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AK Stat § 33.30.081 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 33. Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Prisoners|Chapter 30. Prison Facilities and Prisoners|Article 2. Commitments, Programs, and Furloughs.|Sec. 33.30.081. Transportation of prisoners.

(a) The commissioner of public safety is responsible for transporting a prisoner to and from the court having jurisdiction over the prisoner and for delivering a prisoner to a correctional facility upon temporary or final commitment by a court or upon transfer of a prisoner from one correctional facility to another either inside or outside the state. (b) The commissioner of corrections shall make available return transportation to the place of arrest for a prisoner who is released from custody in a state correctional facility. (c) The commissioner of public safety shall make available return transportation to the place of arrest for a prisoner who is released from custody before admission to a state correctional facility. (d) The commissioner of corrections shall adopt regulations governing the furnishing of transportation, discharge payments, and clothing to prisoners upon release from a state correctional facility at any stage of a criminal proceeding. (e) Except as provided in (f) of this section or as necessary in a criminal action pending against the prisoner, a court may not order the transportation of a prisoner. (f) A court may order a prisoner who is a party or witness to a civil action or a witness to a criminal action to appear at a place other than within a correctional facility only if the court determines, after providing a reasonable opportunity for the commissioner to comment, that the prisoner's personal appearance is essential to the just disposition of the action. In making its determination, the court shall consider available alternatives to the prisoner's personal appearance including deposition and telephone testimony. (g) Except as provided in (h) of this section, the expenses associated with the transportation of a prisoner ordered under (f) of this section, including the costs of travel for the prisoner and escorting officers, and the salary and per diem costs of the escorting officers, shall be borne by the party who has requested the prisoner's appearance, and shall be paid to the commissioner of public safety before the prisoner is transported. (h) A prisoner who is a party to a civil action is not required to bear the full costs of a prisoner's own transportation under (g) of this section if the court determines that the prisoner is indigent. In these cases, the court may require the prisoner to bear a portion of the costs, and the commissioner of public safety shall bear the remaining costs of transporting the prisoner. If an indigent prisoner recovers a money judgment, the court may require the prisoner to bear all or part of the expenses required under (g) of this section.
AK Stat § 33.30.091 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 33. Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Prisoners|Chapter 30. Prison Facilities and Prisoners|Article 2. Commitments, Programs, and Furloughs.|Sec. 33.30.091. Designation of programs.

Except as provided in AS 33.30.111 and 33.30.161, the commissioner may assign a prisoner committed to the commissioner's custody to a program established under AS 33.30.011(a)(3) considering (1) safeguards to the public; (2) the prospects for the prisoner's rehabilitation; (3) the availability of program and facility space; (4) the prospect of future judicial proceedings requiring the presence of the prisoner; (5) the nature and circumstances of the offense for which the prisoner was sentenced; (6) the needs of the prisoner as determined by a classification committee and any recommendations made by the sentencing court; (7) the record of convictions of the prisoner with particular emphasis on crimes specified in AS 11.41; (8) the use of drugs or alcohol by the prisoner; (9) the length of the prisoner's sentence; and (10) other criteria considered appropriate by the commissioner, including experimental evaluation of correctional programs that are consistent with protection of the public and reformation of the prisoner.
AK Stat § 33.30.095 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 33. Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Prisoners|Chapter 30. Prison Facilities and Prisoners|Article 2. Commitments, Programs, and Furloughs.|Sec. 33.30.095. Duties of commissioner before release of prisoner.

(a) The commissioner shall establish a program to prepare a prisoner who is serving a sentence of imprisonment exceeding one year for the prisoner's discharge, release on parole or probation, or prerelease furlough under AS 33.30.111 that begins 90 days before the date of the prisoner's discharge, release, or furlough. (b) The program established under (a) of this section must include (1) instruction on (A) obtaining state identification; (B) community resources available for housing, employment, and treatment; (2) an individualized reentry plan under AS 33.30.011(a)(9) for the prisoner; (3) probation and parole orientation, if appropriate; and (4) a partnership with one or more nonprofit organizations to allow access to a prisoner before the prisoner's discharge, release, or furlough to assist the prisoner with the prisoner's application for Medicaid, social security benefits, public assistance under AS 47.25, and a state identification card or driver's license and provide other programs to assist the prisoner's transition into the community, promote rehabilitation, and reduce recidivism.
AK Stat § 33.30.101 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 33. Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Prisoners|Chapter 30. Prison Facilities and Prisoners|Article 2. Commitments, Programs, and Furloughs.|Sec. 33.30.101. Furloughs.

