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Justice and Due Process

What Happens After the Sentence?

Three families share what happens after a prison sentence ends, and why helping people rebuild their lives can be as important as the sentence itself.

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Participants of The Other Side Academy outside the state capitol
Justice and Due Process

Utah Should Track Recovery Outcomes After Treatment Ends

Utah appropriated more than $675 million for behavioral health services in fiscal 2027 without that measurement. 

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Justice and Due Process

Prison Isn’t the Only Way to Hold Someone Accountable

Dangerous people have to be held accountable. But is a cell the only instrument? There is an older American answer that owes nothing to Marx.

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Free Market

Utah’s Per-Prisoner Cost and the Programs That Cost Nothing

Utah pays $78,585 per prisoner yearly. There's free option with proven results, but no way there for someone serving a prison sentence.

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Justice and Due Process

Untapped: The Programs Utah’s Corrections System Isn’t Using

Despite evidence of successful outcomes and available capacity, the therapeutic community model is largely underused as a corrections resource.

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2026 Bills, Justice and Due Process

The 2026 Legislative Session: Criminal Justice Wins and Losses

During the 2026 general session, lawmakers tackled everything from victim privacy and juvenile justice to kratom regulation, capital punishment procedures, and police transparency.

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