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Oversight of Utah's jails and state prisons would be strengthened under this bill, which requires county sheriffs to ensure that every county jail they oversee follows an independently administered set of standards and undergoes a regular schedule of inspections by an outside inspector, separate from and in addition to any existing county requirements. The bill places a similar requirement on the Utah Department of Corrections, mandating that every state correctional facility operate according to independently administered standards and undergo regular outside inspections, apart from the department's existing internal program standards and audits. These new inspection and standards requirements would apply on top of current rules rather than replacing them.