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Last week, the governors of 25 states, including Alaska's Governor Michael Dunleavy, signed a letter in support of Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s violent border enforcement regime.

This week, legislators and staff from across Alaska returned to Juneau for the second session of the 33rd Alaska State Legislature.

A wide range of current practices and policies at the Alaska Department of Corrections (DOC) is stifling incarcerated people’s access to the courts, counsel, and legal resources.

Parole is an alternative to incarceration that provides community safety and accountability. The Alaska Board of Parole is responsible for assessing the likelihood the individual will re-offend and determines the date of release and release conditions.

Incarcerated Alaskans from across the state have submitted their "firsts," sharing intimate details of their experience with incarceration and how it has changed their lives.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska has selected Allaryce Agloinga, Sal Chapell, and Carina Lurancy as recipients of its 2023 Joan Hamilton Memorial Scholarship.

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

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.

Two weeks ago, the ACLU of Alaska sent a letter on behalf of a transgender middle school student-athlete on the Kenai Peninsula who has been barred from participating on the boy's cross-country team. In response to our letter, the District reversed course.