Two dozen people died in Utah jails last year. Now a legislator wants more transparency on inmate deaths and jail rules to prevent more

Utah had the nation’s highest rate of county inmate deaths in 2014. Sen. Todd Weiler says the public should know when inmates die and what jails are doing to prevent deaths in the future.

(Trent Nelson | Tribune file photo)
Sen. Todd Weiler, R-Woods Cross, speaks on the Senate floor, February 3, 2017.

(Trent Nelson | Tribune file photo) Sen. Todd Weiler, R-Woods Cross, speaks on the Senate floor, February 3, 2017.

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