Fire Island Feasibility Study: Summary Report — Final Report

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UAA School of Justice
UAA School of Engineering
Keyword
Alaska Department of Corrections
Anchorage, Alaska
correctional populations
corrections
engineering
prisons
public opinion
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http://hdl.handle.net/11122/10762
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JC 8519.06
Abstract
This document summarizes the findings the Fire Island Prison Feasibility Study, undertaken to assess the feasibility of locating a correctional facility on Fire Island in the Municipality of Anchorage. The three reports summarized here covered the three major phases of the study: (1) an assessment of future bed space needs of the Alaska Department of Corrections; (2) an evaluation of the physical site and cost estimates for prison construction and operation; and (3) a public opinion survey and open discussion.
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This report is part of the Fire Island Prison Feasibility Study, a project conducted jointly by the School of Justice and School of Engineering at University of Alaska, Anchorage under contract to the Alaska Department of Corrections. The project undertook to assess the feasibility of locating a correctional facility on a 4,240 acre tract of land on Fire Island, which lies in Upper Cook Inlet about three miles off Point Campbell within the Municipality of Anchorage. The project was divided into three major phases: (1) an assessment of future bed space needs of the Alaska Department of Corrections; (2) an evaluation of the physical site and cost estimates for prison construction and operation; and (3) a public opinion survey and open discussion. / The three reports summarized here include: Alaska Correctional Requirements: A Forecast of Prison Population through the Year 2000 by Allan R. Barnes and Richard McCleary (1986); Engineering Feasibility Study of Fire Island as a Location for a Future Correctional Facility: Final Report edited by David C. Junge (1986); Fire Island Public Opinion Survey: Summary of Findings by Allan R. Barnes (1986).
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Acknowledgements / Purpose and Scope: Phase 1: An Assessment of Future Bed Space Needs; Phase 2: Site Assessment and Cost Estimates; Phase 3: Public Involvement / Conclusion
Date
1986-12-18
Publisher
School of Justice and School of Engineering, University of Alaska, Anchorage
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Report
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UAA School of Justice; & UAA School of Engineering. (1986). Fire Island Feasibility Study: Summary Report — Final Report. Report prepared for the Alaska Department of Corrections. Anchorage, AK: School of Justice and School of Engineering, University of Alaska, Anchorage.
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