Alaska adult corrections

Alaska has a unified correctional system under the jurisdiction of the Alaska Department of Corrections (DOC), which operates correctional centers and regional jails and regional probation offices. Community jails operated by local departments of public safety, borough government, or city police departments contract with the state to house state prisoners, but there are limits to the length of time individuals can be held in these facilities. Most rural villages have small lockups for short-term detention of accused offenders. Juvenile corrections is under the jurisdiction of the Alaska Division of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) in the Department of Health and Social Services.

See also:
Corrections > Alaska community jails

Juvenile justice > Alaska juvenile corrections

Criminal justice > Alaska criminal justice system

Alaska Department of Corrections

• Division of Institutions. Information on the thirteen state correctional institutions: Anvil Mountain Correctional Center (Nome); Cook Inlet Pretrial (Anchorage); Fairbanks Correctional Center; Hiland Mountain Correctional Center (Eagle River); Ketchikan Correctional Center; Lemon Creek Correctional Center (Juneau); Mat-Su Pretrial Facility (Palmer); Meadow Creek Correctional Center; Palmer Correctional Center; Sixth Avenue Correctional Center (Anchorage); Spring Creek Correctional Center (Seward); Wildwood Correctional Center (Kenai); Yukon Kuskokwim Correctional Center (Bethel). 
• Alaska Board of Parole

Private prisons housing Alaska inmates

• Corrections Corporation of America: Central Arizona Detention Center. This facility houses approximately 900 Alaska prisoners.

Laws & regulations

• Corrections Laws and Regulations. Links to relevant Alaska Statutes and the Alaska Administrative Code through the Alaska Department of Corrections web site. 

Correctional training & certification

• Alaska Police Standards Council. A regulatory and quasi-judicial body created by the Alaska Legislature in 1972 with the power to establish minimum selection and training standards for police, corrections, probation, and parole officers. The council is composed of 11 members appointed by the governor and meets four times a year. 

Justice Center articles & reports
(in reverse chronological order)

• Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage. (Summer 2007). "National Assessment of Adult Literacy and Literacy Among Prison Inmates." Alaska Justice Forum 24(2): 2-4. Includes a sidebar story on Literacy and Education among Alaska Inmates.
• Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage. (Summer 2004). "Alaska Justice System Expenditures, 1984-2001." Alaska Justice Forum 21(2): 1-3.
• Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage. (Summer 2004). "Incarcerated Parents in Alaska Prisons." Alaska Justice Forum 21(2): 5.
• Moras, Antonia. (Summer 2004). "Loss and Restoration of Voting Rights in Alaska." Alaska Justice Forum 21(2): 11.
• Moras, Antonia. (Spring 2004). "Mentally Ill Inmates in Alaska Prisons." Alaska Justice Forum 21(1): 3.
• Moras, Antonia. (Spring 2004). "Corrections and State Mental Health Funding." Alaska Justice Forum 21(1): 4.
• "Number of Prisoners Continues to Grow". Alaska Justice Forum 20(2), Summer 2003 Includes statistics for Alaska correctional institutions.
• "Correctional Populations: 2001". Alaska Justice Forum 19(2), Summer 2002. Includes statistics for Alaska correctional institutions.
• "Corrections and the Mentally Ill." Alaska Justice Forum 18(4), Winter 2002.
• "The Design of the New Anchorage Jail" by Steve Fishback. Alaska Justice Forum 18(3), Fall 2001.
• "The Alaska Department of Corrections: The Drug Treatment Picture". Alaska Justice Forum 17(1), Spring 2000.
• "Incarceration on Drug Offenses." Alaska Justice Forum 17(1), Spring 2000.
• "Obstacles to Minority Employment in Criminal Justice: Recruiting Alaska Natives" by John Riley. Alaska Justice Forum 16(4), Winter 2000.
• Results from the Long-Term Inmate Survey: Focus on Child Abuse Histories. By Robert H. Langworthy, Allan R. Barnes, and Richard W. Curtis. Report prepared for the Alaska Department of Corrections. Anchorage: Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage, June 1998. 
• Preliminary Results from the Long-Term Inmate Survey: Focus on Child Abuse Histories. By Robert H. Langworthy, Allan R. Barnes, and Richard W. Curtis. Report prepared for the Alaska Department of Corrections. Anchorage: Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage, April 1998.
• "Sensemaking and the Stereotype of the Brutal Guard" by John Riley. Alaska Justice Forum 14(4), Winter 1998.
• "Sex Offender Treatment Program". Alaska Justice Forum 13(2), Summer 1996.
• Sex Offender Treatment Program: Initial Recidivism Study -- Executive Summary. Anchorage: Alaska Department of Corrections, Offender Programs, and Alaska Justice Statistical Analysis Unit, Justice Center, University of Alaska Anchorage, August 1996.
• Alaska Prison Data: Some Comparisons by N.E. Schafer. Alaska Justice Forum 12(4), Winter 1996.
• "Detention of Juveniles in Alaska: Preliminary Report" by N.E. Schafer and Richard W. Curtis. Alaska Justice Forum 12(1), Spring 1995.
• "HIV Risk Perception" by Andrea M. Fenaughty, Holly A. Massay, and Dennis G. Fisher. Alaska Justice Forum 11(4), Winter 1995.
• "Juvenile Detention in Alaska, 1993" by N.E. Schafer and Richard W. Curtis. Alaska Justice Forum 11(3), Fall 1994. 
• "Alternative Punishments: A Judicial Council Seminar" by Teresa W. Carns. Alaska Justice Forum 10(4), Winter 1994.
• Schafer, N. E. and Tubbs, Michael P. (Winter 1992). "Alaska Community Corrections Residents." Alaska Justice Forum 8(4): 4-7.

Justice Center projects

• Alaska Natives: Careers in Corrections. (JC 9501.05). John Riley. Through a gift from Cook Inlet Region, Inc. 1998-1999. 
• The Impact of Untreated Sex Offenders on the Prison Population in Alaska: A Study of Risk Level and Amenability (JC 9914). Robert H. Langworthy. Alaska Department of Corrections. 1998-1999.
• Review and Analysis of Incarcerated Offenders (JC 9809). Robert H. Langworthy. Alaska Department of Corrections. 1997-1998.
• Sex Offender Treatment Program (JC 9419, 9510, 9602). Allan R. Barnes. Alaska Department of Corrections. 1995-1997. 
• State Justice Statistics Program: Sex Offender Research (JC 9911). Allan R. Barnes. Bureau of Justice Statistics. 1998-1999.