List of Utah state prisons

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This is a complete list of state prisons in Utah. There are no federal prisons in Utah and this list does not include county jails located in the state of Utah.

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As of 2010, Utah eliminated its use of private prisons for state prisoners. [1]

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References

  1. Mason, Cody. "Too Good to be True: Private Prisons in America" (PDF). Sentencing Project.org. Retrieved 11 September 2016.
  2. "Brief Update on Move to New Utah State Correctional Facility". Utah Department of Corrections. 7 March 2022. The Utah Department of Corrections is just a few months away from moving the prison population at the Utah State Prison in Draper to the new Utah State Correctional Facility in Salt Lake City.