Jun. 9—Alaska's correctional facilities are holding 40 immigration detainees from Outside under a deal between the state and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The Alaska Department of ...

Corrections department officials have consistently said they can't release details about individual deaths because of medical privacy laws. But an analysis by the Anchorage Daily News sheds new light ...

The deaths of two men by suicide in Alaska prisons in the past year have prompted legal advocates to sue the state on their families’ behalf. The American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska filed its ...

The amount of fentanyl it takes to cause an overdose is 2 milligrams, the size of about six grains of salt, and enough fentanyl to kill about 500 people could fit inside a large pill capsule. That ...

The private, legally protected medical information of 74 incarcerated people in Alaska was displayed on a publicly accessible website by a state Department of Corrections contractor, the ACLU of ...

Alaska's lawmakers are currently formulating methods for reducing the state's prison population. The Alaska Legislature is set to consider multiple issues during the upcoming session, including ...

Many people can't get access to opioid medication treatment while incarcerated, or have trouble accessing treatment once released. A community clinic in Alaska is trying to help.

News-Miner opinion: Figures kept by private researchers and Bureau of Justice Statistics show that suicides continue to be a leading cause of total deaths in prison. The year 2022 saw the Alaska ...

Sep. 23—GOOSE CREEK CORRECTIONAL CENTER — A man slum in a chair in the infirmary, wearing gray sweatpants and covered with a thin blanket. He looks half-asleep. His mouth is open, and his skin has a ...

Alaska dealt with a range of public safety challenges and policy choices in 2025, from extreme weather to immigration ...

NAPAKIAK, Alaska (AP) — An early morning fire at an Alaska jail killed two inmates and seriously injured a guard who was trying to release them, officials said. Authorities did not immediately ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alaska’s correctional facilities are holding 40 immigration detainees from Outside under a deal between the state and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The Alaska ...