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A man from Mexico was recently sentenced to two and a half years in prison for stealing a postal truck and threatening a ...
Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall named Brian Redd as her choice to replace Salt Lake City Police Chief Mike Brown, whose sudden retirement goes into effect next week.
The Salt Lake City Police Department welcomed 17 new officers on Thursday, bringing the department closer to its full ...
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 West in Salt Lake City.
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 ...
SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — After nearly five years of construction, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox other state leaders cut the ribbon on the brand-new state prison. The Utah State Correctional Facility ...
Six years and over $1B later, the new Utah prison is ready to open Those who are incarcerated in Draper are expected to be moved to the new site west of the Salt Lake City airport in the coming weeks.
Ralph Menzies, a death row inmate who was convicted of the kidnapping and murder of Maurine Hunsaker in 1986, is set to ...
Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall nominated Redd in late February. He most recently served as the executive director of the Utah Department of Corrections, where he was appointed by Gov ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...