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ACLU of Utah files suit challenging Cache County Jail’s policy of confiscating inmate books (2/15/05)

Salt Lake County Jail must finalize its strip search policy before court will consider ending a twenty-two year old consent decree (12/20/04)

Class Action Lawsuit Against Prison Challenges Charges for DNA Collection (6/28/02)

Regan v. County of Salt Lake

Kinter v. Cache County

Perry v. State of Utah

Nuttall v. Salt Lake County

Nathan Clark v. Iron County

Laughter v. Kay

NLS v. Jones

Bennett v. Utah County

The ACLU of Utah advocates on behalf of pregnant inmate subjected to remote control taser device. (3/21/08)

ACLU of Utah asks the prison to implement a policy regarding the use of restraints on inmates who are in labor or who are actively dying (8/10/06)

The ACLU of Utah Sends the Department of Corrections a Statement of Concerns on the Privatization of Prisons (7/15/99)

Legislators reject first step toward privatization of Utah’s prisons (2006)

New law instructs judges to order defendants to pay restitution to the county for the costs of their incarceration (2003)

Two bills address the rights of prison inmates to due process and safety (2001)

Bill expands the definitions of community correctional centers and correctional facilities (2000)

Department of Corrections Compensation Adjustment failed but money for a 10 percent raise was allocated in the general budget (1999)

Ballot initiative approved to restrict felon voting rights (1998)

Prison budget reduced (1998)

The ACLU of Utah and Complaints Regarding Medical, Dental, and Mental Health Care at Utah’s Prisons (November 2005)

The ACLU of Utah and Complaints Regarding Conditions at Utah’s Prisons (November 2005)

The ACLU of Utah and Complaints Regarding Discrimination at Utah’s Prisons (November 2005)

The ACLU of Utah and Complaints Regarding Inmate Access to Law Libraries and the Courts (November 2005)

The ACLU of Utah and Complaints Regarding Inmate Mail and Access to Publications in Utah’s Prisons (November 2005)

The ACLU of Utah and Complaints Regarding Religious Freedom at Utah’s Prisons (November 2005)

The ACLU of Utah and Complaints Regarding Excessive Force and Inmate Assault at Utah’s Prisons (November 2005)

The ACLU of Utah and Complaints against the Utah State Prison and the Central Utah Correctional Facility (November 2005)

Fade Back to the Sixteenth Century: Restraints at the Utah State Prison (Summer 1997)

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