State grant to help Ketchikan agencies reduce recidivism

Ketchikan Correctional Center. (Photo courtesy Alaska Department of Corrections)
A coalition of Ketchikan agencies is gathering to explore how to help people getting out of jail stay out of jail with the help of a state grant.
Akeela Gateway and Ketchikan Indian Community were awarded the grant through the Alaska Department of Health and Human Services Division of Behavioral Health.
The organizations plan to pull together representatives from state and local law enforcement, and s