The lawsuit alleges DOC staff showed “deliberate indifference” to Lewis Jordan Jr., 53, as he suffered an untreated acute ear infection that developed into fatal meningitis.
"ACLU Alaska"
Immigration advocates equip Juneau residents concerned about deportation with facts about their rights
The panel focused on what individuals, schools, churches and businesses can do legally to prepare their communities for encounters with immigration enforcement.
ACLU raises concerns as Alaska Department of Corrections works to keep fentanyl out of jails and prisons
Fentanyl is so concentrated that it poses new trafficking challenges. But new screening tactics raise red flags with the ACLU of Alaska.
Alaska ACLU sues state Department of Corrections over suicide deaths in jail
According to the ACLU, 18 people died in DOC custody last year, the most ever in a single year.
The unseen driver of Alaska’s record jail deaths: Suicide
The Anchorage Daily News obtained and reviewed Alaska State Troopers investigation reports and medical examiner records, and spoke with family members, advocates and prison officials. Here’s what they found.
Alaska Department of Corrections reports 17th death of the year
The number of inmate deaths this year is likely a 20-year high for Alaska, according to U.S. Department of Justice data.
Two people died after just one day in Alaska corrections custody last month
Several deaths in the past few years took place within days or weeks of being taken into custody.
Juneau Police are collecting DNA samples from people with certain past convictions
During interactions with the police, people in Juneau with prior convictions could be asked to provide a DNA sample.
State will pay $495,000 to two psychiatrists Dunleavy fired from API
It will cost the state of Alaska nearly half a million dollars to settle with two doctors Gov. Mike Dunleavy fired from the state psychiatric hospital for refusing to take what they deemed a political loyalty pledge. The settlement between ends the case, with no admission of fault.
How LGBT advocates scored a surprising victory in Alaska
Anchorage voters defeated a bill that would have banned transgender people from using bathrooms that correspond with their gender identity. In just six years, Anchorage voters flipped on LGBT issues.