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Alaska has a unified correctional
system under the jurisdiction of the Alaska Department of Corrections,
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.
The resources collected here have
been chosen for their relevance to Alaska Natives. For further
information on corrections in Alaska, see Corrections.
- See also:
Alaska Natives >
Alaska Natives in the Alaska correctional system
- "Probation Revocation and Ethnicity". Alaska Justice Forum 15(3), Fall 1998.
Alaska Native employment in corrections
- "Obstacles to Minority Employment in Criminal Justice: Recruiting Alaska Natives" by John Riley. Alaska Justice Forum 16(4), Winter 2000.
- Alaska Natives: Careers in Corrections [project] (JC 9501.05). John Riley. Through a gift from Cook Inlet Region, Inc. 1998-1999.
The death penalty
Alaska as a state has
never had a death penalty; however, of the 8 men known to have
been executed in Alaska between 1900 and 1959 during territorial
days, 3 were Alaska Native or American Indian.
- "The Trial and Hanging of Nelson Charles" by Averil Lerman. Alaska Justice Forum 13(1), Spring 1996.
- See also Focus on the Death Penalty > Alaska.
Justice Center projects
- Alaska Natives: Careers in Corrections. John Riley. Through a gift from Cook Inlet Region, Inc. 1998-1999. (JC 9501.05)
- Community Jails Statewide Research Consortium (JC 9902). N.E. Schafer. National Institute of Justice. 1998-2000.