Sugar House Prison (Utah)

Sugar House Prison
formerly Utah Territorial Penitentiary

The state penitentiary in 1903
Location	Sugar House neighborhood Salt Lake City, Utah United States
Coordinates	40°43′23″N 111°50′56″W / 40.723°N 111.849°W / 40.723; -111.849
Status	Defunct
Population	575 (as of March 12, 1951)
Opened	January 1855
Closed	March 12, 1951
Managed by	U.S. Marshals (1871-1896) Utah Department of Corrections (1896-1951)

Sugar House Prison, previously the Utah Territorial Penitentiary, was a prison in the Sugar House neighborhood of Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. The 180-acre (73 ha) prison housed more than 400 inmates. It was closed in 1951 due to encroaching housing development, and all of its inmates were moved to the new Utah State Prison in Draper. The site is now occupied by Sugar House Park and Highland High School.^[1]