Prison News | Alaska

Recent events, organized by category (below) or region/state (right), concerning the corrections industry in Alaska. Comments, suggestions and contributions (below) appreciated.

Contents

• Education & Rehabilitation
• Executions, Death Row, & the Death Penalty
• Gangs in Prison
• Health & Medical Treatment
• Prison Classification, Placement, and Release
• Prison Conditions & Corruption
• Prison Life & Prison Culture
• Riots, Lockdowns & Escapes
• Suicides in Prison
• Workplace & Industry News and Science & Tech

Education & Rehabilitation

• Ketchikan Correction Center inmates' cranes take flight
  
  KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) - Three Ketchikan community agencies recently received an unusual donation -- 3,000 paper cranes -- from an unusual source -- the inmates of Ketchikan Correctional Center....[more]
  Ketchikan Daily News, Saturday, June 29, 2013
  
  

Executions, Death Row & the Death Penalty

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Gangs in Prison

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Health & Medical Treatment

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Prison Classification, Placement, & Release

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Prison Conditions & Corruption

• Shakeup in Alaska Prisons Targets “Overuse” of Solitary Confinement -- Reports Find Widespread Isolation and Neglect; Corrections Chief Resigns
  
  Alaska’s prison system is “broken” according to Governor Bill Walker following a damning review of the Department of Corrections, including its overuse of solitary confinement and a recommendation for the practice to be used “sparingly and appropriately.”...[more]
  Solitary Watch, Wednesday, November 25, 2015
  
  
• Jailhouse suicides, heavy use of solitary confinement led to prison shakeup
  
  Alaska’s governor has replaced his top corrections official after an investigation into the state prison system uncovered a slew of serious problems ranging from inadequate treatment of suicidal inmates to widespread use of solitary confinement....[more]
  Ktuu.com, Tuesday, November 17, 2015
  
  

Prison Life & Culture

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Riots, Lockdowns & Escapes

• Alaska State Troopers say inmate at Wildwood jail reportedly beaten by inmates in cell
  
  ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Alaska State Troopers say a 44-year-old inmate at the Wildwood jail in Kenai reportedly was beaten by two other inmates....[more]
  Associated Press, Tuesday, July 16, 2013
  
  

Suicides in Prison

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Workplace & Industry News, and Science & Tech News

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