Utah State Prison, or USP, is one of two prisons managed by the Utah Department of Corrections' Division of Institutional Operations. A prison, penitentiary, or correctional facility is a place in which individuals are physically confined or interned and usually deprived of a range of Utah Department of Corrections, or UDC is a Government agency dedicated to the management and supervision of convicted felons in the State of Utah [1] It is located in Draper, Utah, United States, about 20 miles southwest of Salt Lake City. Draper is a city in Salt Lake and Utah Counties in the US state of Utah, located about 20 miles south of Salt Lake City along the The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Salt Lake City is the Capital and the most populous city of the U [2]
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History
The prison was built to replace Sugar House Prison, which closed in 1951. Sugar House Prison was a Prison in the Sugar House neighborhood of Salt Lake City Utah. 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. Rural areas can be large and isolated (also referred to as "the country" and/or "the countryside over the course of time South San Jose (cropjpg||thumb|A suburban development in San Jose California. This has prompted the possibility of moving the prison to a more isolated location. [3] 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.
Facility
The large prison complex houses both male and female prisoners in separate units. The prison has a capacity of over 4,000 inmates. [2] The Draper site consists of several units named after surrounding mountains and mountain ranges. These units range from minimum security to supermax. Supermax is the name used to describe "control-unit" Prisons or units within prisons which represent the most secure levels of The Uintas house maximum security units for male inmates and include a supermax facility and execution chamber. An execution chamber, or death chamber, is a room or chamber in which a legal execution is carried out 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.
Notable inmates
- Ted Bundy, serial killer, was sentenced to 15 years in the Utah State Prison in 1976, but was extradited to Colorado to face murder charges. Theodore Robert Bundy (November 24 1946 &ndash January 24 1989 known as Ted Bundy, was an American Serial killer.
- Gary Gilmore was executed at the Utah State Prison in 1977. Gary Mark Gilmore ( December 4, 1940 — January 17, 1977) was an American Criminal and Spree killer He was the first prisoner legally put to death in the United States since 1967 following a reversal of a U. S. Supreme Court ruling ending a moratorium on capital punishment. Capital punishment, the death penalty or execution, is the Killing of a person by judicial process as Punishment. [4]
- Thomas Arthur Green, a convicted bigamist and noted practicing polygamist, served his sentences here. Thomas Arthur ("Tom" Green is a Mormon fundamentalist in Utah who is a practitioner of Plural The term polygamy (a Greek word meaning "the practice of multiple marriage" is used in related ways in Social anthropology, Sociobiology, and The term polygamy (a Greek word meaning "the practice of multiple marriage" is used in related ways in Social anthropology, Sociobiology, and He was released in the summer of 2007. [5]
- Mark Hofmann, convicted for murder and forgery, is currently incarcerated at the Utah State Prison. Murder is the unlawful killing of another human person with Malice aforethought, as defined in Common Law countries Forgery is the process of making adapting or imitating objects statistics or documents (see False document) with the intent to deceive. [6]
- Warren Jeffs, Jeffs, the "prophet" of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, is currently incarcerated at the Utah State Prison. Warren Steed Jeffs (born December 3, 1955) was the leader of a controversial polygamist Sect known as the Fundamentalist Church of [7]
See also
- List of Utah state prisons
- Utah Department of Corrections
- Draper, Utah
- List of individuals executed in Utah
References
- ^ Utah Department of Corrections. This is a list of state prisons in Utah. It does not include federal prisons or county jails located in the state of Utah Utah Department of Corrections, or UDC is a Government agency dedicated to the management and supervision of convicted felons in the State of Utah Draper is a city in Salt Lake and Utah Counties in the US state of Utah, located about 20 miles south of Salt Lake City along the Capital punishment is legal in the US state of Utah. Since 1850 a total of at least 46 individuals have been executed in Utah. (2006, December 19). Utah Department of Corrections Facilities. Retrieved March 31, 2007, from http://www.cr.ex.state.ut.us/corrections/facilities/
- ^ a b Utah Department of Corrections. (2006, December 19). Utah State Prison. Retrieved March 31, 2007, from http://www.cr.ex.state.ut.us/corrections/facilities/usp.html
- ^ Dougherty, J. M. , & Stewart, E. (2005, May 29). To move or not to move: That's question for prison. Deseret Morning News. Retrieved March 31, 2007, from http://www.citizensedproject.org/prisonmove3.html
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- ^ Coalition for Religious Freedom and Tolerance. (2002, March 11). LATEST NEWS ON TOM GREEN AND FAMILY. Retrieved March 31, 2007, from http://www.religious-freedoms.org/latest_news_on_tom_green_and_fam.htm
- ^ Gurrister, T. (2005, October 9). Hofmann case revisited. Standard-Examiner.
- ^ Winslow, B. (2007, November 22). Jeffs is now an inmate at Utah State Prison. Deseret Morning News. Retrieved November 29, 2007, from http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,695229917,00.html
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