Feb. 19—Last summer, it seemed like James Rider was turning a corner. The 31-year-old from Wasilla had spent years struggling with drug addiction, accumulating a low-level criminal record and ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 Anchorage Daily News reported that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has sent 40 male immigration detainees to Alaska (“Under deal with ICE, Alaska jails are holding 40 immigration ...

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 ...

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 ...

Numerous cases show Alaska superior court judges have persistently ordered prolonged illegal confinements of Alaskans, rather ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (Reuters) - The disposable razor that a confessed serial killer used in his suicide in an Alaska jail last December was mistakenly issued to him by a prison employee, state officials ...

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 ...