Prisons in Utah - Defunct Prisons in Utah, Utah State Prison, Central Utah Correctional Facility, Sugar House Prison, List of Utah State Prisons (Paperback)

Chapters: Defunct Prisons in Utah, Utah State Prison, Central Utah Correctional Facility, Sugar House Prison, List of Utah State Prisons. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 17. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Utah State Prison main complex, Draper, Utah. Entrance to Wasatch facility Promontory Unit Utah State Prison at dusk A medium security facility at the prison.Utah State Prison, or USP, is one of two prisons managed by the Utah Department of Corrections' Division of Institutional Operations. It is located in Draper, Utah, United States, about 20 miles southwest of Salt Lake City. The prison was built to replace Sugar House Prison, which closed in 1951. Its location was once remote and the nearby communities were rural. Since the prison's erection, business parks and residential neighborhoods have developed the once rural area into a suburban one. This has prompted the possibility of moving the prison to a more isolated location. A study was initiated to determine if moving the prison would be feasible. It was determined that the Draper site would be too expensive to relocate elsewhere and will remain as is. The large prison complex houses both male and female prisoners in separate units. The prison has a capacity of over 4,000 inmates. The Draper site consists of several units named after surrounding mountains and mountain ranges. These units range from minimum security to supermax. The Uintas house maximum security units for male inmates and include a supermax facility and execution chamber. Wasatch and Oquirrhs house the medium security male inmates. Promontory is a medium security therapeutic community designed to treat drug abusers. Timpanogos houses female inmates and Olympus is the mental health unit. Lone Peak is a minimum security unit. ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=9749004