2021:
June 29: UPDATED: Inmate’s Death Investigated as Possible Homicide at the Central Utah Correctional Facility
June 28: Inmate’s Death Investigated as Possible Homicide at the Central Utah Correctional Facility
May 20: UDC and US Marshals Highlight Relationship Noting 183 High Profile Fugitives Apprehended in 2020
May 5: Utah Corrections to Resume In-Person Visits and Volunteer Services in June
April 29: Utah Department of Corrections Reaches COVID-19 Vaccine Milestone
March 18: Utah Department of Corrections Reports 16 Total COVID-19 Related Deaths
2020:
December 21: Gov.-elect Cox and Lt. Gov.-elect Henderson announce additional cabinet and senior staff positions
November 19: Utah Corrections Director to Transition to Utah Board of Pardons and Parole Director
November 4: Utah Corrections Reports the Death of COVID-19 Positive Incarcerated Individual
September 29: Inmate’s Death Investigated after Altercation with Another Inmate at the Utah State Prison
May 29: First COVID-19 Case Confirmed at the Utah State Prison in Draper
April 3: First COVID-19 Case Confirmed at a Utah Corrections Community Correctional Facility
2019:
November 11: Ronald Lafferty, Death Row Inmate, Dies of Natural Causes
October 23: Religious Institutions Donate Funds to Utah's New Correctional Facility
September 22:Inmate’s Death Investigated As Possible Homicide
2018:
December 2: Death Row Inmate, Floyd Maestas, Dies of Natural Causes
November 18: Inmate escaped from Beaver County Jail, Apprehended Shortly Thereafter
October 18: Governor’s statement on the confirmation of Mike Haddon
August 7: Gov. Herbert appoints Mike Haddon as executive director of the Utah Department of Corrections
April 18: Rollin Cook Steps Down as Executive Director of Utah Department of Corrections
2017:
December 1: Temporary Outage of Utah’s Automated Crime Victim Notification System
May 13: Officer Involved Shooting in Murray City
April 21: Utah Department of Corrections' Statement on Daggett County Jail Personnel Actions
April 9: Inmate Death Investigated at Utah State Prison
April 3: Utah Department of Corrections Announces Changes to Sex Offender Treatment Program
February 17: Utah Department of Corrections Transfers Inmates from Daggett County Jail During Investigation
2016:
December 19: Utah Corrections joins national initiative to continue reducing use of solitary confinement
November 29: Utah State Prison on lockdown after inmate stabbing
August 11: Inmate's death being investigated as possible homicide
August 10: Adult Probation and Parole improves operations, communication
June 10: Department shutters buildings
June 3: Inmate dies of apparent suicide
March 15: Inmate dies after being assaulted
March 9:Fire displaces residents of Community Correctional Center
March 4: Executive Director Cook appoints new AP&P director and other key leaders
February 15: Fugitive Thomas S. Burnham apprehended
February 10: UDC initiates fugitive action in response to walkaways
February 5: UDC completes investigation in Henderson case
2015:
Aug. 6: Department action related to April 5 inmate death
Aug. 6: Inmates end hunger strike
Aug. 5: Hunger strike update
Aug. 4: Hunger strike update
Aug. 4: Reported drone sighting
Aug. 3: Hunger strike update, Aug. 3
Aug. 2: Hunger strike update
July 31: Department monitoring inmates participating in hunger strike
July 13: Utah State Prison inmate dies of apparent suicide
July 6: Nearly 40 inmates receive DATC certificates
July 2: Update on April 5 inmate death
June 20: Inmate taken to hospital after assault
April 22: Update on Christopher Lucas autopsy
April 7: Utah State Prison inmate dies of apparent cardiac arrest due to renal failure