Utah Prisoner Advocate Network
UPAN | A nonprofit community advocacy group supporting the families of Utah inmates.
UPAN Monthly Meeting TOPIC: Sex Offenders on Parole by Molly Prince, LCSW An overview of what to expect when a person with a sex offense paroles in terms of parole stipulations, restrictions, therapy. Includes a brief overview of prison treatment requirements. Handouts will be available, and it will be on UPAN’s Facebook Live with powerpoint. […]
Ryan Berg will be presenting with special guests Dave and Linda Donaldson, on REAL Transition, a community within the USP system focused on providing incarcerated individuals with a method to improve themselves by establishing healthy connections.
Steve Turley with the Utah Department of Corrections along with Kevin Miller of GSBS Architects will be giving us an update on the new Utah State Correctional Facility design and construction. Free and open to the public.
Faye Jenkins & Wendy Parmley will present on Utah’s Sex Offender Registry and the work they are doing with Utah’s Legislature. Also invited to speak from the national level are Jeff Miller from NARSOL and Pamela Sorensen from WAR. Michael McAinsh and Ernie Rogers will provide some updates regarding the UDC as well as the proposed Supervision Length Guidelines.
Utah's Parole Re-Entry Program with Utah Department of Corrections - AP&P Directors Eric Barker and Bart Mortensen.
October's UPAN Meeting will be a private family meeting. We will not be broadcasting on Facebook Live. Come to share your experiences with other supporters of incarcerated persons, offer advice, or just listen if you like. These meetings are therapeutic in nature and offered in a safe environment. It also serves to give the UPAN organizers an opportunity to take the pulse of the community and come up with useful future meeting topics. Free and open to the public.
UPAN Monthly Meeting Topic: Family Meeting. Free and open to the public.
Please join the Utah Prisoner Advocate Network (UPAN) for our regular monthly meeting. Our guest speaker will be Dr. Cindy Fierros, Associate Director of Programming for the University of Utah Prison Education Project (UPEP). She will be discussing UPEP initiatives in higher education for the incarcerated, as well as available programs and volunteering opportunities. UPAN will be streaming the event on Facebook Live. Free and open to the public.
UPAN Monthly Meeting Greg Hendrix LCSW and Deputy Director of the Utah Department of Corrections Programming and Angela Hendrix, a therapist for substance abuse will present Level of Services Inventory / Risk Needs Responsivity (LS/RNR). LS/RNR is a set of assessment criteria used by public safety organizations to determine an offender's risk of recidivism, and […]
UPAN Monthly Meeting Please come and discuss issues specific to female inmates in Utah. Free and open to the public.
UPAN Monthly Meeting Stephanie Puffer of Bristol Hospice and Utah Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (UHPCO) will discuss possibilities for hospice services at the new Utah State Correctional Facility currently under construction and slated for completion by 2022. Free and open to the public.
UPAN Monthly Meeting Utah County Attorney David Leavitt will discuss his proposal for criminal justice reform centered on diversion programs. The program would allow people who've committed minor crimes to complete community service, life classes or drug treatment before charges are filed to help mitigate the mass incarceration issue. Free and open to the public.
Utah State legislators are invited to meet with constituents about criminal justice issues. Guest speakers will share their experiences with our system. If you are interested in speaking please email us at [email protected]. Find and invite your legislator to attend by visiting https://le.utah.gov. Free and open to the public.
UPAN Monthly Meeting This will be a family meeting focused on gratitude. Updates will also be provided. Free and open to the public.
The UDC Re-Entry Team will be presenting to UPAN on the Re-Entry program’s continued evolution. Free and open to the public.
