State embraces new justice report with prison reform specifics

Commission Chair Greg Razo talks about the new report at the Captain Cook Hotel. (Hillman/KSKA)
Unless the state reforms its criminal justice system, all of the prisons will be full by 2017. A new report from the Alaska Criminal Justice Commission details solutions to that problem and could reduce the prison population and save the state money.
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The commission’s report includes 21 far-ranging, evidence-based recommendations for reforming Alaska’s criminal justice system