The

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of the state of

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is an agency of the state government responsible for

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. The department manages institutions, parole and probation. The current commissioner is Nancy Dahlstrom. The agency has its headquarters in the

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area of

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and offices in

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History

The State of Alaska assumed jurisdiction over its corrections on January 3, 1959. Prior to statehood, the

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had correctional jurisdiction over Alaska. As of 2005 Alaska kept more than 30% of its prisoners in private facilities out of state, most of them at the

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, owned and operated by

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. These statistics left Alaska ranking #2 among states in percentage of its inmates in private prisons, and unlike New Mexico, the leader, many of the Alaskans were detainees awaiting trial. By 2009 Alaska had moved these prisoners from Florence to CCA's

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, and were moving them again, to the

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, then under contract with prison operator

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. The opening of the new $240 million

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in July 2012 allowed the state to bring those prisoners back to Alaska.

Facilities

Fallen officers

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* * State corrections departments of the United States

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Fallen officers

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