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Is Utah's prison moving?

Move it to Salt Lake City - they seem to want (and get) everything else: a new theatre, all the state agencies, you name it. Why shouldn't they get the prison, too?

Besides it makes sense - the courthouses and lawyers are all downtown already. They won't have to travel as far for their court appearances.

Another situation of a politician opening his mouth and inserting his foot. I am interested in seeing who wants to buy that property and convert it into some type of residential/commercial operation...and how much they have contributed to statewide party coffers.

I would like to see how moving the prison could be an advantage to anyone outside of Salt Lake County. One would hope the Salt Lake legislatures couldn't bully such a bill through. But, if Draper or someone coughs up the bucks and it makes both financial and feasibility sense, go for it. Maybe Draper can just increase their tourism tax and let visitors pay for it.

With the amount of taxes we pay I in no way want to increase my taxes just so the city of Draper and some developer can line their pockets at my expense. I would like to keep some of my own money - thank you very much!!!! There is NO GOOD REASON to tear down a prison and build another one unless the developer of the property would like to foot the bill for the costs of building the new prison.

The only people who would beneift from moving the prison are the land developers, realtors, and the politicians they own (i.e., John Valentine).

Sure sounds good, tear down basically new buildings, to move them elsewhere. Of the facilities, 4 out of 5 of the Uintah buildings, all of Timp, Olympus, Promontory, Lonepeak, and Oquirrhs are basically brand new. Lonepeak was built with in the past 10 years. Currently new fences, towers and other outside facilities are being built. The only building that is in need of being tore down would be the Wasatch Facility, which is contains 5 out of 22 housing blocks. There is need of another prison, so lets put the money into building another one, instead of tearing down and rebuiding, just use the money and build a third prison, bigger and better. For a true expert opinion contact a well known sheriff in Arizona, learn how to run a facilty.