Matsu Prison

Goose Creek prison audit finds avoidable cost overruns

An audit of the Goose Creek Correctional Center finds that a significant portion, if not all, the cost overruns that were encountered were avoidable.

Prison officials seek new guards

Alaska prison officials are looking to hire a security company to provide unarmed guards for the Goose Creek Correctional Center near Port Mackenzie before it opens.

Lawmakers again seek audit of Mat-Su prison

The Senate Finance Committee is making another attempt to solicit proposals for an audit of the Goose Creek Correctional Center. The latest request for proposals has a slightly more limited scope than one that garnered no bids this summer.

2011 ALASKA LEGISLATURE

Troubled Goose Creek prison won't get startup funds yet

The huge Goose Creek prison won't open on time, and a security company will have to be hired to keep people out of the empty Mat-Su facility, corrections officials say.

House committees plan hearings on energy projects

2011 ALASKA LEGISLATURE

Alaska lawmakers call for audit of Mat-Su prison project

The leaders of the Alaska Senate Finance Committee are interested in an audit of the Goose Creek Correctional Facility. Concerns have been raised about the costs of the medium-security prison scheduled to open next year.

Lawmakers seek answers on problems at new Mat-Su prison

Oil tax structure, Mat-Su prison weigh on House Republicans

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Lawmakers ponder privatizing or scrapping Mat-Su prison

A Wasilla lawmaker suggested Thursday that the troubled prison under construction in Mat-Su be run by a private corrections company rather than the state. But a top lawmaker doubts that would save much money and says the state should consider dismantling the complex.

Searchers find body of man buried in excavation project

Searchers on Thursday recovered the body of a man buried while working on an excavation project at Point MacKenzie.

Prison operation to cost more than housing prisoners Outside

It's likely going to cost between $5 million and $25 million more to operate Goose Creek Correctional Center at Point MacKenzie than it will to house those prisoners outside, Corrections Commissioner Joe Schmidt told a group of Wasilla businessmen and women this week.