SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — An inmate was hospitalized with serious injuries after an altercation at the Utah State Correctional Facility Saturday, according to the Utah Dept. of Corrections.

HB252 aims to regulate juvenile detention relationships, enforce housing by biological sex and limit medical transitions for ...

Emotional testimony at the state Capitol Wednesday, when Rep. Matthew Gwynn a police officer--recounted opiate overdose ...

In a legislative session that has been marked by controversial bills on a range of issues, a new bill that aims to better track pregnant inmates in Utah's prisons and jails is attracting bipartisan ...

On Friday, the Utah Legislature discussed where to house transgender people while they're in state custody. The same day, around 100 people were at the state Capitol to protest the legislation.

SPANISH FORK (KSL) — A corrections officer with ... Keeton did the same thing with a second inmate who was placed on probation after being released from the Utah County Jail, the charges allege.

The bill comes nearly a year after the Justice Department filed a lawsuit against Utah alleging the state discriminated against a transgender woman incarcerated at the state prison.

swearing and throwing an unidentified liquid at other inmates. Tucker, then 19, hanged himself with a bedsheet while in solitary confinement in October 2014. Crane sued the Utah Department of ...

SALT LAKE CITY — On Friday, the Utah Legislature discussed ... relations between staff workers and inmates, increasing the age range of "youth receiving state services" from 21 to 25 to further ...