Vocational Certificates
The Department works with several applied technology colleges to certify inmates in vocational trades. Those colleges are: Davis Technical College, Uintah Basin Technical College, and Snow College. ...
The Department of Corrections begins preparing offenders for release from the day they enter the prison system. That begins with assessments in Receiving & Orientation, where inmates’ education, treatment and life skills needs are evaluated. It continues as staff help inmates set goals for their recovery, rehabilitation and skill development so they will have the tools they need to lead a successful, crime-free life when they return to the community — as 95 percent of offenders do.
Below you’ll find overviews of the various evaluations and programs available to inmates during their incarceration.
Contact
Administration
14717 S. Minuteman Drive
Draper, UT 84020
Phone: 801-545-5255
Sex Offense Treatment Program
Nearly one-third of incarcerated individuals in Utah’s prison system are serving time for a sexual offense. The Department strives to treat persons who sexually offend (PSOs) through effective treat...
Religious Services
There are more than two dozen religious practices represented among Utah’s prison population. To meet the spiritual needs of inmates, Corrections works with volunteers who oversee activities, pr...
Reading for the Blind
This program, launched in 1988, employs offenders at a modest wage to make audio recordings of books for the visually impaired. Reading for the Blind is part of a broader organization — the Program ...
Life Skills
In addition to formal education, there are other tools offenders often need in order to change their lifestyles and adopt an outlook more conducive to long-term success. Life skills courses include Th...
HOPE
HOPE is housed in the Fir unit at the Central Utah Correctional Facility. The dormitory-style unit is capable of housing up to 288 inmates, with 48 inmates in each of the six sections. HOPE is organiz...
Excell
Excell is based on a residential, therapeutic community model and is designed to help women overcome substance abuse issues and resolve trauma (physical and emotional abuse) that often underlie crimin...
Education
Most offenders who are sent to prison have less than a high-school education. The Utah Department of Corrections offers high school education through partnerships with local school districts. The Cany...
Con-Quest
The Con-Quest program is housed in the Promontory Facility at the Utah State Prison and can accommodate 400 inmates. Inmates with substance dependence or abuse issues who have treatment listed among t...
Case Action Planning (CAP)
While in Receiving and Orientation, inmates are monitored and take various assessments to determine their specific needs. That information is used to develop a Case Action Plan that outlines the inmat...
Programming Director
Anndrea Parrish
Anndrea Parrish was named Director of Institutional programming in March 2020.
Parrish joined the Office of the Legislative Auditor General in 2009 as a performance auditor, working on more than a dozen performance audits to improve programs, reduce costs and promote accountability. She evaluated a wide array of programs including corrections, courts, workforce services, health and child welfare.
She holds a Bachelor ofScience in Anthropology (2005) from the University of Utah and a Masters in Anthropology with an emphasis in evolutionary ecology (2009) from the University of Utah.