Press Releases

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DOC Reopens Attorney-Client Visitation to Fully Vaccinated Inmates	March 15, 2021
DOC Press Release - DOC Reopens Public Visitation	April 19, 2021
DOC Press Release - DOC Fully Opens Visitation	April 28, 2021
Inmate Death - Gregory Rendon-Duarte	May 14, 2021
Inmate Death - Andrew Edward Dayton	May 20, 2021
Institutions Reopening to Near Pre-COVID Levels	May 26, 2021
Inmate Death - Kenneth Manzanares	July 14, 2021
Inmate Death - Berne Peterson	August 10, 2021

Of Interest

The Department of Corrections Implements Mitigation & Response Plan for COVID-19	March 3, 2020
Department of Corrections Suspends All Non-Essential Activity	March 18, 2020
Department of Corrections Takes Additional Steps to Protect Inmates & Staff	March 23, 2020
Department of Corrections Employee Tests Positive for COVID-19	April 9, 2020
Two Additional LCCC Staff Members Test Positive for COVID-19	April 14, 2020
Department of Corrections Inmate Tests Positive for COVID-19	April 26, 2020
Inmate at Anchorage Correctional Complex Tests Positive for COVID-19	May 19, 2020
Enhanced Screening Measures Identify COVID-19 Case at FCC	July 8, 2020

Palmer Correctional Center Media Release	July 26, 2016
Media Release	June 6, 2016
Media Advisory	April 21, 2016

The New Path High School Opens at ACC	August 22, 2012
Media Advisory	July 10, 2012

Alaska Marks 10 Years of Vine	May 29, 2009
Correctional Officer Academy Graduation Friday	May 20, 2009
YKCC Inmates Receive GED Certificate	March 27, 2009
DOC Exploring Options for Out-of-State Inmate Housing Contracts	March 19, 2009
Statement Regarding Recent Settlement	January 13, 2009
Inmate Volunteers Aid Mat-Su Animal Shelter	January 9, 2009

Bond Sale Advances Point MacKenzie Prison Project	December 24, 2008
Media Open House for Annual 'Adopt a Village' Program at Hiland Mountain Correctional Center; Inmates Raise $28,904 in Gifts, Hand-made Items for Village of Koyuk	December 11, 2008
Point MacKenzie Prison Farm Harvest Tops 1 Million Pounds; 75,000 Pounds Sent To Food Bank	December 8, 2008
DOC Monitoring Possible Inmate TB Case	December 1, 2008
Inmate Orchestra in Holiday Concert	November 26, 2008
Ketchikan Correctional Center Superintendent Named	November 7, 2008
Board of Parole Names New Executive Director	September 24, 2008
DOC, City of Seward to Sign MOU to Build Expansion at Spring Creek Correctional Center	June 27, 2008
Full Media Briefing On Expansion Progress at Palmer Correctional Center	June 27, 2008
Ketchikan Correctional Center Superintendent Retires After 30 Years, Replacement Named	June 27, 2008
Media Granted Access for Judiciary Committee Walk-through at Anchorage Correctional Complex	June 27, 2008
Apprenticeship and Employment Transition Program	January 29, 2008
Media Academy On Probation/Parole	January 29, 2008
Veteran Probation Officer to Head Victim Services Unit	January 19, 2008

Department Releases 2006 Offender Profile	November 15, 2007
Electronic Monitoring Unit Moves To Anchorage	October 2, 2007
Inmates Returned To Cells After Disturbance	September 24, 2007
Training Academy to Move to Palmer	August 17, 2007
Inmates Clears 5.2 Tons Of Trash From Mat-Su Roadsides	August 16, 2007
Matsumoto Named Parole Board Executive Director	June 4, 2007
Dropp Iditarod Dogs Under Inmate's Care At Hiland Mtn CC	March 7, 2007

Hiland Mountain Inmates Contribute to Salvation Army	December 14, 2006
HMCC Holiday Concert	December 12, 2006
Hiland Mountain Inmates Send Gifts to Kivalina	December 6, 2006
Hiland Mountain Inmates Donate Thanksgiving Turkeys	November 21, 2006
Hiland Mountain Education Coordinator Named Outstanding Business/Information Technology Teacher of the Year	October 26, 2006
Department Disavows Connection with ACOA Advertisement	October 23, 2006
Pt Mac Renews Moose Meat Salvage Program	October 10, 2006
Pt Mac Million Pound Harvest	October 5, 2006
Public Meeting on Valley Prison Project	September 28, 2006
DOC Recruitment Campaign Underway	September 11, 2006
Donna White to Direct Div of Probation and Parole	May 5, 2006
HMCC Dog Obedience Training Program	April 19, 2006
Pt Mac Monitors Avian Flu	April 19, 2006
Awareness Month Advisory	March 28, 2006
DOC Deploys Citrix Technology	January 3, 2006

Lexis Nexis	November 8, 2005
Pt Mac Horses	August 18, 2005
Prison Industries	August 11, 2005
NIE Ethics Certification Announced	August 1, 2005
Anchorage Prisoner Transport	July 7, 2005
Torch Run	June 6, 2005
Academy Graduation	April 28, 2005
Kotzebue Jail	April 21, 2005
Crime Victims Weeks	April 7, 2005
Changes Made to Parole Board	March 21, 2005
Prisoner Uniforms Standardized	March 21, 2005
Inmates Help with Iditarod Dogs	March 7, 2005
Parole/Probation Officers Graduate	March 4, 2005
Absconder Web Site	March 3, 2005
Miller Named Deputy Commissioner	Febuary 25, 2005
Crime Victim Notification	Febuary 15, 2005
Vine Advisory	Febuary 10, 2005
Correctional Officer Recruitment	January 26, 2005
Toys for Tots	January 19, 2005
Stolworthy Resigns	January 5, 2005