Corrections director advocates for embattled state agency: 'Prison is not Disneyland'
As the DOC asks for a 1.7% budget increase, the agency and its leader are the target of legislation intended to spotlight ...
Anchorage robbery suspect was out on reduced bail but never drug tested, court records show
The man Anchorage police said attempted to rob a spa and tie up an employee before police say they shot him twice when he ...
Man shot by police in robbery attempt was wearing ankle monitor from previous robbery indictment
Anchorage Police Chief Sean Case provided updates Wednesday to the two officer-involved shootings that took place on ...
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A second oil and gas lease sale for Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge draws no bids
JUNEAU, Alaska — The U.S. Interior Department said no bids were submitted for last week's oil and gas lease sale in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge — a sale the state has challenged ...
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Kemp recommends raises for correctional officers
(The Center Square) – Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is recommending an additional $372 million for the Department of Corrections, which includes a 4% pay raise for correctional officers. State behavioral ...
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On This Day in 1959, Alaska—One of America’s Riskiest Investments—Became the 49th State in the Union
Before Alaska became an American state, Russia invaded and subjugated its people for fur trading Sonja Anderson Daily Correspondent America’s largest state—encompassing mountains, coasts ...
The Center Square24d
New policies for discrimination complaints coming to Department of Corrections
(The Center Square) – The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections will soon implement new internal affairs policies following the first completed reports of the Citizen Law Enforcement Advisory and ...
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Special prosecutor appointed in death of man beaten by New York corrections officers
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This image provided by the New York State Attorney General office shows body camera footage of correction ...
Hoodline26d
North Carolina Department of Adult Correction Launches Inclusive Language Access Plan for Offenders
The North Carolina Department of Adult Correction (NCDAC) has unveiled a new plan to provide better support for offenders who face language barriers. The Language Access Plan aims to facilitate ...
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Death of New York man beaten by corrections officers sparks outrage and protests
A 2023 investigation by The Marshall Project and The New York Times found that, from 2010 to 2022, New York's Department of Corrections filed 5,642 disciplinary cases against prison staff ...
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Judge rules state is failing to process timely cash assistance for hundreds of elderly and disabled Alaskans
Anchorage Superior Court Judge Adolf Zeman ruled in December that the Department of Health violated state law by not processing the majority of applications to Alaska’s adult public assistance ...
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Idaho Department of Correction 160th Anniversary
ICIO – As 2024 comes to an end, the Idaho Department of Correction wraps up its 160th anniversary. Back in 1864 the first two territorial prisons opened. One in Lewiston, and one in Idaho City, just ...