Alaska’s Department of Corrections spent $24M over budget last year, mostly on staff overtime

The Alaska Department of Corrections spent over $24 million more than the budget approved by the Legislature last year, with a large portion for staff overtime, raising alarm from lawmakers. DOC ...
Alaska Public Media

Father sues Alaska Department of Corrections for failing to protect his son from homicide

Josh Zimmerman’s cause of death was homicide, according to his death certificate. And Phil said he didn’t find that out until well after his death, when he requested documents from the state medical ...
Alaska Public Media

Alaska lawmakers float sending inmates out of state as prison costs mount

Faced with rising costs in the Department of Corrections, some lawmakers say it's an uncomfortable choice they may be forced ...
Alaska Dispatch News

Former corrections officer pleads guilty in 2022 killings of his wife and daughter at their Anchorage home

Jalonni Marcel Blackshear, a former Alaska corrections officer accused of killing his wife and daughter in 2022, pleaded guilty to two counts of murder in Anchorage Superior Court this week and faces ...
Yahoo

Alaska Department of Corrections reports record-tying 18 deaths in custody this year

Goose Creek Correctional Center is seen in fall. (Photo courtesy of Alaska Department of Corrections) The Alaska Department of Corrections has reported 18 people have died in custody of the state’s ...
Washington Examiner

Alaska militia member receives 5-years prison term

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska militia group member found guilty of weapons charges was sentenced Monday to five years in federal prison in a case involving others convicted of conspiring to kill ...