Access to legal counsel, medical care, and punitive measures have been reported by federal detainees in the state facility.

Despite the decision, Alaskan youth can still access essential medical care.

The Anchorage Municipal Assembly has introduced a new ordinance (AO No. 2025-74) that, if passed, would make it a crime to sleep or otherwise live on public land anywhere in Anchorage.

The ACLU of Alaska, with the ACLU National Prison Project, filed a class action lawsuit against the Alaska Department of Corrections (DOC) challenging DOC’s inadequate, dangerous, and inhumane health care system.

On Wednesday, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Alaska filed a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to protect the due process rights of Jean Kashikov, a recent graduate of the University of Alaska Anchorage who studied under an F-1 student visa

Alaskans have overwhelmingly opposed legislative limits to essential and life-saving healthcare for transgender people.

The ACLU of Alaska has filed a motion to comply with a settlement agreement after failing to provide religious accommodations for incarcerated Alaskans

Lewis Jordan, Jr. died of bacterial meningitis after symptoms and pleas for help were deliberately ignored by DOC staff in 2023.

The Municipality plans to abate an encampment despite every shelter space, including the warming center, being at capacity