Family Orientation Manual: Inmate Placement Program (IPP)

Q. What is the Inmate Placement Program?
A. Because of the limited bed space at the Prisons, the Department of Corrections has contracted with County jails to house State inmates. Currently about 1500 State male and female inmates are housed in County jails throughout the State. Counties provide much of the same programming offered at the prison, and give the inmate an opportunity to be closer to family resources.

The Inmate Placement Program also houses a limited number of inmates in other State facilities, private correctional facilities, and Federal correctional facilities.

Q. Whose rules do the inmates in the Inmate Placement Program follow?
A. Inmates are subject to the policies and procedures, telephone, commissary, visiting privileges, grievance, and disciplinary processes of the contract facility where they are housed.

Q. Who do the inmates talk to if they have a problem?
A. Inmates should discuss their day-to-day problems concerning incarceration with Administrators of the contract facility.

IPP coordinators will see the inmate for an initial orientation within 30 days of them arriving at the facility, and are at the county jails at least once every two weeks to meet with inmates who have issues with the Department of Corrections.

Q. If an inmate is a citizen of another country can they serve their Prison time there?
A. According to State and Federal law an inmate can apply to serve his Prison time in his/her native country. However, there are statutory restrictions. The process is lengthy and the requested country must belong to the treaty convention before an application can be made. The inmate may obtain an application from his/her caseworker.

Q. How does an inmate apply to go to a county jail?
A. In R&O the inmate is screened for eligibility by the unit Captain. Once moved to main population the inmate must speak with his caseworker about a referral. Writing to IPP will not get you a referral.

Family may contact IPP at the following address and phone number.

Inmate Placement Program
14717 S. Minuteman Drive
Draper, UT 84020

801-545-5558

Utah State Prison Orientation for Inmate Friends and Family

INMATE PLACEMENT PROGRAM (IPP)