SALT LAKE CITY — Meeting in a special session Wednesday, the Utah State Legislature voted 62-12 to move the Utah State Prison from Draper to an area near I-80 and 7200 Wes ...

Salt Lake City opposes the move, and city officials are threatening a lawsuit to block the prison. The resolution lawmakers approved Wednesday gives Utah the go-ahead to purchase the land, which ...

State leaders celebrated the opening of the new Utah State Correctional Facility at a ribbon-cutting ceremony June 22, 2022. The Salt Lake City facility will soon house inmates that will be moved ...

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) Lt. Michael Millward give a tour of a general population housing block at the new Utah State Correctional Facility in Salt Lake City, Wednesday, June 22, 2022.

With the Utah State Prison coming to Salt Lake City, officials are moving quickly in hopes of boosting economic gains at both ends of the transfer. Exploiting land vacated by the aging Draper ...

SALT LAKE CITY — It's been over four years since the new Utah State Prison groundbreaking. Four years since state dignitaries — after years of controversy and public outrage over where it ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Costs are going up to build the new Utah State Prison and the new facility won’t open until 2022, state officials said Friday. At a briefing on the progress of the new prison ...

Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall on Thursday named Brian Redd, executive director of the Utah Department of Corrections, as her recommendation to replace Salt Lake City Police Chief Mike Brown ...

In May 2013, the Prison Relocation & Authority Development Board got new membership and a new mandate. While a previous board wanted to just collect information on the costs and benefits of moving the ...

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Brian Redd was sworn in as the new Salt Lake City Chief of Police. The Salt Lake City Council approved his appointment on Tuesday, March 4. Salt Lake City Mayor Erin ...

A plan to build a new state prison west of Salt Lake City’s airport received final approval Thursday after Gov. Gary Herbert signed legislation approving the move.

Utah lawmakers on Wednesday voted to build a new state prison near Salt Lake City's airport. The GOP-dominated state House and Senate met in a special legislative session to approve the measure ...