17E-6 - Counties and the Departments of Corrections and Public Safety
Title 17E > 17E-6
Sections (4)
General Provisions
17E-6-101 - Definitions.
Public Safety
17E-6-201 - Suicide Deterrence Grant Program — Rulemaking.
17E-6-201(1) As used in this section:“Department” means the Department of Public Safety.”Grant” means a grant awarded under this section.”Program” means the Suicide Deterrence Grant Program created in this section.”Suicide barrier” means a barrier installed on an upper level of a building to prevent an individual from falling. 17E-6-201(2) There is created within the department the Suicide Deterrence Grant Program.The purpose of the program is to award grants to county jails for materials to construct and install suicide barriers. 17E-6-201(3) A county jail that submits a proposal for a grant to the department shall include in the proposal:a statement describing the need for suicide barriers in the county jail;the amount and type of material to be used in constructing the suicide barriers;a plan for installation of the suicide barriers;any funding sources in addition to the grant for the proposal;any existing or planned partnerships between the county jail and another entity to implement the proposal; andother information the department determines necessary to evaluate the proposal.When evaluating a proposal for a grant, the department shall consider:the likelihood the proposal will accomplish the purpose described in Subsection (2);the cost of the proposal;the extent to which additional funding sources or existing or planned partnerships may benefit the proposal; andthe viability and sustainability of the proposal. 17E-6-201(4) Subject to Subsection (3), the department may, in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, make rules to establish:eligibility criteria for a grant;the form and process for submitting a proposal to the department for a grant;the method and formula for determining a grant amount; andreporting requirements for a grant recipient.
Correctional Facilities
17E-6-301 - Correctional facility telephone service contracts — Approval by civil counsel — Required rates.
17E-6-301(1) As used in this section:“Civil counsel” means the attorney who is exercising the attorney’s civil duties, as described in Chapter 68, Part 6, Counsel for Civil Matters, for the county in which a correctional facility is located.”Correctional facility” means the same as that term is defined in Section 77-16b-102.”Correctional facility administrator” means the same as that term is defined in Section 77-16b-102.”Correctional facility telephone service” means a public telecommunications service provided to a correctional facility for inmate use.”Inmate” means an individual who is committed to the custody of or housed in a correctional facility.”Inmate telephone rate” means any amount a correctional facility or a service provider charges an inmate for use of a correctional facility telephone service, including each per-minute rate or surcharge for:a collect call, a prepaid phone card, or any other method by which a correctional facility allows an inmate to access a correctional facility telephone service; ora local or a long-distance phone call.”Service provider” means a public entity or a private entity that provides a correctional facility telephone service. 17E-6-301(2) A correctional facility administrator shall consider the importance of inmate access to telephones in preserving family connections and reducing recidivism when proposing an inmate telephone rate in a new or renewed contract for correctional facility telephone service.A correctional facility or other state entity may not enter into or renew a contract for a correctional facility telephone service, unless the contract is approved by the civil counsel for the county in which the correctional facility is located.To obtain approval of a contract described in Subsection (2)(b), a correctional facility or other state entity shall submit to the civil counsel:the proposed contract;documentation that the correctional facility or other state entity has confirmed that:the provisions of the contract, other than the rates described in Subsection (3)(a), are consistent with correctional facility telephone service contracts throughout the state; andthe contract provides for adequate services that meet the needs of the correctional facility; andany additional information the civil counsel requires to analyze the contract. 17E-6-301(3) The civil counsel shall review a contract and any additional information described in Subsection (2)(c) to determine whether:each inmate telephone rate for interstate calls provided in the contract exceeds the corresponding inmate telephone service monetary cap per-use rate established and published by the Federal Communications Commission; andeach inmate telephone rate for intrastate calls provided in the contract exceeds the greater of:25% higher than the corresponding inmate telephone service monetary cap per-use rate established and published by the Federal Communications Commission; orthe corresponding inmate telephone system rate established and published by the Utah Department of Corrections.After receiving and reviewing the proposed contract and additional information, the civil counsel shall approve the contract if the proposed contract meets the requirements described in Subsection (3)(a).The civil counsel shall inform the correctional facility or other state entity of the civil counsel’s determination.