Panel OKs plan for smaller community corrections centers along Wasatch Front

SALT LAKE CITY — A House committee narrowly approved a bill Tuesday that would launch a process of establishing smaller community corrections centers near population centers in Utah.The Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee voted 5-4 to send HB126 to the full House for further consideration.Presently, the state's three community corrections centers are in Salt Lake and Weber counties.HB126 would more evenly distribute community corrections beds among cities of the greatest populat