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Utah DOC outlines IRIS reentry centers, leans on volunteers and data to reduce recidivism
Summary
In a November 2025 Utah Department of Corrections podcast, Executive Director Jared Garcia and Sen. Darren Owens discussed the new IRIS centers — "intelligence, reentry, intervention, and safety" — which will use technology and volunteers to improve case management and reduce returns to prison.
Executive Director Jared Garcia and Sen. Darren Owens used a Nov. 2025 Utah Department of Corrections podcast to describe the department’s IRIS initiative, saying it aims to combine technology, case management and volunteer support to lower recidivism.
“IRIS stands for intelligence, reentry, intervention, and safety,” Executive Director Jared Garcia said, describing the center’s goal of using data to assess people and manage cases more effectively. Garcia added that the department’s purview expands beyond those currently incarcerated to about 20,000 people when probation and parole caseloads are included.
Garcia said the IRIS work will…
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