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Utah correctional populations of Census 2020 vintage

We recommend using these addresses only for guidance in identifying prison populations in the Census data and warn against assuming that the prisons were in fact counted at that particular location.

Facility Name Prisoners Type Address City Zip County Survey Date
Beaver Co. Corr. Fac. 382 Local 12/31/2013
Bonneville Community Correctional Center 42 State 1141 S 2475 W Salt Lake City 84104 Salt Lake 6/30/2012
Box Elder Co. Jail 129 Local 12/31/2013
Cache Co. Jail 258 Local 12/31/2013
Carbon Co. Jail 98 Local 12/31/2013
Daggett Co. Jail 75 Local 12/31/2013
Davis Co. Jail 688 Local 12/31/2013
Draper State Prison 3,751 State P.O. Box 250 Draper 84020 Salt Lake 6/30/2012
Duchesne Co. Jail 176 Local 12/31/2013
Emery Co. Jail 40 Local 12/31/2013
Fremont Correctional Center 51 State 2588 W 2365 S Salt Lake City 84119 Salt Lake 6/30/2012
Garfield Co. Jail 105 Local 12/31/2013
Grand Co. Jail 35 Local 12/31/2013
Gunnison Prison 1,508 State 255 East 300 North Gunnison 84634 Sanpete 6/30/2012
Iron Co. Jail 169 Local 12/31/2013
Juab Co. Jail 38 Local 12/31/2013
Kane Co. Jail 164 Local 12/31/2013
Northern Utah Community Correctional Center 138 State 2445 S Water Tower Way Ogden 84401 Weber 6/30/2012
Orange Street Community Correctional Center 57 State 80 South Orange Street Salt Lake City 84116 Salt Lake 6/30/2012
Rich Co. Jail 1 Local 12/31/2013
Salt Lake City Center 85 Private 1585 West 2100 South Salt Lake City 84119 Salt Lake 6/30/2012
Salt Lake County Jail 2,036 Local 12/31/2013
San Juan Co. Jail 92 Local 12/31/2013
Sanpete County Sheriff's Complex 91 Local 12/31/2013
Sevier Co. Jail 111 Local 12/31/2013
Summit Co. Jail 74 Local 12/31/2013
Tooele County Detention Center 136 Local 12/31/2013
Uintah Co. Jail 157 Local 12/31/2013
Utah Co. Jail 887 Local 12/31/2013
Wasatch Co. Jail 84 Local 12/31/2013
Washington Co. Jail 420 Local 12/31/2013

This table draws data from four sources:

  • Federal prisons on April 2, 2020: The Prison Policy Initiative downloaded the weekly population list from the Bureau of Prisons for that date.
  • State and federal correctional facilities on June 30, 2012 were extracted from: United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Census of State and Federal Adult Correctional Facilities, 2012. ICPSR37294-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2020-02-06. doi:10.3886/ICPSR37294.v1. County data retrieved from postal service database.
  • Local jails' average daily populations from January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2013 were extracted from: United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Census of Jail Facilities, 2013. ICPSR36128-V4. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2018-04-25. doi:10.3886/ICPSR36128.v4
  • Jails in Indian Country populations on June 30, 2016 were extracted from: United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Annual Survey of Jails in Indian Country, 2016. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2018-05-23. doi:10.3886/ICPSR37006.v1

Military prisons and state halfway houses are not included in the above table as we were not able to locate an appropriate national database of these types of facilities. Juvenile facilities are not included in the above because the Census Bureau counts these facilities separately from the adult correctional institutions that are the focus of our work. Where necessary, state-specific sources will be more useful for identifying juvenile facilities.

We do, however, have a list (without population information) of all federal halfway houses as of April 2, 2020 [XLSX].

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