On Monday morning, the Anchorage WAANT Unit was informed by the Anchorage Correctional Center that a female inmate at the facility was hiding heroin in a body cavity, the Alaska State Troopers revealed. After obtaining a search warrant, investigators transported 28-year-old Kelsey Duncan to a medical facility, where a CT scan was performed that revealed that Duncan […]
ANCHORAGE – Governor Bill Walker announced Monday that his office recently began an administrative review on the Alaska Department of Corrections to look for ways to improve department policies and ensure inmate safety. The review is being led by Dean Williams, former Superintendent of the McLaughlin Youth Center and Special Assistant to Governor Walker, and […]
Crown Point-based Alaska State troopers were dispatched to Spring Creek Correctional Center in Seward at approximately 5 pm after receiving a report of a 31-year-old female, Amanda Bee of North Pole, at the perimeter of the center with a firearm. The woman was demanding the release of convicted criminals, who have not been identified. She […]
The Department of Corrections informed the Alaska Bureau of Investigation of the death of one of their inmates at the Alaska Regional Hospital late Saturday afternoon. The investigation into the death of 74-year-old William J. Wilson of Anchorage was deemed death by natural causes. Wilson had been incarcerated since his conviction for Murder II in […]