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For one of the most expensive construction projects in state history, concerned taxpayers say they don’t believe even the minimum standard of living conditions are being met in the new state prison.
A career criminal whose crimes include a child kidnapping conviction has filed a federal lawsuit against the Utah Department of Corrections contending that he is entitled to decent medical care.
SALT LAKE CITY — An inmate in the Utah State Prison is suing the Utah Department of Corrections in an effort to stop the shuffling of large groups of prisoners from one building to the next. Damon Crist says the practice spurred widespread COVID-19 outbreaks at the prison starting in October. The spread has continued in the following months, infecting more than 2,600 inmates, including 12 who later died. "I'm not asking for money damages. I'm not asking to be released," Crist told the Deseret News during a phone call from the prison's Draper site. "I'm just saying, 'Look, the department is moving people recklessly. It's causing mass outbreaks and it's infecting and killing people.'"
'Potential death sentence:' Utah inmate claims 'gross negligence' over COVID transfers 'Potential death sentence:' Utah inmate claims 'gross negligence' over COVID transfers UP NEXT Serious allegations from an inmate against the Utah Department of Corrections and its former leader of its handling of the COVID-19 pandemic are coming out in a handwritten lawsuit filed by the inmate himself. In two months, 13 prisoners have died from coronavirus and the latest data shows there are nearly 1,200 active positive cases. One of those inmates, Damon Crist, is now suing the prison’s former executive director, Mike Haddon claiming cruel and unusual punishment—a violation of the state constitution’s 8th Amendment. Attorney Sara Wolovick with ACLU Utah says: