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Alaska correctional populations of Census 2020 vintage

We recommend using these addresses only for guidance in identifying prison populations in the Census data and warn against assuming that the prisons were in fact counted at that particular location.

Facility Name Prisoners Type Address City Zip County Survey Date
Anchorage Correctional Complex East 492 State 1400 East 4Th Avenue Anchorage 99501 Anchorage 6/30/2012
Anchorage Correctional Complex/West 400 State 1300 East 4Th Avenue Anchorage 99501 Anchorage 6/30/2012
Anvil Mountain Correctional Center 122 State 1810 Center Creek Road Nome 99762 Nome 6/30/2012
Barrow City Jail 10 Local 12/31/2013
Bristol Bay Borough Jail 5 Local 12/31/2013
Cordova Center 179 Private 130 Cordova Street Anchorage 99501 Anchorage 6/30/2012
Cordova City Jail 2 Local 12/31/2013
Craig City Jail 3 Local 12/31/2013
Dillingham City Jail 6 Local 12/31/2013
Fairbanks Correctional Center 307 State 1931 Egan Avenue Fairbanks 99701 Fairbanks North Star 6/30/2012
Glacier Manor 66 Private 5597 Aisek Street Juneau 99801 Juneau 6/30/2012
Glenwood Center 73 Private 835 D Street Anchorage 99501 Anchorage 6/30/2012
Haines City Jail 2 Local 12/31/2013
Hiland Mountain Correctional Center 424 State 9101 Hesterberg Road Eagle River 99577 Anchorage 6/30/2012
Homer City Jail 3 Local 12/31/2013
Ketchikan Correctional Center 65 State 1201 Schoenbar Road Ketchikan 99901 Ketchikan Gateway 6/30/2012
Kodiak City Jail 19 Local 12/31/2013
Kotzebue Regional Jail 15 Local 12/31/2013
Lemon Creek Correctional Center 231 State 2000 Lemon Creek Road Juneau 99801 Juneau 6/30/2012
Mat-Su Pretrial 98 State 339 East Dogwood Avenue Palmer 99645 Matanuska-Susitna 6/30/2012
Metlakatla Police Department And Adult Detention Center 3 Indian Country 6/30/2016
Midtown Center 28 Private 2508 Margies Place Anchorage 99503 Anchorage 6/30/2012
Northstar Center 132 Private 3022 George Park Highway Fairbanks 99709 Fairbanks North Star 6/30/2012
Palmer Correctional Center 508 State Mile 58, Glenn Hwy Sutton 99674 Matanuska-Susitna 6/30/2012
Parkview Center 105 Private 831 B Street Anchorage 99501 Anchorage 6/30/2012
Petersburg City Jail 2 Local 12/31/2013
Point Mackenzie Correctional Center 85 State 13690 S. Guersey Road Wasilla 99687 Matanuska-Susitna 6/30/2012
Seaside Center 42 Private 237 Front Street Nome 99762 Nome 6/30/2012
Seward Community Jail 2 Local 12/31/2013
Sitka City Jail 1 Local 12/31/2013
Spring Creek Correctional Center 529 State Mile 5 Nash Road Seward 99664 Kenai Peninsula 6/30/2012
Tundra Center 70 Private 680 Ridgecrest Drive Bethel 99559 Bethel 6/30/2012
Unalaska City Jail 3 Local 12/31/2013
Valdez City Jail 4 Local 12/31/2013
Wildwood Correctional Complex 449 State 10 Chugach Avenue Kenai 99611 Kenai Peninsula 6/30/2012
Wildwood Pre-Trial Facility 106 State 10 Chugach Avenue Kenai 99611 Kenai Peninsula 6/30/2012
Wrangell City Jail 5 Local 12/31/2013
Yukon Kuskokwim Correctional Center 155 State 1000 Chief Eddie Hoffman Hwy Bethel 99559 Bethel 6/30/2012

This table draws data from four sources:

  • Federal prisons on April 2, 2020: The Prison Policy Initiative downloaded the weekly population list from the Bureau of Prisons for that date.
  • State and federal correctional facilities on June 30, 2012 were extracted from: United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Census of State and Federal Adult Correctional Facilities, 2012. ICPSR37294-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2020-02-06. doi:10.3886/ICPSR37294.v1. County data retrieved from postal service database.
  • Local jails' average daily populations from January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2013 were extracted from: United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Census of Jail Facilities, 2013. ICPSR36128-V4. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2018-04-25. doi:10.3886/ICPSR36128.v4
  • Jails in Indian Country populations on June 30, 2016 were extracted from: United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Annual Survey of Jails in Indian Country, 2016. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2018-05-23. doi:10.3886/ICPSR37006.v1

Military prisons and state halfway houses are not included in the above table as we were not able to locate an appropriate national database of these types of facilities. Juvenile facilities are not included in the above because the Census Bureau counts these facilities separately from the adult correctional institutions that are the focus of our work. Where necessary, state-specific sources will be more useful for identifying juvenile facilities.

We do, however, have a list (without population information) of all federal halfway houses as of April 2, 2020 [XLSX].

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