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Alaska Court System faces significant trial backlog as courtrooms reopen from COVID-19 closures

 |  Anchorage Daily News  | 

Statistics kept by the Alaska Justice Information Center was featured in an Anchorage Daily News article about how the Alaska Court System faces significant trial backlog as courtrooms reopen.

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Dr. Ingrid Johnson interviewed for true crime series on Oxygen

 |  Ahliil Saitanan  | 

In the summer of 2021, the Oxygen channel visited Alaska to film a true crime series on homicide and violence against women in Alaska. The film crew interviewed Dr. Ingrid Johnson, Justice Center assistant professor, to give background information on crime and other relevant cultural dynamics.⁠

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Anchorage police chief named diversity, inclusion officer at Providence Alaska

 |  Alaska News Source  | 

Providence Alaska announced that Anchorage Chief of Police Kenneth McCoy has been named as its first region chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer. McCoy is an alumnus of the UAA College of Health Justice Center.

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Prison visits are back in the Gulf States. Many have not seen loved ones for nearly 2 years

 |  Brittany Brown  | 

When COVID-19 hit the Gulf States region in March 2020, state officials were swift to react in order to prevent the spread of the virus. One of those actions taken was to shut down in-person prison visitation, limiting the number of people who come in contact with the incarcerated population. For over a year, more than 70,000 people incarcerated in Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi were not able to visit with their loved ones, impacting both the prisoners and their family members.

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Citizens hide from active shooters as Alaska fails to deliver on 2019 promise of village troopers

 |  Chris Huston  | 

The Alaska Justice Information Center's trooper staffing study, titled "Alaska State Troopers C Detachment Patrol Staffing Study Final Report and Description of Police Incidents," was featured in an Anchorage Daily News article about how the AST understaffs rural Alaska.