New bill would prevent DOC from shipping inmates to out-of-state prisons
ANCHORAGE – State lawmakers are pushing back against the Dunleavy Administration’s effort to send Alaska inmates to private prisons in the Lower 48.
Read More →New bill would prevent DOC from shipping inmates to out-of-state prisons
New legislation sponsored by Rep. Zack Fields (D-Anchorage) would remove the ability of the Department of Corrections commissioner to incarcerate prisoners in out-of-state facilities, unless the move is needed for medical reasons or to place a prisoner closer to family. Transfer for trial or extradition would still be allowed.
Read More →Judge sides with Legislature, rules that forward funding of education is constitutional
ANCHORAGE – The Alaska Superior Court issued an order Thursday evening that ruled against the governor’s attempt to reject the Legislature’s forward funding of K-12 education.
Read More →Halloween Trick or Treat Fish Creek and Trail Grand Reopening this Thursday!
On behalf of the Anchorage Park Foundation, the Spenard Community Council, and other community leaders I am pleased to extend a special invitation to celebrate the reopening of the Fish Creek Trail with a ribbon cutting ceremony at Kiwanis Fish Creek Park, followed by a bicycle parade and trick or treat stations along all of fish creek trail.
Read More →Lawmakers to DOC: Shipping prisoners out of state will make Alaska more dangerous
ANCHORAGE – A group of representatives today sent a letter urging Department of Corrections Commissioner Nancy Dahlstrom to reverse the Dunleavy Administration’s plan to ship hundreds of incarcerated Alaskans to private prisons in the Lower 48.
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