(a) The commissioner shall adopt regulations governing the granting of prerelease and short-duration furloughs to prisoners (1) to obtain counseling and treatment for alcohol or drug abuse; (2) to secure or attend vocational training; (3) to obtain medical or psychiatric treatment; (4) to secure or engage in employment; (5) to attend educational institutions; (6) to secure a residence or make other preparations for release; (7) to appear before a group whose purpose is a better understanding of crime or corrections; or (8) for any other rehabilitative purpose the commissioner determines to be in the interests of the prisoner and the public. (b) If the commissioner determines with reasonable probability that a prisoner can live under reduced supervision without violating the law or the conditions established for the conduct of the prisoner, the commissioner may grant a furlough after considering (1) the factors in AS 33.30.091; (2) violations, if any, by the prisoner of a condition of a prior furlough; (3) the history, if any, of institutional misconduct by the prisoner; and (4) the best interests of the prisoner and the public. (c) The regulations adopted under (a) of this section may not provide for the granting of a furlough of any type to a prisoner sentenced to a mandatory 99-year term of imprisonment under AS 12.55.125(a) or a definite term of imprisonment under AS 12.55.125(l) unless the prisoner is at all times in the direct custody of a correctional officer while the prisoner is away from the correctional facility. (d) The commissioner may release on furlough a prisoner convicted of a crime involving domestic violence only under conditions that would protect the victim of domestic violence or other household member.
AK Stat § 33.30.121 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 33. Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Prisoners|Chapter 30. Prison Facilities and Prisoners|Article 2. Commitments, Programs, and Furloughs.|Sec. 33.30.121. Short-duration furloughs.

(a) A short-duration furlough is an authorized leave of absence from a correctional facility for a period not to exceed 12 hours at any one time, except for (1) family visitations, that may not exceed one week or occur more frequently than once in each four-month period; or (2) medical treatment, for which the furlough may not last longer than necessary for the treatment. (b) A short-duration furlough may be granted to a prisoner at any time under regulations adopted by the commissioner.
AK Stat § 33.30.131 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 33. Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Prisoners|Chapter 30. Prison Facilities and Prisoners|Article 2. Commitments, Programs, and Furloughs.|Sec. 33.30.131. Prerelease or short duration furlough or correctional restitution center placement involving employment.

(a) The commissioner may grant a prerelease or short-duration furlough to permit a prisoner to participate in suitable employment under conditions and at wages that represent the prevailing standard for the area. A prisoner may not participate in employment where an organized labor dispute is in progress. (b) Unless alternative arrangements are expressly approved by the commissioner, when a prisoner is employed outside a correctional facility as part of a prerelease or short-duration furlough program, or as part of serving time in a correctional restitution center under AS 33.30.151 - 33.30.181, the earnings of the prisoner shall be delivered to the commissioner. If an employer transmits the earnings to the commissioner, the employer has no liability to the prisoner for the earnings. The commissioner shall disburse the earnings of the prisoner, in an order determined appropriate, under procedures adopted by the commissioner to (1) pay for the room, board, and personal expenses of the prisoner in an amount or at a rate determined by the commissioner; (2) pay any restitution or fine ordered by the sentencing court; (3) reimburse the state for an award made for violent crimes compensation under AS 18.67 arising out of the criminal conduct of the prisoner; (4) pay a civil judgment arising out of the criminal conduct of the prisoner; and (5) support the dependents of the prisoner, and to provide child support payments as required by AS 25.27. (c) After making the disbursements authorized under (b) of this section, the commissioner shall retain the balance remaining in the account of the prisoner and give it to the prisoner upon release. The commissioner may permit the prisoner to draw upon a portion of this money for other purposes that the commissioner considers appropriate. (d) Only the earnings retained by the commissioner under (c) of this section are subject to lien, attachment, garnishment, execution, or other proceedings to encumber money or property.
AK Stat § 33.30.141 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 33. Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Prisoners|Chapter 30. Prison Facilities and Prisoners|Article 2. Commitments, Programs, and Furloughs.|Sec. 33.30.141. Effect of violation of furlough conditions or failure to return.

(a) If, after a hearing, a prisoner on a furlough is found to have violated the conditions established for the prisoner's conduct, the commissioner may immediately require the return of the prisoner to actual confinement for a period not to exceed the balance of the term of imprisonment or initiate disciplinary proceedings authorized by regulations adopted by the commissioner or both. (b) The failure of a prisoner on a furlough to return to the place of confinement or residence within the time specified by those having direct supervision over the prisoner is an unlawful evasion under AS 11.56.335 or 11.56.340.
AK Stat § 33.30.151 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 33. Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Prisoners|Chapter 30. Prison Facilities and Prisoners|Article 2. Commitments, Programs, and Furloughs.|Sec. 33.30.151. Correctional restitution centers.

