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Central Utah Correctional Facility
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Central Utah Correctional Facility is a state prison located in Sanpete County, Utah. Rated capacity: 1,600. Reported population: 1,700. Security level: Maximum. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.
Background
The Central Utah Correctional Facility (CUCF, also known as the Central Utah Correctional Facility - Gunnison Prison) is a prison in Gunnison, Utah, United States, that is one of two prisons managed by the Utah Department of Corrections' Division of Institutional Operations. The prison houses up to 1800 male inmates.
Source: Wikipedia article lead, CC-BY-SA.
Capacity
1,600
Current population
1,700
Occupancy
106%
Year opened
1990
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Operator
Utah Department of CorrectionsPopulation held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1990
Region
Utah
Security level
Maximum
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Notable inmates
- Mark Hofmann1954 · spree killer
Mark William Hofmann (born December 7, 1954) is an American counterfeiter, forger, and convicted murderer.
Source: Wikidata + Wikipedia.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
5/100
Low concern5/100
- Overcrowding
- 5/30
- Oversight reports
- 0/30
- Structural flags
- 0/15
- Death signals
- 0/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
What the score is responding to:
- · Operating at 106% of design capacity
This facility scores 5. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 3 points above national average.
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Same country, matched on type + security level where possible.
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- Kern Valley State Prison (Kvsp)DelanoMaximumState prison152% occupancy
- Diagnostic And Evaluation CenterLincolnMaximumState prison178% occupancy
- High Desert State Prison (Hdsp)SusanvilleMaximumState prison152% occupancy
- Calipatria State Prison (Cal)CalipatriaMaximumState prison161% occupancy
Compared to other facilities in United States
7436 peersOccupancythis: 106% · peers avg: 93% (+15%)
Capacity (beds)this: 1600 · peers avg: 547 (+192%)
Data completeness
74%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries
- HIFLD dataset query
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries — US Department of Homeland Security â HIFLD Open Data
- OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap Contributors
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikidata (Q5061971)
- Wikipedia
- Wikimedia Commons
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Central Utah Correctional Facility. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/central-utah-correctional-facility
Chicago
"Central Utah Correctional Facility." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/central-utah-correctional-facility.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-central-utah-correctional-f,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Central Utah Correctional Facility},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/central-utah-correctional-facility},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}