A $200,000 riot, expensive overtime, and staff vacancies are among the reasons Alaska Department of Corrections leaders gave lawmakers last week when requesting $24.1 million in emergency funding ...

Goose Creek Correctional Center is seen in fall. (Photo courtesy of Alaska Department of Corrections) The Alaska Department of Corrections has reported 18 people have died in custody of the state’s ...

The Alaska Department of Corrections has had at least 67 people die in-custody of state prisons and jails since 2020, with at least 17 deaths reported as suicides, according to the department. There ...

The Alaska Department of Corrections was negligent in its care of a woman who suffered severe brain injuries in a suicide attempt but is not liable for her injuries, an Anchorage jury found Thursday.

The entrance to the Anchorage Correctional Complex is seen on Aug. 29, 2022. (Photo by Yereth Rosen/Alaska Beacon) The Alaska Department of Corrections announced that 35 men arrested and detained by ...

The Alaska Department of Corrections, which handles the state’s jails and prisons, has taken in 40 people who were detained outside of the state by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The move ...

The Alaska Department of Corrections announced that 35 men arrested and detained by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement from out of state and held at the Anchorage Correctional Complex were ...

The Alaska House Judiciary Committee plans to hold a hearing June 20 on the use of Alaska Department of Corrections facilities to house and supervise federal detainees for U.S. Immigration and Customs ...

The Anchorage Correctional Complex is one of the facilities that provided syphilis testing to inmates. Thousands of incarcerated Alaskans have been tested for syphilis, through a program aimed at ...

Juneau, Alaska – A federal lawsuit filed on behalf of people imprisoned in Alaska alleges the state Department of Corrections provides inadequate medical, mental health and dental care, calling it a ...

Members of the House Judiciary Committee held an unusual summer hearing on Friday to investigate the conduct of the Alaska Department of Corrections and the state’s decision to take temporary custody ...