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[[Image:Prison 015.jpg|thumb|200px|Utah State Prison, Draper, Utah]] |
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Revision as of 00:05, 7 March 2007
The Utah State Prison main complex is located in Draper, Utah about 20 miles southwest of Salt Lake City. The large prison complex houses both male and female prisoners in separate units. The prison has a capacity of over 4,000 inmates.[1]
The prison location was once remote and the nearby communities were rural. Since the 1950's when the prison was built, business parks and residential neighborhoods have been developed in the area. This has prompted a controversial arguement over whether or not to move the prison to a more isolated location.
- Historical Note:Gary Gilmore was exectued at the Utah State Prison in 1977. He was the first prisoner legally put to death in the United States since 1967 following a reversal of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling ending a moratorium on capital punishment.[2]
