Guest Speaker: Brian Redd, Executive Director, Utah Department of Corrections (UDC). Please submit questions to [email protected]. Event Details Event Organizer UPAN Meetings are held on the 2nd Monday every month from 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm via Zoom unless otherwise noted. We do not meet in July and December. See Upcoming Events page for … [Read more...]
UDC Focus Meeting – September 2020
The Utah Department of Corrections invites interested community members to attend Focus, a discussion forum. The next meeting will occur virtually on September 21 at 6 p.m. You can join the meeting via Zoom at https://zoom.us/join by either computer or phone. The meeting ID is 939 5639 6802. Once the presentation is complete, you can ask questions through the chat feature or … [Read more...]
UPAN Monthly Meeting | Topic: Higher Education in Prison
UPAN Monthly Meeting | April 8th, 2019 | Higher Education in Prison Please join the Utah Prisoner Advocate Network (UPAN) for our regular monthly meeting. Our guest speaker will be Dr. Cindy Fierros, Associate Director of Programming for the University of Utah Prison Education Project (UPEP). She will be discussing UPEP initiatives in higher education for the … [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...]
Meet Maria Peterson: UDC’s New Public Information Officer
UDC Gets a New Public Information Officer Maria Peterson became the new Public Information Officer (PIO) for the Utah Department of Corrections in October. I had the privilege of meeting her during her first week with the DOC during the Kids' Day for the Fathers in the ConQuest program. Maria has a wealth of experience in this field and is approaching this position with … [Read more...]