October 17, 2019 Governor Dunleavy, When we met, you asked for my thoughts and concerns regarding your intent to send Alaskans to out-of-state private prisons prior to utilizing the available capacity at Palmer Correctional Center. [...]
Today, Governor Dunleavy announced the new Commissioner for the Department of Corrections, Nancy Dahlstrom. We worked with Nancy when she was an Alaska State Representative between 2003 to 2010 where she served as Co-Chair of the [...]
On Friday, October 26, Officer James Harvey filed a lawsuit against the Department of Corrections, Commissioner Dean Williams, and PCU Supervisor Sherrie Daigle. Although it is filed in Officer Harvey’s name, as was necessary due to [...]
ACOA/Correctional Officers/Public Excluded from DOC Commissioner’s Decision This morning the Department of Corrections announced the closure of the Palmer Correctional Center. The Commissioner also indicated in the press that he had been in “regular dialogue about [...]
Over the last month we have fielded a tremendous number of questions from the membership (and recently the press) about the rumors surrounding the closure of several institutions across the State. There have always been rumors [...]
It is now clear that neither Dean Williams nor the Governor is going to retract what was said in the Administrative Review of the Department of Corrections. A retraction from the Administration would, by far, have [...]
There is no other way to say it; yesterday’s announcement was an unmitigated disaster for Correctional Officers. Seven years of hell, then a year and a half of trying to work with the new Governor … [...]
The Governor announced today that Commissioner Taylor is being replaced with interim Commissioner Walt Monegan. Below is the video of the Governor's statement. Additionally, the Administration release this Administrative Review of the Department. ACOA released the following Press [...]
No doubt you are all aware that on Monday afternoon a woman shot herself at Spring Creek about an hour before shift change. Several Correctional Officers and the Spring Creek nurse administered aid; however the head [...]
Officers, In November 2012, Director Brandenburg unilaterally instituted a new policy limiting Officers to 84 consecutive hours of leave. He did this without talking to ACOA, as required by the Contract. ACOA contested this policy in [...]