A look inside Utah's new state prison

FOX 13 News and other local news outlets received a tour on Friday of the Utah State Correctional Facility, which has struggled to hire staff and to keep workers and inmates safe since it opened last year.

[lucitagomez]

We had perfectly working prisons already what about the homeless people a billion dollars on another building the world makes me sick

[SureShotX]

Bet the pay doesn't match the stress, better give me 6 figures to deal with that mess 😂

[Dgafindan]

A lot of people made a lot of money off this. Funny how there is no investigation into the corruption and fraud that took place securing the extra funds that went into the pockets of the high up Mormon contractors.

[tommarsh]

Imagine if that Billion was spent on rehabilitation and not bars?
We have a prisons for profit system here that needs to change.

[SL-fkch]

Better pay and benefits are needed to attract and retain staff. Also, having worked in corrections facilities as a nurse, I have witnessed how “guards” are treated by inmates as well as how they are viewed in the public eye. There is no respect and inmates run the show—then guards are reprimanded when something goes wrong. Inmates have too much control and at times too many rights. I’ve witnessed the way the officers are treated even by PD as PD are bringing them inmates. I have respect for PD also, but I think PD forgets that COs lives are also in danger within those walls and all they are armed with is mace. I wouldn’t encourage my kids to be a CO.

[whywontyoufollowme]

Also the BILLIONS spent in taxes on this prison, already has foundation issues Ie. it’s sinking into the salt flats lol
Great planning guys

[cedarpoplar]

I could work there if I hadn't got into so much trouble when I was younger. I did help lay the foundations with Layton Co. though. ...I have no felonies, I wonder if I can still make corrections, officer

[jukio]

Looks nice, can't wait to check in.

[glockgen]

What a waste of money. They can't get people to staff it, they have the ship people from st George that they force to work here because people are leaving in droves! It is literally sink into the ground as well... It will cost 10 of millions more to repair

[kenneth]

Weird how on my channel.. I blew the whistle on this a month ago

[jasminespencer]

Was that one inmate on a phone in his cell in the last few seconds of the report?

[gecgpgr]

We still didn't see if its decent living in there

[Uscrocks]

What’s the pay I’ll apply if the money is right

[An_inquisitive_thinker]

Woman anchor has an interesting style and colour of her dress for this report. 🍊 0:14

[garyszewc]

Attacking a corrections officer should be instant death penalty. Prison should be like Alcatraz back in the day. No TVs, no computers, give them access to read books and nothing else. You break the law you lose all rights.

[bryanquiroga]

Any one here working as correctional in this prison ? I would like to apply.

[angelcolin]

They need to follow the example from Black Dolphin in Russia

[staycalm.]

Here is an ideah let the prisoners watch themselfs and eachother modern tech and medication and alittle crulety for repeat violent life offenders place might run itselfs for the most part

[redtapereed-walterreed-wal]

Well maybe it's hopeful maybe people have decided they don't like to be labeled as psychotic law enforcement especially in a psychotic prison system most of the people that go there don't even commit real crimes no one's ever harmed it's all a big financial scam these people make me sick that do this and a billion dollars please