Central Utah Correctional Facility

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Central Utah Correctional Facility
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Central Utah Correctional Facility
Central Utah Correctional Facility
Location255 East 300 North
Gunnison, Utah
United States
Coordinates 39°9′54.92″N111°48′38.15″W / 39.1652556°N 111.8105972°W / 39.1652556; -111.8105972
StatusOperational
Capacity1,800
Opened1990
Managed by Utah Department of Corrections
Warden
  • 1990-1997 Frederick van der Veur
  • 1997-1999 Earl Hobby
  • 1999-2001 James Smith
  • 2001-2004 Gregory W. Jacquart
  • 2004-2006 Jerry Jorgenson

The Central Utah Correctional Facility (CUCF, also known as the Central Utah Correctional Facility - Gunnison Prison) is a prison in Gunnison, Utah, United States, that is one of two prisons managed by the Utah Department of Corrections' Division of Institutional Operations. [1] The prison houses up to 1800 male inmates. [2]

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The prison was completed in 1990. [3]

CUCF is composed of two main housing units: Henry and Boulder. [3] Henry is broken up into four sections - Aspen, Birch, Cedar, and Dogwood (also called "SMU" for "Special Management Unit"). Boulder is divided into three buildings - Elm, Fir, Gale and Hickory. Aspen, Birch and Cedar house regular population inmates. Dogwood (SMU) is a short term housing unit intended for those in transport, those waiting to be moved into other sections, and those being punished. Elm houses some college students, but also contains "lock-down", or punishment, sections. Fir houses inmates who are either enrolled in or are waiting to begin the in-patient substance abuse treatment program "HOPE" (Helping Offenders Parole Effectively). Gale houses inmates who are part of the STRIVE (Success through Responsibility, Integrity, Values and Effort). Hickory is controlled, maximum security unit housing "level two" inmates. [4]

Central Utah Correctional Facility as viewed from US89. Central Utah Correctional Facility as seen from US89.jpg
Central Utah Correctional Facility as viewed from US89.

The prison is used to house up to maximum security inmates. Unlike the Utah State Correctional Facility located in Salt Lake City, CUCF is located in a rural part of the state, and thus more isolated from the main population centers of Utah. [3] The prison underwent an expansion concluding in 2008, adding 192 beds in the Hickory unit to meet the growing needs of Utah's offender population. [5] The prison was again expanded in 2016, raising capacity to 1800. [6]

Notable inmates

InmateNumberStatusDescription
Troy Kell 72819 [7] on death rowMurder
Mark Hofmann 41235 [8] life sentenceMurder, theft by deception, fraud
Spencer Monnet241725 [9] 5 years to life sentenceRape
Nick Clatterbuck 33368 [10] 5 years to life sentenceMurder
Jorge Benvenuto126399 [11] life sentenceMurder
Mark Hacking1678095 years to lifeMurder

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