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...]
FOCUS Meeting – May 2016
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...]