(a) The commissioner shall establish correctional restitution centers in the state. The purpose of the centers is to provide certain offenders with rehabilitation through comprehensive treatment for substance abuse, cognitive behavioral disorders, and other criminal risk factors, including aftercare support, community service, and employment, while protecting the community through partial incarceration of the offender, and to create a means to provide restitution to victims of crimes. (b) The commissioner shall adopt regulations setting standards for the operation of the centers including (1) requirements that the centers be secure and in compliance with state and local safety laws; (2) standards for disciplinary rules to be imposed on prisoners confined to the centers; (3) standards for the granting of emergency absence to prisoners confined to the centers; (4) standards for classifying prisoners to centers; (5) standards for mandatory employment and participation in community service programs in each center; (6) standards for periodic review of the performance of prisoners confined to the centers and quality assurance measures to ensure centers are meeting state standards and contractual obligations; (7) standards for the provision of treatment, including substance abuse treatment, cognitive behavioral therapy, and aftercare designed to address an offender's individual criminogenic needs; and (8) standards and a process to assess an offender's risk of recidivating and the criminal risk factors and needs that reduce the risk of recidivating and ensure that (A) high risk offenders with moderate to high needs are a priority for acceptance into a correctional restitution center; and (B) centers establish internal procedures to limit the mixing of low and high risk prisoners.
AK Stat § 33.30.161 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 33. Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Prisoners|Chapter 30. Prison Facilities and Prisoners|Article 2. Commitments, Programs, and Furloughs.|Sec. 33.30.161. Eligibility to serve time in a correctional restitution center.

(a) The commissioner may not allow a prisoner to serve time in a correctional restitution center unless the commissioner specifically finds that the prisoner meets the eligibility requirements of this section. (b) To be eligible to serve time in a correctional restitution center, the prisoner (1) must be employable or eligible to work on community service projects approved by the commissioner and agree to secure employment or participate in community service projects and obey the rules of the center; (2) may not be serving a sentence for conviction of an offense (A) involving violence or the use of force; (B) under AS 11.41.320, 11.41.330, or AS 11.56.740; (3) may not have been convicted of a felony offense, in the state or another jurisdiction, involving violence or the use of force; (4) may not have been convicted of an offense under AS 11.41.410 - 11.41.470 or an offense in the state or another jurisdiction having elements substantially identical to an offense under AS 11.41.410 - 11.41.470; and (5) may not have been sentenced to a (A) mandatory 99-year term of imprisonment under AS 12.55.125(a); or (B) definite term of imprisonment under AS 12.55.125(l). (c) Unless the commissioner determines otherwise for good cause shown, a person sentenced to less than five days who is serving time in a correctional restitution center shall participate in a community service project when available. (d) In (b) of this section, (1) “force” has the meaning given in AS 11.81.900(b); (2) “violence or the use of force” includes possession of a firearm, as defined in AS 11.81.900(b), in the commission of an offense, whether or not the firearm was actually used.
AK Stat § 33.30.171 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 33. Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Prisoners|Chapter 30. Prison Facilities and Prisoners|Article 2. Commitments, Programs, and Furloughs.|Sec. 33.30.171. Community advisory committees.

The commissioner shall appoint a community advisory committee for each center, to consist of five members of the community in which the center is located. The committee shall act as a liaison between the community and the department regarding community concerns with the center.
AK Stat § 33.30.181 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 33. Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Prisoners|Chapter 30. Prison Facilities and Prisoners|Article 2. Commitments, Programs, and Furloughs.|Sec. 33.30.181. Confinement to the center.

(a) A prisoner shall be confined to the center at all times except while (1) at work and traveling to and from work; (2) at and traveling to and from a community service project approved by the commissioner; (3) on emergency absence; (4) at and traveling to and from a job interview; or (5) on a furlough approved by the commissioner. (b) Except for an emergency absence or furlough, a prisoner may not be absent from a center under this section for more than 12 hours in a 24-hour period.
AK Stat § 33.30.191 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 33. Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Prisoners|Chapter 30. Prison Facilities and Prisoners|Article 3. Miscellaneous Provisions.|Sec. 33.30.191. Employment of prison inmates.

