Comment on Utah Gov. Gary Herbert favors moving prison to Salt Lake City, lawmaker says

A state lawmaker says Gov. Gary Herbert told him the prison should be relocated near the Salt Lake City International Airport. Rep. David Lifferth, R-Eagle Mountain, released details of a 10-minute conversation he had with Herbert this week at an open house the governor held with legislators. “He indicated that he thought the wisest location was at the west airport site,” Lifferth wrote on his blog.