The bill wouldn’t guarantee parole for those people, but it would give them a chance in front of the Alaska Parole Board.
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10 more COVID-19 cases reported in prisons across Alaska
The total number of infections now is under half of the total cases reported in the state’s corrections system earlier this month.
Alaska prisons to open for visitation, regardless of vaccination status
The Department of Corrections announced Wednesday that it was getting rid of the requirement that inmates be vaccinated in order to receive visitors.
Alaska corrections leaders look to Norway for inspiration
In the last two decades, Norway has made a series of changes to lower their recidivism rate — the rate people convicted of crimes re-offend. These changes include making life in prison look a lot more like normal life.
Why prison drug treatment programs in Alaska ramped down at ‘exactly the wrong time’
State corrections officials closed or moved drug treatment programs it offered because of contracting issues just as lighter sentencing rules took effect that were supposed to be paired with more treatment.
Man dies at Wildwood Correctional Complex, Kenai
Michael Talcott, 57, was found unresponsive in his cell, according to Department of Corrections spokesperson Corey Allen-Young.