State may demand death reports from jails, prisons

OGDEN (AP) — A Utah lawmaker is planning to introduce a proposal to require county jails and state prisons to submit yearly reports on deaths and how they handle opioids and other medications amid renewed emphasis on inmate fatalities.
Meanwhile, Davis County Sheriff Todd Richardson said recently his office has begun a review of policies and procedures after several deaths in the summer of 2016. Those, along with a fatal injury suffered by an inmate in December, triggered heavy public scru