Utah Prisoner Advocate Network
UPAN | A nonprofit community advocacy group supporting the families of Utah inmates.
Please join the Utah Prisoner Advocate Network for our next monthly meeting. This will be a family meeting to follow up on the Rally and hopefully any information we have on the Criminal Justice legislation (HB 348). Free and open to the public. We hope to see you there! Questions? Contact Us
Please join the Utah Prisoner Advocate Network for our next monthly meeting. Guest Speaker will be Jan Nicol, Chief Hearing Officer for the Board of Pardons and Parole. If you have specific questions about the processes and procedures of the Board, please email them to Molly by March 15th at [email protected]. We want to prepare a list […]
Please join UPAN, Utah Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (UACDL), Utah State Bar, ACLU Utah, and the Libertas Institute on a very important public forum about the Utah Board of Pardons and their decision-making process. Panelists: Ron Gordon, Executive Director, Utah Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice Keith Hamilton, Former Chair, Utah Board of Pardons […]
Please join the Utah Prisoner Advocate Network for our next monthly meeting. Our topic will be focused on inmate family issues. Free and open to the public. We hope to see you there! Questions? Contact Us
Attend a community gathering to discuss "Civilian Review Boards" and how they can be used to increase police accountability.
Please Attend the Next FOCUS Meeting
Department of Corrections Executive Director of Administrative Services Mike Haddon will be present to talk about the upcoming legislative session and how the process works.
About FOCUS
Each quarter, the Utah Department of Corrections invites interested community members to attend a discussion forum at the Region 3 Adult Probation & Parole office in Salt Lake City. The office is located at 36 W. Fremont Avenue and the FOCUS meetings are held in the conference room to the right of the main entrance.
Discussion topics are pre-determined to ensure the most knowledgeable presenters are on hand. Past topics have included the Drug Offender Reform Act (DORA), a presentation by the Utah Board of Pardons & Parole, an overview of Adult Probation & Parole's Northern Utah office, and an introduction to new wardens.
More information: Contact Steve Turley, special projects director, at [email protected] or 801-545-5633.
PLEASE NOTE: In addition to FOCUS, the department has set up numerous ways for the public to interact with us on a daily, ongoing basis — rather than wait months for another quarterly meeting.
These include phone calls, in-person meetings, e-mails, this website (Ask A Question forum via home page) as well as social media. Please see the home page for social media links and a "Contact Us" link with useful telephone numbers. You may also contact Public Information Officer Brooke Adams at 801-545-5536 or by email at [email protected].
Get to know your Legislator (Bring Your Legislator To UPAN Meeting)
We are asking our UPAN participants to contact their local representatives and senators and invite them to our January 2016 meeting. You can find out who they are by going to: le.utah.gov. E-mail them, call them, and send them a written invitation. This will only be successful if we all do our part to invite them!
If you wish to speak at this meeting, please arrive about 10 – 15 minutes early to sign up on the speakers list. We will begin on time at 6:30 p.m.
Agenda & Objectives:
1. This will put a face to the names we hear about up on the Hill. And they will get to put a face to the constituents they represent.
2. We can give first hand stories about the real people being affected by the laws they are passing.
3. We can let them know what we would like to see happen with new criminal justice reform. This will be accomplished the same way we did when Ron Gordon of the CCJJ came. There will be a list for participants (you) to sign up in order to speak. Each speaker will get up to five minutes to express their views. We would like this to be a positive experience for all involved, so no negativity will be accepted. Our representatives should come away with an appreciation of everything we as families, and our incarcerated loved ones, are going though. We hope to share, ideas that continue to facilitate positive change. We need their help, they need our experience, and we need them to be on the side of truth, fairness, and healing. Free and open to the public.
UPAN Monthly Meeting - February 2016
UPAN Monthly Meeting - March 2016 we welcome Kade Minchey from the Utah Office of the Auditor General to give a presentation on the Legislative Audit of the Utah Board of Pardons and Parole.
UPAN Monthly Meeting - April 2016
Four of the new DOC leaders will be there to explain any new directions they may be bringing to their assignments. The guests are: Jim Hudspeth, Director of AP&P; James Chipp, Director of the Inmate Placement Program; Glenn Ercanbrack, Region 3 Administrator (Salt Lake, Summit and Tooele counties); and Jeremy Sharp, Law Enforcement Bureau Chief. The meeting will begin at 6 p.m. so get there a little early in order to be taken back to the Training Room.
Please join UPAN for our next monthly meeting. Our guest will be Andrew McCullough who will be running for Utah Attorney General. We will hear from him about what the AG office does. UPAN families can share with him their concerns about Criminal Justice Issues in Utah. While the AG’s office doesn’t have a significant role in criminal justice reform, it does sometimes push legislation that impacts the criminal justice system, and not always for the better. It is also our understanding that the Attorney General’s office works under the Governor, so that office COULD have some influence in how the Governor approaches criminal justice reform. Free and open to the public.
