Prison population swells as inmates spend more time behind bars

Spring Creek Correctional Center. (Department of Corrections photo)
Alaska’s prison population is growing. But as the state’s Criminal Justice Commission told legislators during a hearing Tuesday, it’s not because more people are coming in to the system. They’re staying longer.
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The Senate Finance Committee listened to a presentation by the Pew Charitable Trust on data from Alaska’s Department of Corrections over the last ten years. The state&rsqu