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 of the most pressing … [Read more...]
UPAN Monthly Meeting – March 2015
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 … [Read more...]
UPAN Monthly Meeting – February 2015
Please join the Utah Prisoner Advocate Network for our next monthly meeting. Rusty and Shauna Denos will give a presentation on what they did to prepare for their son’s board hearing which had a positive outcome. We will also be discussing the upcoming Criminal Justice Reform rally that will be held on Tuesday February 10th. UPAN February 2015 Meeting Flyer Free and open … [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...]
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...]