UPAN Monthly Meeting Utah County Attorney David Leavitt will discuss his proposal for criminal justice reform centered on diversion programs. The program would allow people who've committed minor crimes to complete community service, life classes or drug treatment before charges are filed to help mitigate the mass incarceration issue. Free and open to the public. … [Read more...]
UPAN Monthly Meeting | Topic: Overcoming Adversity and Impacting Positive Change in Our Prison Educational System with Guest Speaker Mark Hugentobler
UPAN Monthly Meeting Guest speaker Mark "Coach" Hugentobler is a well-esteemed educator having served as a high school teacher, basketball, and cross country coach for over 25 years. He recently retired in 2019 after cultivating an adult male inmate education program for 8 years as Principal of the Central Utah Academy (CUA) at the Central Utah Correctional Facility (CUCF) in … [Read more...]
UPAN Monthly Meeting | Topic: Prison Hospice with Stephanie Puffer
UPAN Monthly Meeting Stephanie Puffer of Bristol Hospice and Utah Hospice and Palliative Care Organization (UHPCO) will discuss possibilities for hospice services at the new Utah State Correctional Facility currently under construction and slated for completion by 2022. Free and open to the public. … [Read more...]
UPAN Monthly Meeting | Topic: Women’s Issues
UPAN Monthly Meeting Please come and discuss issues specific to female inmates in Utah. Free and open to the public. … [Read more...]
UPAN Monthly Meeting | Topic: LS/RNR by Greg Hendrix Deputy Director UDC Programming
UPAN Monthly Meeting Greg Hendrix LCSW and Deputy Director of the Utah Department of Corrections Programming and Angela Hendrix, a therapist for substance abuse will present Level of Services Inventory / Risk Needs Responsivity (LS/RNR). LS/RNR is a set of assessment criteria used by public safety organizations to determine an offender's risk of recidivism, and required … [Read more...]