President Woodrow Wilson even requested a stay of execution, but once that stay ended, Hill was executed by firing squad at the penitentiary on the morning Nov. According to an article published in the Nov. His ashes were later spread across the country through the Industrial Workers of the World and his death became a rallying cry for American labor protests. In , a Sugar House businessman named Horace Sorensen believed the site could become a state park, according to the park's website.
In , Utah Gov. On July 16, , more than years after the prison opened, the land was turned over to the Sugar House Park Authority to turn it into a public park.
Another portion of the original prison land that was not sold to the city and county was instead used to build Highland High School. KSL homepage. News Coronavirus. Southern Utah. Sports Utah Jazz. BYU Cougars. Utah Utes. Pac Hotline. Utah State Aggies. Weber State Wildcats. Real Salt Lake. High School. Brandview Brad DeBry Law. Minky Couture. Salt Lake Chamber.
U of U Health. MountainStar Healthcare. Intermountain Healthcare. Utah Office of Tourism. Accident Resource Center. Jerry Pope, now retired and living in West Jordan, was a prison guard for 32 years, one of thousands of Utahns who worked there over the decades.
The recent heightened public awareness of social justice and societal inequities have also given new weight to the importance of acknowledging and documenting the history and culture of prisoners, one historic preservationist said.
The Utah Legislature officially approved the prison move in , after years of discussion, and the idea has since been dissected and studied extensively in hearings on Capitol Hill. The St. Alan Matheson, executive director for the Point of the Mountain State Land Authority, said he has talked with historic preservationists and remains receptive to their suggestions.
Donate to the newsroom now. The Salt Lake Tribune, Inc. By Tony Semerad. Tribune file photo Mark Hofmann. I have to walk against the wall. The inmates have to help with the bathroom. They usually talked three times a day, though that was spotty during the pandemic as lockdowns came and went. But after that panicked Nov. Brandy exchanged emails with the prison clinical services director, asking him if her husband had COVID Director Tony Washington said no, but he told her Jerry had been moved to the infirmary as a precaution because the coronavirus had started quickly moving through Oquirrh 5, the housing unit where Jerry Gillespie stayed.
He was terminally ill at age 48 and incarcerated for up to five years for assault and unlawful weapons possession. To summarize, he was doing well today, and I hope that alleviates your concerns. Brandy Gillespie Jerry Gillespie and his wife, Brandy, in an undated photo. None of the women died. The Utah Department of Corrections has not disclosed the names of the 18 men who died of the coronavirus. A joint investigation by The Tribune and FOX 13 confirmed their identities through public records and interviews with families and surviving inmates.
David Bills wrote a short letter to his wife Nov. He, too, was in Oquirrh 5, serving up to life in prison for child sex abuse — though he maintained his innocence and was appealing his conviction. They chain you to a filthy bed and let you piss all over yourself. Penitentiaries across the country had raging and deadly coronavirus outbreaks last year, mostly at the beginning in the pandemic.
The virus first crept into the Draper prison in September, likely through a dental health care provider who treated several inmates. Case counts soon exploded , and men started dying. Emails exchanged between Utah health officials said the virus was likely spreading between units through staffers. At some point, as case numbers were high in the community, the virus got into the smaller Gunnison facility as well.
The 18 died during a three-month period starting in early November. At least a third lived in Oquirrh 5, the housing unit where the older and most medically vulnerable inmates live. In a phone call from the prison, he said he saw people sick and dying around him.
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