It's been over four years since the new Utah State Prison's groundbreaking.

Utah is closing in on the final chapters of the yearslong, controversial saga of building a new prison from scratch.

The new prison under construction in western Salt Lake City will be more expensive, smaller and will open later than planned.

After years of construction, several of the buildings at the new Utah State Prison are nearing completion.

(KUTV)- Fresh cost estimate for the new Utah State Prison is nearly $700 million.“We are not just rebuilding our prison,” Paul Edwards, deputy chief of staff to Governor Herbert, said. “We ...

As the new Utah State Prison opens, only 254 of 650 employee positions are filled — a 61% vacancy rate.

The cost to build the new Utah state prison in Salt Lake City is expected to cost more than $100 million above the last estimate, and as a cost-cutting measure, it will now be smaller than the ...

Staffing shortages proved to be the most pronounced challenge in the new facility. The Utah Department of Corrections has periodically struggled to attract and retain staff, and the prison ...

Two Utah legislators who toured the state's new prison say they were encouraged by what they saw there despite staffing shortages.

In May 2013, the Prison Relocation & Authority Development Board got new membership and a new mandate. While a previous board wanted to just collect information on the costs and benefits of moving the ...

After a record 25 people died in Utah jails four years ago, the Legislature began asking questions and state and county officials promised to write new inspection standards. The new state ...

Utah's corrections department has rebounded from staffing struggles and implemented innovative programs to change the culture in Utah prisons ...