Officials with the Alaska Farm Bureau say Mt. McKinley Meats and Sausage is hurting the state economically because the facility isn't allowed to compete in the private sector
A state prison official is continuing to draw a 50 percent salary boost for a Bethel assignment even though he hasn’t worked here for more than 10 months and is living in his own home in Eagle River
A DOC team will evaluate the 1,200 inmates to see which of them can shift to supervised early release “with the lowest minimal risk to Alaskan communities”
Re-entry courts are meant to closely manage people after they are released from prison, using court authority to steer them toward resources and offer feedback
Senate Bill 5 amends Alaska law regarding court-ordered restitution by requiring offenders to pay back their victims for loss of income and the market value of stolen property