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From 1951 to 2022, executions were held at the Utah State Prison in Draper, Utah. The first execution at Utah State was #38 Eliseo J. Mares Jr., and the last execution at Utah State was #51 Ronnie Lee Gardner. [9] From July 2022, executions will be held at the Utah State Correctional Facility in Salt Lake City.
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. [1]
The Utah State Correctional Facility is the only prison in Utah authorized to carry out capital punishment, with executions carried out by lethal injection or firing squad (for death row inmates sentenced to death before May 2004 or if the state is unable to obtain the necessary lethal injection drugs within 30 days of a scheduled execution). [6]
Vazquez-Jimenez was convicted of sex abuse of a child. The cause of death was hanging, according to Utah county authorities. Jail or Agency: Utah County Jail; State: Utah; Date arrested or booked: 6/3/2015; Date of death: 5/16/2016; Age at death: 45; Sources: Utah County Sheriff's Office, www.heraldextra.com
Utah State Prison main complex, December 2007 Promontory Unit of the prison, December 2007. 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]
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Just over 75% of Utah's population is concentrated along four Wasatch Front counties: Salt Lake, Utah, Davis, and Weber. Salt Lake County was the largest county in the state with a population of 1,185,813, followed by Utah County with 719,174, Davis County with 373,207 and Weber County with 271,926.