Alaska prisons cost a lot, but are we safer?

A commission set up by the Alaska Legislature in 2014 has issued a report on Alaska’s corrections and judicial systems. They say the judicial and corrections systems cost the state a lot, but they don’t do enough to improve public safety.
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Commission members presented the findings and recommendations to the House Finance Committee on Monday.
Alaska Criminal Justice Commission chair Greg Razo told legislators Alaska is expected to run short of prison beds