Protective Custody Holds in Alaska's Community Jails

Authors

• N. E. Schafer

Files

Description

A presentation of data from fifteen Alaska community jails (Barrow, Cordova, Craig, Dillingham, Haines, Homer, Bristol Bay Borough, Kodiak, Kotzebue, Petersburg, Seward, Sitka, Unalaska, Valdez and Wrangell) regarding protective custody holds — essentially detention of public inebriates. The report describes the jails and the procedures for such holds under state statute and presents figures on protective custody holds: number per jail, number by season, number by time of day, ages of those held, duration of hold.

Publication Date

10-13-2000

Keywords

Alaska Community Jails Statewide Research Consortium, alcohol & alcohol abuse, bush justice, community jails, corrections, jails, protective custody (alcohol), rural justice

Recommended Citation

Schafer, N. E., "Protective Custody Holds in Alaska's Community Jails" (2000). Reports. 56.
https://scholarworks.alaska.edu/uaa_justice_reports/56

Handle

http://hdl.handle.net/11122/4221