Section 46 – Pregnant inmates.
Effective 5/14/2019 64-13-46. Pregnant inmates. (1) If the staff of a correctional facility knows or has reason to believe that an inmate is pregnant, the staff, when restraining the inmate, shall use the least restrictive restraints necessary to ensure the safety and security of the inmate and others. This requirement shall continue during postpartum recovery […]
Section 47 – Prison Sexual Assault Prevention Program.
Effective 7/1/2022 64-13-47. Prison Sexual Assault Prevention Program. (1) The department shall, in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, make rules establishing policies and procedures regarding sexual assaults that occur in correctional facilities. (2) The rules described in Subsection (1) shall: (a) require education and training, including: (i) providing to inmates, […]
Section 48 – Educational and career-readiness programs.
Effective 5/4/2022 64-13-48. Educational and career-readiness programs. (1) The department shall, in accordance with Subsection 64-13-6(1)(c), ensure that appropriate evidence-based and evidence-informed educational or career-readiness programs are made available to an inmate as soon as practicable after the creation of the inmate’s case action plan. (2) The department shall provide incarcerated women with substantially equivalent […]
Section 39 – Standards for health care facilities.
64-13-39. Standards for health care facilities. All health care facilities, as defined in Section 26-21-2, owned or operated by the department shall apply for and meet the requirements for accreditation by the National Commission for Correctional Health Care. The department shall begin the application process in a timely manner to facilitate accreditation of the health […]
Section 39.5 – Definitions — Health care for chronically or terminally ill offenders — Notice to health care facility.
64-13-39.5. Definitions — Health care for chronically or terminally ill offenders — Notice to health care facility. (1) As used in this section: (a) “Department or agency” means the Utah Department of Corrections or a department of corrections or government entity responsible for placing an offender in a facility located in Utah. (b) “Chronically ill” […]
Section 39.6 – Penalty.
64-13-39.6. Penalty. Any person who willfully violates Subsection 64-13-39.5(3) is guilty of a class B misdemeanor. Enacted by Chapter 343, 2007 General Session
Section 40 – Worship for native American inmates.
64-13-40. Worship for native American inmates. (1) As used in this section: (a) “Items used in religious ceremonies” includes cedar, corn husks, corn pollen, corn meal, eagle and other feathers, sage, sweet grass, tobacco, pipes, willow, drums, gourds, lava rock, medicine bundles, bags or pouches, staffs, and other traditional items and materials. (b) “Native American” […]
Section 41 – Limitations on offender access to sexually explicit material.
64-13-41. Limitations on offender access to sexually explicit material. (1) As used in this section: (a) (i) “Commercially published information or material” means any book, booklet, pamphlet, magazine, periodical, newsletter, or similar document, including stationery and greeting cards, and video and audio tapes, disks, or other recording, that is distributed or made available through any […]
Section 27 – Records — Access.
64-13-27. Records — Access. (1) (a) The Criminal Investigations and Technical Services Division of the Department of Public Safety, established in Section 53-10-103, county attorneys’ offices, and state and local law enforcement agencies shall furnish to the department upon request a copy of records of any person arrested in this state. (b) The department shall […]
Section 42 – Prison Telephone Surcharge Account — Funding inmate and offender education and training programs.
Effective 3/22/2018 64-13-42. Prison Telephone Surcharge Account — Funding inmate and offender education and training programs. (1) (a) There is created within the General Fund a restricted account known as the Prison Telephone Surcharge Account. (b) The Prison Telephone Surcharge Account consists of: (i) beginning July 1, 2006, revenue generated by the state from pay […]