Alaska’s Department of Corrections commissioner told legislators Wednesday that the 18 in-custody deaths in 2022 — seven of which were a result of suicide — were high. “That is too many.

Alaska's ACLU is suing the corrections agency on behalf of four plaintiffs who claim they were denied access to transitional programs after their release date was moved up.

Apr. 29—An Alaska correctional officer arrested this week faces numerous charges accusing him of bringing illegal drugs into the prison in Seward. Steven Manuel, 44, has worked at Spring Creek ...

The American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska said that it uncovered a “massive” violation of medical privacy laws by a software company used by the Alaska Department of Corrections.

Jan. 16—Two men died Friday while incarcerated in separate Southcentral Alaska correctional facilities, authorities said. Joshua Keith Zimmerman, 33, had been at the Anchorage Correctional ...

A four-month investigation has found significant problems within the Alaska Department of Corrections, and Gov. Bill Walker has accepted the resignation of the commissioner of corrections, he said ...

The Alaska Department of Corrections has had at least 67 people die in-custody of state prisons and jails since 2020, with at least 17 deaths reported as suicides, according to ...

An employee at an Alaska airport has been arrested for allegedly stalking fellow staff members by placing GPS tracking devices underneath their vehicles, officials said.

Alaska Senate President Pete Kelly, R-Fairbanks, talks after a presentation by Alaska Department of Corrections Commissioner Dean Williams, left, about Norway’s corrections model on March 23, 2018.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - An Alaska Department of Corrections officer suspected of a heroin-distribution plot at a state prison has been arrested on federal drug charges. Adam Jason Spindler, 32 ...

The Alaska Department of Corrections was at fault for a 24-year-old's suicide in the Anchorage jail, a jury found last month. Mark Bolus hanged himself with a blanket in his segregation cell at ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Alaska corrections officials say a 71-year-old inmate has died of a terminal illness. The Alaska Department of Corrections says in a release that Jim Ferguson died early ...