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Federal Judge Says Alaska DOC Policy Rejecting Prisoner Mail Without Notice Violates Due Process

Article • November 30, 2022 • from PLN December, 2022

Filed under: Due Process

Federal Judge Says Alaska DOC Policy Rejecting Prisoner Mail Without Notice Violates Due Process by Mark Wilson by Mark Wilson Can a prisoner’s mail be rejected without any notice whatsoever? Not without violating his Fourteenth Amendment due process rights. That was the decision of a federal court in Alaska on …

News in Brief

Article • August 1, 2022 • from PLN August, 2022

Filed under: News in Brief

News in Brief by Alabama: On June 3, 2022, a guard was arrested for having sex with a prisoner at Alabama’s Pickens County Jail, according to a report by WTVA in Tupelo, Mississippi. The guard, Marquita Booker, 28, was fired after her arrest, which followed an investigation that earlier in …

News in Brief

Article • July 15, 2022 • from PLN July, 2022

Filed under: News in Brief

News in Brief by   Alabama:The Birmingham News reported that a jail guard in Mobile was arrested on May 17, 2022, for smuggling adult movies intoMobile County Metro Jail. The guard, Fredrick Johnson, 37, was charged with 21 counts of promoting contraband that included a camera, phone chargers, and flash drives, …

News in Brief

Article • January 1, 2022 • from PLN January, 2022

Filed under: News in Brief

News in Brief by Alabama: On November 17, 2021, a former Alabama state prison guard was sentenced in federal court in Birmingham to 87 months in prison. As reported by the Birmingham News, a search found the guard, Gary Charles Dixon, Jr., 36, with 497 grams of methamphetamine when he …

Thompson v. Ivy, AK, Order Dismissing Case, Censorship, 2021

Brief • December 14, 2021

Filed under: Censorship

Thompson v. Ivy, AK, Order Dismissing Case, Censorship, 2021 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR TIIE DISTRICT OF ALASKA CARL K. THO:rvIPSON, Case No. 3 :21-cv-00069 Plaintiff, vs. ORDER DISMISSING CASE (Docket 10) DANA IVY, Mailroom Officer at WCC, Defendant. I. BACKGROUND Plaintiff, Carl Thompson, filed a pro se …

Chipps v. State of Alaska DOC, AK, Complaint, Inadequeate Mental Health Care, 2021

Brief • June 1, 2021

Filed under: Mental Health, Failure to Treat (Mental Illness)

Chipps v. State of Alaska DOC, AK, Complaint, Inadequeate Mental Health Care, 2021 Daniel Libbey Libbey Law Offices, LLC 604 West Second A venue Anchorage, Alaska 99501 Phone: (907) 258-1815 Fax: (907) 258-1822 dan@libbeylaw.com FILED in the Trial Courts State of Alaska Third District JUN O1 2021 Clerk of the …

Legislative Exemption Let Fired Alaska Cop Be Rehired as Jailer

Article • February 1, 2021 • from PLN February, 2021

Filed under: Guard Misconduct, Guards/Staff

Legislative Exemption Let Fired Alaska Cop Be Rehired as Jailer by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon The Alaska Police Standards Council (APSC) is charged with decertifying bad cops and preventing them from being rehired as cops elsewhere in the state. It was 37 years ago in 1983 when the APSC …

COVID-19 Strikes Alaskan Prison

Article • December 1, 2020 • from PLN December, 2020

Filed under: COVID-19

COVID-19 Strikes Alaskan Prison by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss A major outbreak of COVID-19 has hit Alaska’s biggest prison. Nearly 300 prisoners out of about 1,300 inmates at the Goose Creek Correctional Center near Wasilla tested positive for COVID-19, the state Department of Corrections (DOC) reported in late November. …

Alaska Supreme Court Upholds Dismissal of Delusional Prisoner’s Medical Malpractice Claim

Article • October 1, 2020 • from PLN October, 2020

Filed under: Involuntary Treatment/Drugging, Mental Health Experts

Alaska Supreme Court Upholds Dismissal of Delusional Prisoner’s Medical Malpractice Claim by Dale Chappell by Dale Chappell On March 20, 2020, Alaska’s Supreme Court shut down a state prisoner’s argument that his diagnosis as a schizophrenic was incorrect because he claims he can actually see ghosts due to a genetic …

$102,500 Settlement in Lawsuit Over Alaska DOC’s Discrimination Against Muslims

Article • February 5, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020

Filed under: Discrimination, Religious Discrimination, Settlements

$102,500 Settlement in Lawsuit Over Alaska DOC’s Discrimination Against Muslims by Matthew Clarke by Matt Clarke On September 3, 2019, the Alaska Department of Corrections (DOC) settled a lawsuit brought by two Muslim prisoners who had been given inadequate food or no food during the fast of Ramadan, were denied …

