Kane William Huff, 46, died in Alaska Department of Corrections custody on Dec. 11. Eighteen inmates also died in the state’s ...

The Alaska Department of Corrections has reported 18 people have died in custody of the state’s prisons and jails so far this ...

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 ...

Corrections department officials have consistently said they can't release details about individual deaths because of medical privacy laws. But an analysis by the Anchorage Daily News sheds new light ...

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 ...

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 ...

Alaska corrections officials have said no foul play was suspected in the January 2024 death of Joshua Keith Zimmerman. His ...

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 ...

Alaska inmates craft toys for Mat-Su kids, Cheney Lake skating paused due to unsafe ice, a swim instructor course opens in ...

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 ...