🫱🏼🫲🏾 Acknowledgements
The Utah Prison Projection Project (UPPP) is a collaborative effort between the Utah Department of Corrections (UDC) and the Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice. We are grateful to UDC for their partnership, expertise, and for providing the data that underpins this project.
Dashboard Features:
Welcome to the Utah Prison Population Projections Project! This dashboard provides snapshots and five-year projections of Utah’s prison population, benchmarked against the Utah Department of Corrections’ capacity limits. It also highlights long-term trends in the state’s prison population. Users can hover over selected graphics for interactive data exploration. The dashboard is organized into six sections, summarized below:
1. 🏛 Overview
Population Snapshots: Presents point-in-time views of the current prison population and the projected population five years ahead.
- Prison Population is measured by the average number of individuals incarcerated on any given day within a quarter.
Net Admissions Over Time: Shows trends in net admissions (admissions minus releases) to illustrate how the population changes over time. When admissions exceed releases, the prison population increases.
2. 📈 Projections
Five-Year Forecasts: Provides annual population projections over the next five years to guide strategic decision-making.
Gender Breakdowns: Includes projections for the total population as well as separate trends for male and female populations.
3. ↕️ Trends
- Average Daily Population (ADP) Trends: Tracks ADP by primary offense type, admission type, and gender to identify key factors that are contributing to population changes.
4. ⚠️ Capacity
- Capacity Benchmarking: Compares current and projected prison populations against UDC’s 3 capacity measures to assess system pressures and available space.
5. 📝 Methodology
- Methodology: Details our process, data sources, and projection methods for enhanced transparency.
💡 Tips for Using the Dashboard
Click Expand
Expand any plot/table by hovering over the plot and clicking on the arrows in the corner of each plot.
Download Plots
Download any plot by hovering/clicking the camera icon on each plot.
📧 Contact
Email us with any questions or comments: CCJJ.Research@Utah.gov