Welcome to the 2015 Utah Legislative Session, everyone! The Session officially kicked off yesterday, mainly with ceremonies and networking. And this first week will see mostly appropriations meetings (budgets for various agencies will be presented), with some committee meetings in the afternoons. This creates a relatively slow, not-so-insane start to the 45-day session. For … [Read more...]
CJ Updates: Prison, Parole Board and Police…Oh My!
Happy Friday, everyone....(and sorry about that smog, ugh!). A few quick updates for you to end this week. These are mainly reminders about on-going issues in Utah's criminal justice system - they just keep cropping up. There's the prison, of course! News about the relocation effort is coming hard and fast now that the legislative session is nearly upon us. Mainly, the news … [Read more...]
Goodbye, 2014: Some CJ News to Ease You Into the New Year!
Happy (almost) New Year, everyone I hope you all had a good holiday break. In fact, I hope most of you are STILL on holiday break. This is a precious week of relaxation for many - between the Christmas and the New Years holidays - so I am going to just to share a few bits of criminal justice reform news, to avoid shocking your systems back into full work mode (shudder). Many … [Read more...]
This Week, No News is Good News!
Of course, there actually is A LOT of news this week, as is true just about every week in the world of criminal justice reform. The Prison Relocation Commission met yesterday and, surprise, everybody STILL hates the idea of the prison moving near them. Nonetheless, three sites (one each in Tooele, Utah and Salt Lake Counties) have survived for the lightning round (with the … [Read more...]
UPAN Monthly Meeting – March 2014
Our guest speakers will be Leah Farrell and Anna Brower, attorneys from the ACLU. They will share general information regarding the rights of prisoners and families of prisoners. UPAN’s mailing address is: P.O. Box 464 Draper, UT 84020 If you have questions prior to the meeting, you may contact: Utah Prisoner Advocate Network [email protected]. For … [Read more...]