JOY of Freedom Festival Barefoot Mile 2022
Thank you to everyone who participated! Walk a mile in solidarity with impoverished and trafficked children to raise funds to fight child trafficking in Alaska and around the world. The JOY of Freedom Festival Barefoot Mile takes place within the JOY of Freedom Festival at the Alaska State Fairgrounds. Photos from JOY of Freedom Festival Barefoot Mile 2022 We try to password protect images of Officers and their families. If [...]
2021 Polar Plunge
Polar Plunge 2021 "Freezing for a Reason" Thank you to everyone who participated! The Polar Plunge is Put on annually by Special Olympics Alaska. Law Enforcement groups from across Alaska participate in the Polar Plunge to help raise money for the Special Olympics. This was our 4th year putting together a Correctional Officer team for this event. Our team raised over $1,100! Photos from 2021 Polar Plunge We try to [...]
Dunleavy Declares that Privatization is Off the Table
Officers, As previously mentioned, ACOA’s staff met with Governor Dunleavy last month. Randy and Jacob met with him again last week and there have been other discussions with Juneau officials. We can tell you that Governor Dunleavy listened intently to our concerns about what was happening within Alaska’s institutions. He was sincerely troubled upon hearing of the hardship caused by low staffing on Officers and their families, and he promised to act. Staffing [...]
2022 Shift Calendars
ACOA provides these annual shift calendars for Officers' reference. If you have any questions or suggestions about how we can make these calendars better, please contact us. Standard Schedule Straight Days/Nights
2021 ACOA Scholarship Winner Announcement
The Alaska Correctional Officers Association (ACOA) Scholarship program is intended to help ACOA Members with the cost of their dependent children’s education. In 2021 ACOA awarded three $500 scholarships to dependent children of ACOA Members who are attending Institutions of Higher Education. It is ACOA’s hope that these scholarships will help reduce the financial impact and provide some assistance to our Members’ children who are continuing with their educational [...]