Dunleavy administration drops plan to send prisoners Outside
Instead, the Alaska Department of Corrections will “pilot a dedicated reentry” halfway house to ease overcrowding and fix up a now-unused Palmer facility.
State releases court-ordered plan to get waiting psychiatric patients out of jails, ERs
Short-term fixes include changing the way API’s wait list works. Some say the plan doesn’t go far enough.
A Midtown hotel melee, a permanent scar and an endless quest for criminal charges
A violent encounter in an Anchorage hotel involving a thrown frying pan left Flossie Spencer with constant pain and a scar on her face. An Anchorage prosecutor found charges were unwarranted.
Archdiocese commission accuses 14 Southcentral Alaska clergy and church employees of sexual abuse
The Archdiocese of Anchorage for the first time has named clergy members accused by investigators of sexually abusing children and vulnerable adults.
‘Against the odds’: Three safe after medevac plane lands in water during takeoff from Unalaska
LifeMed CEO Russ Edwards said it was unclear what caused the crash after the turboprop had been in the air only “a matter of moments.”
‘Obsolete’ door locking systems and furniture used as weapons: Governor’s budget asks for $1.6 million in API building fixes
Among the most urgent issues: The all-important system that controls doors and locks at the secure facility is failing.
State fights to send mentally ill defendant to Wellpath facility in South Carolina
Officials say Duop Tharjiath is too violent to be treated at Alaska Psychiatric Institute. His attorney says that’s not true.
Supreme Court refusal to hear homeless case won’t change the way Anchorage clears camps
“It has no effect on what we’re doing,” said city attorney Rebecca Windt Pearson.
Dozens of patients at Alaska’s only state-run psychiatric hospital have been arrested this year for assaults inside the facility. Is there a better way for authorities to react?
A review of police responses to the Anchorage facility shows regular arrests of patients for behavior likely related to their mental illnesses.
A lot has happened over the past year at Alaska Psychiatric Institute. Here’s where things stand now.
Between a crisis that threatened the hospital’s ability to operate and an unprecedented state move to turn over management to a private corporation, API has been in the spotlight.
Dunleavy budget plan includes $400,000 to photocopy mail sent to Alaska prisoners to stop drugs
Inmates would get copies of letters and cards but not originals.
Fairbanks district attorney won’t reopen ‘extremely frustrating’ rape case against man with face tattoo
A review by Fairbanks prosecutors concluded that the dismissal of rape and kidnapping charges against Daniel Selovich, aka “Pirate," when the victim died was “appropriate under the law.”