Prison

Architects Unveil Design Plans For New Prison by SHOKO SMITH

Utah’s new prison is expected to give inmates a more “normative” environment than currently exists at the prison in Draper.

GSBS Architects was picked to design the new 4,000-bed prison west of the Salt Lake International Airport in Salt Lake City. The firm updated the state’s prison development commission Monday on the progress that’s been made. GSBS architect Kevin Miller says building a prison system for both men and women at all levels of custody means the programming will inform the design...   

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Potential rendering of the new state prison, which is expected to be completed by 2020.

Potential rendering of the new state prison, which is expected to be completed by 2020.