The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Air date: January 21, 2015) – America incarcerates more people than any other country in the world. Moreover, the U.S. spends lots of money to keep lots of people in prison. In Utah, corrections officials say continuing growth in prison populations will cost Utah an additional half a billion dollars…
(KCPW News) A legislative commission tasked with finding a new location for Utah’s state prison has a lot to consider when it comes to finding the perfect site: proximity to hospitals or schools, whether to use private or public land, environmental impacts, and many other factors. But MGT of America, the consulting firm hired to…
(KCPW News) The Governor’s Prison Relocation and Develop Authority board, or PRADA, decided on Wednesday to delay any recommendations to the state Legislature regarding the relocation of Utah’s State Prison. Citing a need for more information on the issue, board chairman Lane Summerhays says PRADA won’t make a recommendation to the Legislature before 2015. The…
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