Please Attend the Next FOCUS Meeting - May 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) Jeremy Sharp, … [Read more...]
FOCUS Meeting – March 2016
Please Attend the Next FOCUS Meeting As of January 2016, there are some changes to the bi-monthly FOCUS meeting. Steve Turley, Director of Special Projects, will no longer be facilitating these meetings. This was disheartening to hear, as Steve has been a calm anchor in sometimes emotional meetings, and we will miss him. We do understand that he has bigger assignments on the … [Read more...]
FOCUS Meeting – January 2016
Please Attend the Next FOCUS Meeting Department of Corrections Deputy 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 & … [Read more...]
Hunger Strike at Utah State Prison
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 reporters on the matter as well as gathering the facts. On Friday, July 31st a group of 42 inmates housed at the maximum-security Uinta 2 facility at the Utah State Prison refused … [Read more...]