There were 15 correctional staff who earned over $100,000 each in overtime pay last year, on top of salary and benefits.
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Three men were detained and removed from Juneau by immigration enforcement last year
The Juneau Police Department says its knowledge of these incidents and its involvement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity in Juneau is very limited.
Juneau man accused of killing Anchorage cellmate found competent to stand trial on murder charges
Both Fenumiai and his cellmate, 36-year-old William Farmer, were diagnosed with schizophrenia in their 20s. Their family members say the state should never have housed them together.
Alaska Department of Corrections reports record-tying 18 deaths in custody this year
Advocates and lawmakers are calling for the reinstatement of an independent oversight body to investigate and help prevent deaths, as well as changes to medical and geriatric parole.
A decade after a man died in Lemon Creek Correctional Center, his widow wants to know what’s changed
Joseph Murphy died after correctional staff denied him medical care. Now, his widow wonders if the state made any changes to prison protocol that would prevent a death like her husband’s from happening again.
Alaska holds migrants in ‘punitive conditions,’ violating ICE standards, lawyers say
Three immigration lawyers said the men were denied phone access to their attorneys and consulates, held in lockdown for long periods and, in one incident, subjected to pepper spray.