The lawsuit said Utah Department of Corrections denied the complainant — a transgender woman — equal access to health care services by repeatedly ignoring her requests ...

More than a year and a half after a Utah K-9 officer died inside a hot car, KSL Investigators learned the vehicle was ...

In a legislative session that has been marked by controversial bills on a range of issues, a new bill that aims to better ...

The plaintiffs, a group of individuals sentenced to death in Utah, brought suit against the Department of Corrections and various state officials, challenging Utah’s current execution protocols for ...

The ACLU brief in Menzies v. Utah Department of Corrections argues that this more expansive protection means that people sentenced to death should not be forced to identify an alternative when ...

The Utah Department of Corrections also confirmed to the Deseret News that it is “essentially (their) practice already” to ...

A bill to stop incarcerated people from accessing gender-affirming health care comes amid a Justice Department lawsuit centering on a woman in Utah’s custody who “performed dangerous self-surgery” ...

James Williams is an ER doctor, a hunter, a gunshot victim — and the go-to expert for death row prisoners seeking an ...

Scientists remain puzzled as to why some individuals taking popular weight loss and diabetes medications such as Ozempic and ...

Physician–scientists at the University of Utah's John A. Moran Eye Center have published an investigatory review of nine patients who experienced vision complications while taking popular semaglutide ...

The Utah Department of Corrections has launched a new mail system for state prisons aimed at preventing the intake of contraband. As of Jan. 6, 2025, all incoming mail for Utah prison inmates must ...