ICYMI: From mosquitoes to medication issues, inmates' families & advocates raise serious concerns after six weeks in new $1 billion Utah prison
SALT LAKE CITY — Just weeks into his life at the new prison, Nacole Messick is watching her husband become a different person.
Messick's husband is going on nine years in the Utah Department of Corrections. After spending time in Gunnison and Draper, Messick watched her husband improve himself and depart from gang life through Con-Quest programming, programming which she was promised would be available to him in the new facility.
“They say that this prison is the best prison in the United States," said Messick."It's one of the worst.” “At the old facility, he could go outside and for all day if he wanted, and it would be a big area for him to walk out," Messick said."He hasn't had an hour outside since he's been there, besides just walking to get food.”“There's just like mud puddles, and there's just big ol' mosquitoes," said Messick."And so by the time they go to get their food, they're just all over their legs and arms. And they're not giving them repellent.
“With the move, I would say it's at least twice, if not five times, ten times worse, than the height of COVID," she said. "As soon as we found out about it, officers went in and found them and transported them back and the inmates receive the medication they need.”“If you've got staffing problems at the old prison and you need more staff and the new prison because of the way it's configured, why do you move until you beefed up that staffing? I don't understand that," she said."I don't understand the timing of the move, why we weren't better prepared.
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