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Utah Correctional Facility ends month-long partial lockdown issued after officer attacked

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The Utah Department of Corrections lifted a month-long partial lockdown at its facilities that was put in place after an officer as assaulted in late September. The lockdown impacted both the Utah State Correctional Facility in Salt Lake and the Central Utah Correctional Facility in Gunnison.

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