The Department of Corrections

Department of Corrections

A Department of Corrections is a governmental agency responsible for overseeing the incarceration of persons convicted of crimes within a particular jurisdiction. Entities serving that purpose include:* Department of Corrections...

of the state of Alaska

Alaska

Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...

 is an agency of the state government responsible for corrections

Corrections

In criminal justice, particularly in North America, correction, corrections, and correctional, are umbrella terms describing a variety of functions typically carried out by government agencies and involving the punishment, treatment, and supervision of persons who have been convicted of crimes....

. The Department manages institutions, parole and probation. The current commissioner is Joe Schimdt. The agency has its headquarters in the Douglas

Douglas, Alaska

Douglas, Alaska is an area on Douglas Island in southeastern Alaska. Itoriginated in 1881 as a place providing services to miners of the nearby Treadwell gold mine, and was incorporated as a city in 1902. Douglas was once a larger town than neighboring Juneau, but dwindled in the early 1900s as...

 area of Juneau and offices in Anchorage.

Fallen officers

Since the establishment of the Alaska Department of Corrections, 1 officer has died in the line of duty.

See also

• List of Alaska state prisons
• List of law enforcement agencies in Alaska
• List of United States state correction agencies

External links

• Official website