Do you want to engage on important issues during the upcoming 2018 Utah Legislative Session? Check out this special training from the ACLU of Utah. Does your schedule prevent you from coming to the Utah Capitol--but you still want to be an activist? Then the ACLU of Utah's CyberLobbying 101 Workshop is for you. Come to the ACLU of Utah office on Tuesday, January 9, … [Read more...]
Utah Office of the Legislative Auditor General Completes the Audit of the Sex Offender Treatment Program (SOTP)
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 Treatment Program (SOTP Audit) was released to the public on April 3, 2017. The audit report was presented to the Legislative Audit Subcommittee by Lead Auditor August Lehman, CFE. Also … [Read more...]
3rd Annual Faith In Reform Summit
Hello, Faith in Reform friends! There are less than two months remaining until the third annual Faith in Reform Mini-Summit, which will be held at the First Unitarian Church in Salt Lake City. We are hard at work planning some very interactive and engaging discussions to benefit the work of all community members working on - or just interested in! - criminal justice reform in … [Read more...]
UPAN Meeting – November 2016
Anna Brower of the ACLU will discuss how California is working to fight Video Only Visitation in its jails. We can possibly learn what can be done in Utah about this problem. Free and open to the public. … [Read more...]
Public Forum on the Utah Board of Pardons and Parole: Assessing Release Decisions, Offender Needs, and Recidivism Rates
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 … [Read more...]