Utah · statute · Utah Code tit. 64 · 101 active provisions
(1) The Legislature finds that it is in the best interest of the state for the department to: (a) develop job opportunities to further enhance the rehabilitation of inmates of the Utah state prison; (b) establish and actively work toward the goal that all inmates shall be productively involved in a treatment, education…
As used in this chapter: (1) "Department" means the Department of Corrections. (2) "Inmate" means any man or woman who is under the jurisdiction of the department and who is assigned to the Utah state prison or to a county jail.
(1) The department is authorized to encourage private industry to locate and provide rehabilitative and job opportunities for inmates at the Utah state prison and county jails housing inmates under the jurisdiction of the department. (2) The department shall determine what type of employer is to be allowed to locate at…
(1) Rehabilitative and job opportunities at the Utah state prison and participating county jails shall not be forced upon any inmate contrary to the Utah Constitution, Article XVI, Section 3 (2), but instead shall be on a completely voluntary basis. (2) Private businesses that manufacture products for sale in Utah or i…
Inmates are encouraged to use their personal earnings from jobs created under this chapter for the following: (1) for restitution to the victims of the inmate's criminal offense, where applicable; (2) for support of the inmate's family, where applicable; (3) for the inmate's personal use; and (4) for reimbursement of s…
The department is authorized to promulgate rules in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, as necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
As used in this chapter: (1) "Behavioral health transition facility" means a nonsecure correctional facility operated by the department for the purpose of providing a therapeutic environment for offenders receiving mental health services. (2) "Case action plan" means a document developed by the Department of Correction…
There is created a Department of Corrections, under the general supervision of the executive director of the department. The department is the state authority for corrections.
(1) The executive director shall be appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the Senate. (2) The executive director shall be experienced and knowledgeable in the field of corrections and shall have training in criminology and penology. (3) The governor shall establish the executive director's salary wit…
(1) The department shall: (a) protect the public through institutional care and confinement, and supervision in the community of offenders where appropriate; (b) implement court-ordered punishment of offenders; (c) provide evidence-based and evidence-informed program opportunities for offenders designed to reduce offen…
(1) As used in this section: (a) "Biological sex at birth" means the same as that term is defined in Section 26B-8-101. (b) "Correctional facility" means the same as that term is defined in Section 77-16b-102. (c) "Criminogenic factor" means a personal trait, condition, outside influence, or societal factor that tends…
(1) Except as provided for in Subsection (2), when the department determines that a person in its custody is in need of mental health services, the department shall contract with the Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health, local mental health authorities, or the state hospital to provide mental health services f…
The department shall designate by policy which of its employees have the authority and powers of peace officers, the power to administer oaths, and other powers the department considers appropriate, including but not limited to the responsibility to bear firearms.
(1) The department shall provide probation supervision programs, parole supervision programs, correctional facilities, community correctional centers, and other programs or facilities as necessary and as required to accomplish its purposes. (2) The department may make rules in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah…
(1) (a) Within 15 days after the date on which an inmate enters incarceration in a state correctional facility, and, if applicable, approximately six months before the date of the inmate's anticipated release as described in Subsection 64-13-10.6(3), the department shall determine whether the inmate has: (i) a certifie…
(1) The department shall evaluate the case action plan and update the case action plan as necessary to prepare for the offender's transition from incarceration to release, including: (a) establishing the supervision level and program needs, based on the offender's criminal risk factors; (b) identifying barriers to the…
(1) As soon as practicable before the day of release, but at least five business days before the day of release, the department shall notify the United States Department of Homeland Security, or other relevant federal agency in charge of handling immigration violations or deportations, when the department is preparing…
Where resources permit, the department may assist county sheriffs in the development of jail standards, in the review of jail facilities, and shall provide other services as requested by the sheriffs.
The executive director shall appoint deputy directors, wardens, regional administrators, and other administrators as necessary to administer correctional programs. Deputy directors, wardens, and regional administrators shall have experience in corrections, related criminal justice fields, law, or criminology, and exper…
(1) The department shall maintain and operate secure correctional facilities for the incarceration of offenders. (2) For each compound of secure correctional facilities, as established by the executive director, wardens shall be appointed as the chief administrative officers by the executive director. (3) The departmen…
(1) The department may extend the limits of the place of confinement of an inmate when, as established by department policies and procedures, there is cause to believe the inmate will honor the trust, by authorizing the inmate under prescribed conditions: (a) to leave temporarily for purposes specified by department po…
(1) As used in this section: (a) "Offender" means an individual who committed an act of criminally injurious conduct against the victim and has been sentenced to incarceration in the custody of the department. (b) (i) "Victim" means an individual against whom an offender committed criminally injurious conduct as define…
(1) (a) Offenders may retain personal property at correctional facilities only as authorized by the department. An offender's property which is retained by the department shall be inventoried and placed in storage by the department and a receipt for the property shall be issued to the offender. Offenders shall be requi…
(1) The department may employ inmates, unless incapable of employment because of sickness or other infirmity or for security reasons, to the degree that funding and available resources allow. An offender may not be employed on work which benefits any employee or officer of the department. (2) An offender employed under…
(1) (a) The following persons may visit correctional facilities without the consent of the department: (i) the governor; (ii) the attorney general; (iii) a justice or judge of the courts of record; (iv) members of the Board of Pardons and Parole; (v) members of the Legislature; (vi) the sheriff, district attorney, and…