Sugar House Prison (Utah)
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Sugar House Prison, previously the Utah Territorial Penitentiary, was a prison in the Sugar House neighborhood of Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The 180-acre prison housed more than 400 inmates.
The state penitentiary in 1903
Prisoners in front of former Sugar House Prison, circa 1887
Sugar House Prison Postcard, Circa 1910.
Utah State Prison
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Utah State Prison was one of two prisons managed by the Utah Department of Corrections' Division of Institutional Operations. It was located in Draper, Utah, United States, about 20 miles southwest of
Sugar House Prison (Utah)
…73 ha) prison housed more than 400 inmates. It was closed in 1951 due to encroaching housing development, and all of its inmates were moved to the new Utah State Prison in Draper. The site is now occupied by Sugar House Park and Highland High School. In January 1852 Territorial Assembly of the Utah Territory approved…
Entrance to the Wasatch Facility of the prison, June 2007
Utah State Prison main complex, December 2007
Promontory Unit of the prison, December 2007
Execution chamber