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Barron: Utah Needs to do More to Protect Vulnerable Inmates

By Morgan Barron, Opinion Writer September 30, 2018

Management and Training Corporation, a private prison contractor which operates an Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility, called Davis County police officers this past July to have family...

The front gate of the Utah State Prison in Draper. (Photo by Justin Prather | The Utah Chronicle).

Barron: Releasing One of Utah’s “Boogeymen”

By Morgan Barron, Opinion Writer September 25, 2018

In 2002, the "boogeyman" entered a Salt Lake home at night and took a teenage girl from her bedroom. The response to the kidnapping from the seemingly quiet community was deafening. People wore holes into...

Scott M. Matheson Courthouse in Salt Lake City, UT on Monday July 09, 2018.

(Photo by Curtis Lin/ Daily Utah Chronicle)

Barron: The Promise of Exoneration is not Enough

By Morgan Barron, Opinion Writer August 26, 2018

A little more than a year ago, the University of Utah hosted a lecture with Barry Scheck, one of the co-founders of a nonprofit, The Innocence Project, which works nationwide to overturn wrongful convictions....

Barron: Increase Mental Health Resources to Protect Utahs Youth

Barron: Increase Mental Health Resources to Protect Utah’s Youth

By Morgan Barron, Opinion Writer August 23, 2018

1 in 10 high school students will attempt suicide this year, 1 in 3 will need serious medical attention, and 5,000 young Americans (15 to 25 years old) will die from self-inflicted injuries. While statistics...

Barron: What You Can Do To Help Undocumented Immigrants

Barron: What You Can Do To Help Undocumented Immigrants

By Morgan Barron, Opinion Writer July 17, 2018

  "Shall oppressed humanity find no asylum on this globe?" These haunting words, first spoken in 1801 by President Thomas Jefferson in the face of fresh xenophobia gripping our nation, continue...

Barron: Mathematical Literacy is Integral to Political Revolution

Barron: Mathematical Literacy is Integral to Political Revolution

By Morgan Barron, Opinion Writer June 3, 2018

During the Civil Rights Movement, Robert Moses knocked on doors in Mississippi encouraging African-Americans to utilize their enfranchisement to change the political landscape and organized rallies to...

Barron: Forget Classes! Get an Internship!

Barron: Forget Classes! Get an Internship!

By Morgan Barron, Opinion Writer May 26, 2018

I am part of the "High School Musical" generation. I know all the songs, can stumble through some of the choreography and I still have a major thing for Zac Efron. Consequently, when I think of summertime,...

Barron: Transparency is the Law

Barron: Transparency is the Law

By Morgan Barron, Opinion Writer April 24, 2018

Within the Utah Code, a compilation of laws enacted by the state legislature, the roles of county sheriffs in Utah are described and include in their responsibility to “receive and safely keep all persons...

Barron: Redistricting of San Juan County Voting Districts Paves the Way for Political Fairness

Barron: Redistricting of San Juan County Voting Districts Paves the Way for Political Fairness

By Morgan Barron, Opinion Writer April 14, 2018

Since the conception of voting districts in San Juan in 1984, American Indians, while the predominant race in the area, only held a majority in one of the three commission voting districts. Last year,...

Barron: Gun Violence Research Is Pro-Human

Barron: Gun Violence Research Is Pro-Human

By Morgan Barron, Opinion Writer April 12, 2018

Originating from the National Rifle Association’s (NRA) press conference following the 2012 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary, the phrase, “The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good...