Medical emergencies that lead to death are deaths that DOC must take responsibility for.

Another young Alaskan has died in DOC custody, marking the 11th death this year. But DOC isn’t counting her.

Medical deaths

ACLU of Alaska & Indigenous Justice

The Alaska Civil Liberties Union of Alaska believes Indigenous peoples and their governments have inherent sovereignty, the right to govern themselves and their lands and determine their own futures.

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Alaska Native People and the Prison System

Across the United States, the incarceration rate of Indigenous Peoples is twice the rate of white people – a pattern that Alaska is on trend with.

Alaska Native Peoples and Prison

Reasons to reform the criminal legal system in Alaska

Alaska has one of the highest incarceration rates in the country and in the world. The number of Alaskans in prisons has increased dramatically in recent years, with nearly 5,000 people currently incarcerated.  

Prisoners behind bars

ACLU Selects 2015 Joan Hamilton Memorial Scholars

A picture of Joan Hamilton, an elderly Alaska Native woman, standing against an ACLU banner.