Utah Adult Probation & Parole

Adult Probation and Parole (AP&P) is a division of the Utah Department of Corrections (UDC) which is a government agency dedicated to the management and supervision of convicted probationers and parolees in the State of Utah. It is currently led by the Division Director Dan Blanchard[1] and is headquartered in the Utah Department of Corrections Administration Building in Draper.[2]

Utah Adult Probation & Parole
AbbreviationAP&P
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdictionUtah, United States
General nature
Operational structure
HeadquartersDraper, Utah
Agency executives
  • Dan Blanchard, Division Director
  • Mike Haddon, Executive Director
Parent agencyUtah Department of Corrections
Website
UDC Website

AP&P supervises 17,800 offenders in the community. Boundaries are divided into five regions. Each region within the division of AP&P has Agents and Correctional Officers who perform a variety of functions in the courts and in the field. AP&P Agents are certified Law Enforcement Officers, and have statewide police authority. In addition to supervising offenders in the field, AP&P Agents are responsible for preparing reports on offenders for District Courts and the Utah Board of Pardons and Parole, responding to threats on public safety, and assisting local agencies in joint operations.

Community Correctional Center Facilities

Adult Probation and Parole, operates five residential community correctional centers in Utah for offenders who are on probation or who have recently paroled from prison. These "halfway" houses are designed to help offenders who may not have a place to go when they leave prison, need additional treatment as they transition back into the community or are struggling and at risk of returning to jail or prison.[3]

Atherton Community Treatment Center (ACTC)

Formally known as Fremont, ACTC is one of two facilities devoted to helping women. The center began accepting clients on April 17, 2015, and is dedicated to helping women who have violated their supervision conditions and are at risk of being returned to jail or prison.

Bonneville (BCCC)

This center opened in the 1980s and works to stabilize and transition mentally ill and sex offender parolees into the community.

Fortitude Treatment Center (FTC)

FTC houses parolees who have been released from the prison and are in need of help to transition into the community. It's also dedicated to helping men who have violated their parole and are at risk of being return to prison.

Northern Utah Correctional Center (NUCCC)

NUCCC houses parolees who have been released from the prison and are in need of help to transition into the community. This facility is located in the Ogden area.

Orange Street (OCCC)

OCCC is the other facility dedicated to helping women who have been released from prison and are in need to help transitioning into the community.

Adult Probation and Parole regions and offices

Adult Probation and Parole is divided into five regions, and those regions are further divided into region offices. In addition to having region offices, many agents work with local police departments and rotate working out of the many police and sheriff offices throughout the state. Each region within the division of AP&P has agents and correctional officers who perform a variety of functions in the courts and in the field. AP&P agents are certified law enforcement officers and have statewide police authority. In addition to supervising offenders in the field, AP&P agents are responsible for preparing reports on offenders for district courts and the Utah Board of Pardons and Parole.

Northern Region has offices in Brigham City (Box Elder County), Farmington (Davis County), Logan (Cache and Rich counties), and Ogden (Morgan and Weber counties). Ogden is generally identified as the head office for the region. Additionally Northern Region oversees the Halfway house, Northern Utah Correctional Center (NUCCC).

Region III has offices in Salt Lake (Salt Lake and Summit counties) and Tooele (Tooele county), in addition to overseeing the Halfway Houses, Atherton Community Treatment Center (ACTC), Bonneville (BCCC), Fortitude Treatment Center (FTC), Orange Street (OCCC).

Region IV has offices in Provo (Utah and Wasatch counties) and Richfield (Garfield, Juab, Millard, Piute, Sanpete, Sevier and Wayne County - west half - counties), with Provo being the head office for this region.

Region V has offices in Hurricane (Kane and Washington counties) and Cedar City (Beaver and Iron counties), with Hurricane being the head office for this region.

Region VI has offices in Price (Carbon, Emery and east-half of Wayne counties), Vernal (Daggett and Uintah counties), Roosevelt (Duchesne County), and Moab (Grand San Juan counties), with Price being the head office for this region.

Through the state much of Adult Probation and Parole works with Local Law Enforcement to efficiently communicate with and manage the continuously growing number of individuals on probation and parole.

This is a map to help visualize the break down of the regions. Adult Probation and Parole region map

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See also

References
  1. Utah Adult Probation and Parole. About the Utah Adult Probation and Parole. Retrieved September 29, 2019, from https://corrections.utah.gov/index.php/home/alerts-2/1202-blanchard-named-to-lead-adult-probation-and-parole
  2. "Contact Us." Utah Department of Corrections. Retrieved on August 26, 2010.
  3. http://corrections.utah.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1063&Itemid=189 About Community Correctional Centers
  4. https://corrections.utah.gov/index.php/offender-resources
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