COVID-19 cases explode at Utah State Prison in Draper

COVID-19 cases have exploded at the Utah State Prison, which is now reporting 196 active cases — up from just two on Sept. 23.All of them are in the Wasatch A and B blocks at the Draper campus. The Wasatch facility, which opened in 1952, is the oldest at the prison. Those two A and B blocks hold 327 prisoners, so 60% of them now have tested positive.“Nearly all of those who are positive for COVID in those housing units are either asymptomatic or they are experiencing very minor sympt