Utah State Prison
Location | Entrance to the Wasatch Facility of the prison, June 2007 |
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Coordinates | 40°29.5′N 111°54′W / 40.4917°N 111.900°W |
Status | closed |
Security class | mixed |
Capacity | over 4000 |
Opened | 1951 |
Closed | July 15, 2022 |
Managed by | Utah Department of Corrections |
Director | Brian Nielsen |
Street address | 14425 Bitterbrush Lane |
City | Draper |
State/province | Utah |
ZIP Code | 84020 |
Country | United States |
Utah State Prison (USP) was one of two prisons managed by the Utah Department of Corrections' Division of Institutional Operations.[1] It was located in Draper, Utah, United States, about 20 miles (32 km) southwest of Salt Lake City.[2] It was replaced by the Utah State Correctional Facility in July 2022.
History
The prison was built to replace
Facility
The large prison complex housed both male and female prisoners in separate units. The prison had a capacity of over 4,000 inmates.
Scott P. Evans Architect & Associates designed the five buildings of the evaluation facility. The same company performed a reroof and a seismic upgrade of the SSD building.[7]
Notable inmates
- Michael Anthony Archuleta, convicted in the 1988 murder of Gordon Church. He has chosen to be executed by lethal injection.
- Ted Bundy, serial killer, was sentenced to 15 years in the Utah State Prison in 1976, but was extradited to Colorado to face other murder charges.
- Nick Clatterbuck, convicted of the February 28, 1984 murders of his foster parents.
- Ray Dempsey Gardner, serial killer, executed in 1951.
- Ronnie Lee Gardner, convicted in 1985 of murder and executed by firing squad on June 18, 2010.
- firing squad at the Utah State Prison in 1977. He was the first prisoner legally put to death in the United States since a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that ended a 1972 moratorium on capital punishment.[8]
- Thomas Arthur Green, a convicted bigamist and noted practicing polygamist, served his sentences here. He was released in the summer of 2007.[9]
- Mark Hofmann, convicted for murder and forgery, is currently incarcerated at the Central Utah Prison in Gunnison.[10]
- Wanda Barzee, one of Elizabeth Smart's kidnappers transferred from Federal Medical Center, Carswell in 2016, released in 2018.
- Troy Kell, convicted for murder after stabbing an inmate 67 times in the Central Utah Correctional Facility in 1994 and sentenced to death. He has chosen to be executed by firing squad.
- Barton Kay Kirkham, convicted of murder and the last inmate to be executed by hanging in the state of Utah in 1958.[13]
- Nathan Martinez, convicted of the October 1994 murder of his stepmother and half-sister. Paroled in 2018.[14]
- James W. Rodgers, convicted for murder and the last inmate to be executed by firing squad in the United States in 1960, before a de facto national moratorium on capital punishment was enacted with the U.S. Supreme Court decision of Furman v. Georgia.[15]
- Frances Schreuder, convicted in 1983 of first degree murder of her father in the Franklin Bradshaw murderin 1978 using her son, Marc.
- Marc Schreuder, convicted in 1982 of second degree murder in the 1978 Frances Schreuderinduced him to commit. Marc served 12 years until his release in 1994.
- John Albert Taylor, executed by firing squad in 1996 for the 1988 rape and strangulation of an 11-year-old girl.[16]
- Dale Selby Pierre and William Andrews, the Hi-Fi murderers.[17][18][19]
See also
References
- ^ "Utah Department of Corrections Facilities". cr.ex.state.ut.us. Utah Department of Corrections. Archived from the original on July 5, 2007. Retrieved March 31, 2007 – via Wayback Machine.
- ^ a b Utah Department of Corrections. (2006, December 19). Utah State Prison. Retrieved March 31, 2007, from http://www.cr.ex.state.ut.us/corrections/facilities/usp.html
- ^ Anissa O. Taylor (February 2003). "State Prison Agency History #790". Utah Department of Administrative Services, Division of Archives & Records Service. Retrieved 1 April 2016.
- ^ Matt Canham (May 20, 2015 09:30PM).Utah prison relocation meeting comes back to, ‘Why leave Draper?’ Retrieved June 5, 2015, from http://www.sltrib.com/home/2536568-155/utah-prison-relocation-meeting-comes-back
- ^ Wikstrom Economic & Planning Consultants, Inc. (2005). Evaluation of the Feasibility of Relocating the Utah State Prison. Wikstrom Economic & Planning Consultants, Inc.
- ^ Winsolow, Ben (August 19, 2015). "Utah State Legislature votes to move prison to SLC". Retrieved August 20, 2015.
- ^ "Justice/Correctional." Scott P. Evans Architect & Associates. Retrieved on August 26, 2010.
- ^ "Organs donated, body cremated — Gary Gilmore saga over". Associated Press. Salt Lake City. January 18, 1977. Retrieved April 14, 2011.
- ^ Coalition for Religious Freedom and Tolerance. (2002, March 11). LATEST NEWS ON TOM GREEN AND FAMILY. Retrieved March 31, 2007, from http://www.religious-freedoms.org/latest_news_on_tom_green_and_fam.htm
- ^ Gurrister, T. (2005, October 9). Hofmann case revisited. Standard-Examiner.
- ^ Winslow, B. (2007, November 22). Jeffs has been an inmate at Utah State Prison. Deseret Morning News. Retrieved November 29, 2007, from http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,695229917,00.html
- ^ "Texas, feds wait turns in polygamist leader cases". Associated Press. 2010-07-28. Retrieved 2010-08-09.
- ^ Metcalf Jr., Dan (2010-06-17). "History of Utah executions". KTVX. Archived from the original on 2010-06-22. Retrieved 2010-10-04.
- ^ "Bluffdale teen pleads guilty to '94 slayings". Deseret News. Salt Lake City, Utah. November 15, 1995.
- The Telegraph (Nashua). Associated Press. p. 22. Retrieved October 28, 2010.
- ^ "Firing Squad Executes Killer". The New York Times. 1996-01-27. Retrieved 2008-06-16.
- ISBN 9780684857794.
- ^ "The Deseret News - Google News Archive Search".
- ^ "Daily News - Google News Archive Search".
- ^ "Woman serving 15 to life for killing 6 babies ineligible for parole until 2064". ksl.com. May 29, 2015.
- ^ "Utah woman who killed six of her newborns sentenced to prison". April 21, 2015.
- ^ Reavy, Pat (29 May 2015). "Mother who killed 6 babies won't get chance at parole until 2064". Deseret News. Retrieved 21 August 2022.
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