(a) It is the policy of the state that prisoners be productively employed for as many hours each day as feasible. (b) The commissioner may enter into contracts or cooperative agreements with any public agency for the performance of conservation projects. After June 14, 2006, the commissioner may enter into a contract with an individual or private organization or public agency for the employment of prisoners if the commissioner consults with local union organizations before contracting and ensures that the contract will not result in the displacement of employed workers, be applied in skills, crafts, or trades in which there is a surplus of available gainful labor in the locality, or impair existing contracts for services. A contract with an individual or private organization must require payment to the commissioner of at least the minimum wage required by AS 23.10.065 for each hour worked by a prisoner. The wage required under the contract, multiplied by the total hours worked by inmates, must be paid weekly, or for another period as required by the contract. (c) The commissioner may direct a prisoner to participate in a type of productive employment listed in (g)(1) and (3) - (5) of this section while the prisoner is confined in a correctional facility. A prisoner who refuses to participate in productive employment inside a correctional facility when directed under this section is subject to disciplinary sanctions imposed in accordance with regulations adopted by the commissioner. (d) In employing prison inmates, the department shall comply with federal and state health and safety regulations, except for providing workers' compensation under AS 23.30. (e) The provisions of AS 23 do not apply to the employment of prison inmates. (f) Prison inmates productively employed under this section are not state employees nor do they have the rights or privileges given to state employees, including the right to participate in collective bargaining. (g) In this section, “productively employed” includes the following kinds of employment: (1) routine maintenance and support services essential to the operation of a correctional facility; (2) education, including both academic and vocational; (3) public conservation projects, including wildland fire prevention and control, forest and watershed enhancement, recreational area development, construction and maintenance of trails and campsites, fish and game enhancement, soil conservation, and forest watershed revegetation; (4) renovation, repair, or alteration of existing correctional facilities as permitted by law; and (5) other work performed inside or outside of a correctional facility under (b) of this section.
AK Stat § 33.30.193 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 33. Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Prisoners|Chapter 30. Prison Facilities and Prisoners|Article 3. Miscellaneous Provisions.|Sec. 33.30.193. Standard applicable to allowing prisoners access to and use of legal reference materials and legal assistance.

If the commissioner imposes a restriction on access to and use of legal reference materials by or legal assistance of a prisoner in a state correctional facility, a court may not enter an order giving relief to the prisoner unless the court first finds, by a preponderance of the evidence, that enforcement or application of the restriction hinders the prisoner from having access to and use of the legal reference materials or legal assistance (1) in order to gain meaningful access to a court for the purpose of challenging (A) the prisoner's conviction or sentence; or (B) the conditions of the prisoner's confinement; or (2) in circumstances in which a state court has specifically determined that a provision of the state constitution necessarily requires a prisoner to have access to and use of the legal reference materials or legal assistance.
AK Stat § 33.30.201 (2021)
2021 Alaska Statutes|Title 33. Probation, Prisons, Pardons, and Prisoners|Chapter 30. Prison Facilities and Prisoners|Article 3. Miscellaneous Provisions.|Sec. 33.30.201. Compensation of prison inmates; deductions; disbursement; liens.

(a) Each prisoner who is productively employed, as defined in AS 33.30.191(g)(1) or (3) - (5), may receive for that work compensation at a rate determined by the commissioner under this section if the money is available from legislative appropriations. Compensation established by the commissioner under this section may not exceed 50 percent of the minimum wage established in AS 23.10.065; however, if required to comply with a federal statute or regulation, a higher compensation may be established by the commissioner. (b) If compensation established under (a) of this section is 50 percent or more of the minimum wage established in AS 23.10.065, the commissioner may deduct the cost of confinement of the prisoner up to the statewide average cost of confinement before disbursements are made under (c) of this section. (c) The commissioner shall disburse compensation received under (a) of this section, after any deduction required by (b) of this section, in the following order of priority: (1) for support of the prisoner's dependents, if any; (2) to reimburse the state for compensation awarded under AS 18.67 resulting from the prisoner's criminal conduct; (3) to pay a civil judgment resulting from the prisoner's criminal conduct; (4) to pay a restitution or fine of the prisoner ordered by a sentencing court; (5) for the payment of fees for the prisoner's utilities services under AS 33.30.017; (6) for the purchase of clothing and commissary items for the prisoner's personal use. (d) A prisoner's compensation remaining after any deductions under (b) of this section and disbursements under (c) of this section is to be credited to the prisoner and, except as provided in (e) of this section, must be retained by the department for the primary purpose of being available to the prisoner at the time of release. The commissioner shall maintain individual prisoner accounts for those earnings. The commissioner may, however, permit the prisoner to draw on a portion of that money for other purposes that the commissioner considers appropriate. (e) If a prisoner escapes, a portion of the retained compensation of the prisoner, as determined by the commissioner, is to be forfeited. The commissioner shall deposit forfeited compensation in the general fund. (f) Except for execution by the state under AS 09.38.030(f), only the prisoner compensation retained by the commissioner under (d) of this section is subject to lien, attachment, garnishment, execution, or similar procedures to encumber money or property.