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The Central Utah Correctional Facility (CUCF, also known as the Central Utah Correctional Facility - Gunnison Prison) is a prison in Gunnison,
The prison is used to house up to maximum security inmates. Unlike the
Utah
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, United States, that is one of two prison
A prison, also known as a jail, gaol, penitentiary, detention center, correction center, correctional facility, or remand center, is a facility where Prisoner, people are Imprisonment, imprisoned under the authority of the State (polity), state ...
s managed by the Utah Department of Corrections
The Utah Department of Corrections (UDC) is a government agency dedicated to the management and supervision of convicted felons in the U.S. state of Utah. It is currently led by the Executive Director Jared Garcia.https://corrections.utah.gov/a ...
' Division of Institutional Operations.Utah Department of Corrections. (2006, December 19). ''Utah Department of Corrections Facilities''. Retrieved March 31, 2007, from http://www.cr.ex.state.ut.us/corrections/facilities/ The prison houses up to 1800 male inmates.
Description
The prison was completed in 1990.Utah Department of Corrections (2006, December 19). ''Central Utah Correctional Facility''. Retrieved April 10, 2007, from http://www.cr.ex.state.ut.us/corrections/facilities/cucf.html CUCF is composed of two main housing units: Henry and Boulder. Henry is broken up into four sections - Aspen, Birch, Cedar, and Dogwood (also called "SMU" for "Special Management Unit"). Boulder is divided into three buildings - Elm, Fir, Gale and Hickory. Aspen, Birch and Cedar house regular population inmates. Dogwood (SMU) is a short term housing unit intended for those in transport, those waiting to be moved into other sections, and those being punished. Elm houses some college students, but also contains "lock-down", or punishment, sections. Fir houses inmates who are either enrolled in or are waiting to begin the in-patient substance abuse treatment program "HOPE" (Helping Offenders Parole Effectively). Gale houses inmates who are part of the STRIVE (Success through Responsibility, Integrity, Values and Effort). Hickory is controlled, maximum security unit housing "level two" inmates.
The prison is used to house up to maximum security inmates. Unlike the Utah State Correctional Facility
Utah State Correctional Facility (USCF) is one of two prisons managed by the Utah Department of Corrections' Division of Prison Operations. It is located in the northwestern corner of Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. It replaced the former Ut ...
located in Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City, often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. It is the county seat of Salt Lake County, the most populous county in the state. The city is the core of the Salt Lake Ci ...
, CUCF is located in a rural part of the state, and thus more isolated from the main population centers of Utah. The prison underwent an expansion concluding in 2008, adding 192 beds in the Hickory unit to meet the growing needs of Utah's offender population. The prison was again expanded in 2016, raising capacity to 1800.
Notable inmates
See also
*List of Utah state prisons
This is a complete list of state prisons in Utah. There are no federal prisons in Utah and this list does not include county jails located in the state of Utah.
As of 2010, Utah eliminated its use of private prisons for state prisoners.
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