Press Releases
2025
January 27: UDC K9 Receives Donation of Body Armor
2024
October 29: Utah Department of Corrections Names New Warden
August 8: Statement of Utah Department of Corrections on the Execution of Taberon Dave Honie
June 10: Utah Department of Corrections Receives Death Warrant for Taberon Honie
June 10: Taberon Honie Execution Warrant Press Conference Alert
June 7: Lethal Injection Drugs Identified for Potential Execution
March 6: Four arrests in eight days highlights UDC drug interdiction efforts
2023
November 27: Utah Department of Corrections Names First Female Warden
November 17: New Unit to Open at Utah State Correctional Facility
October 25: Processes change for inmate releases from county jails
September 24: State Officials Investigating Death at the Central Utah Correctional Facility
September 12: UDC joining Rasa Legal and USARA to support free expungement opportunities
September 2: Incarcerated Individual passes away at the Central Utah Correctional Facility
August 25: Davis Technical College and Corrections Launch New Certification Programs for Women
August 21: Large Altercation at Central Utah Correctional Facility Triggers Lockdowns
August 17: Come celebrate the launch of new certification programs for women at Utah correctional facility
July 14: Passing of K9 Officer Loki
July 9: Department investigating suspected overdose death at Salt Lake Community Treatment facility
July 7: Utah Corrections’ hosts events to celebrate Pretrial, Probation, and Parole Supervision Week
June 29: SLCC to hold first official graduation ceremony in the history of Utah Corrections
June 5: 38 students recognized at Utah State Correctional Facility’s inaugural high school graduation
May 30: Utah Corrections and Salt Lake City School District to host inaugural high school graduation
May 13: Utah Corrections provides update on temporary Correctional Facility Lockdown
May 2: UDC Announces Retirement of Executive Director Brian Nielson
March 22: UDC and Davis County Expands Programming and Reentry Services for Parole Violators
February 24: Corrections Provides Update on Ongoing Review of Safety and Security at USCF
February 6: UDC to Address Recent Assaults Against Staff at Correctional Facility in SLC
February 3: Utah Corrections and Attorney General’s Office Team Up to Rescue Sex-Trafficked Girl
2022
December 9: Prison Clinical Services Moving to DHHS
November 15: Adult Probation & Parole Responds to Legislative Audit
September 1: Utah Corrections Provides Update on Medications Following Transition to New Records System
August 28: Inmate’s Death Investigated as Homicide at Central Utah Correctional Facility
August 24: UDC Continues to Address Issues with Transition to New Electronic Medical Records System
July 15: Utah Corrections Completes Historic Move to New Facility in Salt Lake City
June 22: Gov. Cox Cuts the Ribbon for the New Utah State Correctional Facility
February 16: Inmate’s Death Investigated at Utah State Prison in Draper
2021
December 7: Utah Department of Corrections Responds to Legislative Audit of Healthcare in Utah State Prisons
August 5: Inmate’s Death Investigated as Homicide at Central Utah Correctional Facility
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