| Number of Prisons | 2 prisons and prisoners held in some county jails on a contract basis |
Number of Prisoners
| According to the Salt Lake Tribune, there were over 6,100 prisoners in UT as of April, 2005. |
| Women Prisoners | This figure is not reported by UDOC on their website.
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| State Population | State Population: 2,389,039 (based on 2004 figures from the US Census [1]) |
DOC Budget
| Not available on their website.
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DOC website
| http://www.corrections.utah.gov [2] The site has minimal statistical or budget information. There is visiting information [3] on the site. |
Death Penalty?
| Yes, Utah sentences people to death. |
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| Newspapers | The main newspapers in the state that cover stories related to prisons and Corrections policy are the Deseret News [4] and the Salt Lake Tribune [5]. You can see a fairly complete list of Utah newspapers here. [6] |
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| NIC Statistics | You can see the National Institute of Corrections stats on Utah here [7]. The stats are mostly "per 100,000 people," based on the figures the state reports to the Federal Government. |
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