Alaska: Juvenile Justice Official Sentenced for Possession of Child Pornography

Article • February 4, 2020 • from PLN February, 2020

Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Juveniles

Alaska: Juvenile Justice Official Sentenced for Possession of Child Pornography by Kevin Bliss by Kevin Bliss David Weston, Jr., 55, was one of several Anchorage officials with authority over juvenile offenders who have been charged with possession of child pornography. A sting operation in 2017 had an undercover FBI agent …

Alaska Supreme Court Upholds Prisoner Visitation Denial

Article • November 25, 2019

Filed under: Misconduct/Corruption, Telephones

Alaska Supreme Court Upholds Prisoner Visitation Denial by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Alaska prisoner Keilan Ebli met substance abuse counselor Kerri Pittman at the Goose Creek Correctional Center (GCCC). According to evidence gathered by GCCC staff and investigators, Ebli and Pittman entered into a personal relationship, which is prohibited …

Alaska Supreme Court Rules Against Muslim Prisoner on Correspondence Ban

Article • November 5, 2019 • from PLN November, 2019

Filed under: Religious Discrimination, Mail, Mail Regulations

Alaska Supreme Court Rules Against Muslim Prisoner on Correspondence Ban by Edward Lyon by Ed Lyon Unlike most state prison systems, Alaska’s Department of Corrections (DOC) usually allows prisoners to correspond by mail with prisoners in other units. In February 2014, prison officials adopted a policy that prohibited prisoners assigned …

Alaska State Supreme Court Rules Due Process Afforded to Prisoners Seeking Laundry Job Reinstatement

Article • October 28, 2019

Filed under: Searches, Money/Property, Fair Labor Standards Act, 42 U.S. Code § 1983, civil action for deprivation of rights

Alaska State Supreme Court Rules Due Process Afforded to Prisoners Seeking Laundry Job Reinstatement by Chad Marks by Chad Marks Billy Dean Smith and Jacob Lee Anagick were prisoners at the Lemon Creek Correctional Center in Alaska when an unannounced shakedown took place. The reason for the search: Prison staff …

Alaska Pays $400,000 to Settle Jail Prisoner’s Wrongful Death Suit

Article • October 7, 2019 • from PLN October, 2019

Filed under: Settlements, Wrongful Death, Medical Neglect/Malpractice

Alaska Pays $400,000 to Settle Jail Prisoner’s Wrongful Death Suit by Douglas Ankney by Douglas Ankney On April 18, 2019, the state of Alaska agreed to pay $400,000 to John Green, the father of Kellsie Green, to settle his lawsuit against the Alaska Department of Corrections over his daughter’s death …

Dowl v. Williams, AK, Settlement, Muslim Inmate Discrimination, 2019

Brief • September 5, 2019

Filed under: Failure to Treat, Food, Eighth Amendment, RLUIPA, Religious Freedom, Religious Diet

Dowl v. Williams, AK, Settlement, Muslim Inmate Discrimination, 2019 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF ALASKA ANAS DOWL, inmate # 345639 ERNEST JACOBSSON, inmate # 403566 Case No. 3:18-cv-00119-HRH Plaintiffs, vs. DEAN WILLIAMS, Commissioner, Alaska Department of Corrections, in his official capacity, only; et al., Defendants. …

AK DOC phone rates 2019

Kickback publication • July 31, 2019

Filed under: Telephones, Telephone Rates

AK DOC phone rates 2019

Alaska DOC commission data 2016-2018

Kickback publication • July 3, 2019

Filed under: Telephones

Alaska DOC commission data 2016-2018 Vendor ID Vendor Name State Comm Month / Doc Number Check Payment I-30013009860 ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AK CHK-952 $280,227.77 I-30013009860 ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AK CHK-1124 $274,650.09 I-30013009860 ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AK JULY17 COMMISSIONS $20,234.85 I-30013009860 ALASKA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS AK AUGUST 17 …

Alaska Police Officer Decertifications

Publication • 2019

Filed under: Police Misconduct

Alaska Police Officer Decertifications Reason Assault Undue familiarity SAM Conviction Previous DV conviction Dishonesty Physical abuse of inmate Lack of discretion, fail to follow rules SAM Child porn, tamper with evidence Sex with DV Victim Misconduct Drug misconduct DUI Undue familiarity Undue familiarity Dishonesty Dishonesty Fail to report to work/mtgs …

Green v. State of Alaska, AK, Judgment, Jail Death, 2019

Brief • April 8, 2019

Filed under: Drug/Alcohol Withdrawal, Failure to Treat, Jail Specific, Money/Property, Wrongful Death, Staff Training

Green v. State of Alaska, AK, Judgment, Jail Death, 2019 IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF ALASKA THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT AT ANCHORAGE ESTATE OF KELLSIE GREEN Plaintiff, vs. STATE OF ALASKA, DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Case No. …