Alaska

Case studies paint a picture that Gov. Bill Walker called "disturbing"

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”

The current rate of prison growth will surpass the state’s capacity to house inmates by 2017

Inmates will pay $1 for 15-minute calls made locally; out-of-state calls will remain $3.15 for 15 minutes

Three examples show the failure of the department to follow due process

Amanda Bee shot herself in the head with an unidentified firearm after threatening to do so if inmates were not released

The woman threatened to shoot herself if convicted killers were not released

Under the proposed changes, victims would be able to attend parole hearings

Marley, an 8-year-old lab, is moving from working with state troopers to sniffing out contraband behind prison walls

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

DOC officials have not yet released the woman’s name or cause of death

Inmate was taken to a local hospital and pronounced dead about an hour later

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