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| Among Dunleavy’s proposed DOC cuts, sending 500 prisoners out of state |
| By alaskapublic.org- Anne Hillman |
| Published: 02/14/2019 |
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Governor Mike Dunleavy’s proposed budget for the Department of Corrections cuts $19 million from this year’s budget. About $12.8 million of the estimated savings will come from a plan to send 500 inmates to private prisons outside of Alaska. Other savings would come from closing half of Wildwood Correctional Complex in Kenai. The financial costs for housing people out of state is about $95 per day compared to about $170 per day in Alaska. “The Department felt confident that we could find space outside for 500 inmates and that we could find 500 inmates within the system that would be appropriate to be transferred outside,” said Sylvan Robb, Department of Corrections Administrative Services Director. Read More. |
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