FOX 13 News and other local news outlets received a tour on Friday of the Utah State Correctional Facility — better known as the new Salt Lake City prison.
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah’s new prison cost a billion dollars, and since it opened in July, administrators have struggled to hire staff and to keep workers and inmates safe.Three corrections officers were assaulted over a two-and-a-half-week stretch beginning in late January.
Nielson said cameras have been added and some other changes have been made to reduce the opportunities for assaults. "There’s been such a competitive marketplace for certified staff in the state of Utah. Until we address the shortage of public safety officers across the board in Utah, that’s going to be an issue," Nielson said.
One officer is actually a parole agent based 300 miles away in St. George. The corrections department has pulled her off the street and has personnel from across Utah working shifts at the prison.The prison actually has three housing units that aren’t open because there aren’t enough staff to fill them. That means the inmates are packed tighter together than they would be otherwise.
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