Alaska lawmakers advance all-time high $523M Department of Corrections budget

The Dunleavy administration has proposed a $523 million budget for the Alaska Department of Corrections for the next fiscal ...
Anchorage Daily NewsOpinion

Editorial: Public safety comes first — and that includes funding Alaska’s prisons

A record Department of Corrections budget reflects the real costs associated with staffing shortages, rising inmate health ...
Yahoo

Alaska sees surge of ICE detentions amid national immigration crackdown

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jan. 19—Amid a national immigration crackdown ordered by the Trump administration, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is ...
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner

Alaska’s Department of Corrections spent $24M over budget last year, mostly on staff overtime

The Alaska Department of Corrections spent over $24 million more than the budget approved by the Legislature last year, with ...
Alaska Public Media

Alaska Supreme Court considers case of prisoner drugged against his will

The ACLU Alaska is suing the Alaska Department of Corrections on behalf of a man who said he was forcibly medicated with ...
Alaska Public Media

Alaska lawmakers probe state detention policies following ICE arrest of Soldotna family

The arrest of a Soldotna family by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, including two teens and a 5-year-old, has prompted a wave of concern and lawmakers to hold an investigatory hearing on ...

Inmates in Alaska Were Walked Naked on Dog Leashes

Correctional officers at an Alaska prison ordered inmates to strip naked in front of them and walk on dog leashes, among ...
Alaska Dispatch News

Alaska sees surge of ICE detentions amid national immigration crackdown

Amid a national immigration crackdown ordered by the Trump administration, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is detaining far more people in Alaska than in previous years. While attorneys who ...