - 12:01 pm

A new report by The Council of State Governments Justice Center, with support from Arnold Ventures, reveals the startling extent to which probation and parole violations contribute to states’ high prison admissions and populations, as well as the subsequent cost to taxpayers. #ReentryMatters

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Confined and Costly | CSG Justice Center

Probation and parole are designed to lower prison populations and help people succeed in the community. New data show they are having the opposite effect. Until now, national data regarding the impact of probation violations on prison populations have been unavailable, resulting in a lopsided focus....

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Makes the state a lot of money

Posted Tuesday June 18th, 2019 - 10:06 am

Kyle Martinson, 20, can be heard coughing and calling for help from his jail cell as detention facility officers stand in the hallway nearby hours before his death, caused by complications from pneumonia, according to Coconino County Detention Facility jail footage.

“There’s nothing wrong with you. Drink some water” were the last words a detention facility officer told Martinson before she closed the door to his cell. Martinson would be found unresponsive over two hours later ... See MoreSee Less

Jail footage shows Kyle Martinson yell for help before death

Kyle Martinson, 20, can be heard coughing and calling for help from his jail cell as detention facility officers stand in the hallway nearby hours before his death, caused by

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This stuff happens all the time! And yes if you want to call it a physical in some places when they come in, even if they find something it can be months before something is done. I have seen broken bones get left without care I have seen many things and heard many things working in the system medical is horrible in most places! Thank you for starting to make this public! Word needs to get out

The jails and prisons fo not care about the inmates they are treated like cattle and do not get proper medical attention or even the basic hygiene items if your family can't send money on your books you go without shampoo soap things that you need to be clean in there it is a messed up system and things should be looked at and changed I know anyone who ends up in a jail or prison has to pay for their crime but they are human to and they are somebody's çhild mother father sister brother and it's absolutely appalling what goes on

This happens to much and I know some people have their opinions that the person did something or they would be there but the fact is they are still a human being and there are people that love them

That’s some bullshit omg wtf is wrong with these guards .

Why does this keep happening??

Isn’t there a “physical” of sorts that takes place as they get admitted? I mean if they had lice and other things, spreading it to jailers and inmates would be bad! Maybe we should step that program up?

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Utah Office of the Legislative Auditor General Completes the Audit of the Sex Offender Treatment Program (SOTP)

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Authorization to Verbally Discuss Health Information

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Peace Officer – Documentary on Police Militarization in Utah

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Hunger Strike at Utah State Prison

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