Following assault on LGBTQ activist, some legislators push to update Alaska’s hate crime laws
Legislators are seeking to add gender identity and sexual orientation to the protected classes in Alaska’s hate crime laws.
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ADN’s partnership with ProPublica on public safety to continue into second year
The first year of reporting stands as an invaluable look at the problems facing public safety in Alaska.
Corrections union: Dunleavy administration is ‘endangering the public’ with bid to ship inmates Outside
The union accuses the administration of fabricating a crisis that will ultimately line the pockets of private prison companies.
State wants to ship inmates Outside rather than reopen Palmer Correctional Center
State prison capacity is near its limit and the best option, the state says, is to ship inmates Outside.
ACLU threatens legal action against Nome police for ignoring the rape of Alaska Native women
The ACLU is threatening a lawsuit against the police department for the “decades long indifference to the safety of Alaska Native women in Nome.”
DOJ declares law enforcement emergency in rural Alaska, bringing immediate funding
The funding will go directly to Village Public Safety Officer programs, local police and other rural public safety services.
House votes to keep inmates in Alaska, citing cost and risk of sending prisoners to Lower 48
It may not be “tough on criminals,” but it’s definitely tough on crime.
Crime University: House capital budget also could send inmates to Lower 48 prisons
The money for the practice is also set to come out of the Power Cost Equalization fund.
House advances capital budget with $10 million for drug addiction treatment
The money would go to matching grants for the construction of new treatment facilities.
House Finance turns attention from prison sentences to drug treatment in continued effort to tackle crime
Legislators in the House would rather act sooner rather than later to get serious about treating addiction.