The Alaska Division of Corrections: An Institutional Population and Space Utilization Study
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The Legislative Interim Committee on Corrections, Alaska State Legislature, requested identification and assessment of the differing segments of institutional populations and their relationships to present space utilization practices of the Alaska Division of Corrections (later Department of Corrections). The basic questions for which solutions were sought related to development of reasonable options for relief of overcrowding in some institutions, to ensure more effective use of bed space in others, and to provide interim short-term solutions to system-wide overcrowding through modifications to existing facilities and through policy changes. The Committee emphasized that long-term facility planning should be properly left to the correctional master plan to be completed by early 1979. This report surveys correctional populations and space utilization practices within the eleven principal correctional centers managed by the Alaska Division of Corrections as of 1977–1978.Table of Contents
Preface / Acknowledgments / Summary / PART I. INTRODUCTION: Analysis of the Problem; Methods Used; Limitations of the Study; Organization of the Study / PART II. ANALYSIS OF EXISTING INSTITUTIONS: Central Administration and Organization; Adult Institutions; Institutional Inter-Relationships; Summary of Recommendations of Correctional Center Profile / PART III. ANALYSIS OF CLASSIFICATION POLICIES AND PROCEDURES: Management of the Classification Function; Classification and Transfer Procedures; Modification of Classification Criteria; Classification and Policy Impact on Bed Space / PART IV. ANALYSIS OF PHYSICAL SOLUTIONS TO OVERCROWDING: Facility Options Overview; Option One: Modification of Existing Correctional Facilities; Option Two: Purchase or Lease of Other Facilities / APPENDICES / A. Anchorage Correctional Center Annex, Sixth and C / B. Anchorage Correctional Center, Third Avenue / C. Eagle River Correctional Center / D. Palmer Correctional Center / E. Fairbanks Correctional Center / F. Juneau Correctional Center / G. Ketchikan Correctional Center and Detention Home / H. Nome Correctional Center / I. Bethel Jail / J. Ridgeview Correctional Center / K. McLaughlin Youth Center / L. Federal Bureau of Prisons / M. Outside Juvenile Placements / N. Custody Classifications / O. Modifications for the Anchorage Annex / P. Conversion Study, Old Providence Hospital / Q. Classification Criteria, Eagle River Correctional Center and Palmer Correctional Center / R. New Position Justifications, Fairbanks Correctional Center / S. Ketchikan Corrections Study / T. Bethel Criminal Justice Center Study / U. Ohlson Mountain Site Appraisal Report / REFERENCESDate
1978-04-15Publisher
Criminal Justice Center, University of Alaska AnchorageType
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Endell, Roger V. (1978). The Alaska Division of Corrections: An Institutional Population and Space Utilization Study. Report prepared for the Legislative Interim Committee on Corrections. Anchorage, AK: Criminal Justice Center, University of Alaska, Anchorage.Collections
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