Advocacy

Alaskan advocates support access to resources, supports, and services for justice-involved Alaskans to improve the likelihood of success in the their communities after incarceration. Advocates include people with lived experience of incarceration or other justice involvement, family members, service providers, and other community advocates.

The Alaska Reentry Partnership advocates for reentry and transition support, treatment and recovery, peer support, case management, therapeutic courts, housing and employment assistance, parenting and family reunification, life skills, faith-based and cultural support.

Scroll down for past and present advocacy efforts.

 

A staff member at Cordova Center (halfway house) in Anchorage speaks about the importance of community supports, like reentry, case management, treatment, housing, and employment assistance to promote success in the community after incarceration.

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2025 JUNEAU LEGISLATIVE FLY-IN
January 26-29, 2025

Advocacy for Justice-Involved Alaskans. This fly-in invites people with lived experience of incarceration (or other justice involvement), family members, service providers, and other advocates.  to fly to Juneau, learn advocacy skills for communicating challenges, successes, and recommendations for solutions. Read below for additional details.

Advocacy Training

Meetings with Legislators

Reentry Simulation

Legislative Reception

Details:

  • All costs for transportation, meals, and lodging are on your own.

  • There is no cost to participate in the fly-in, but participants must register in advance (see REGISTRATION below).

  • Meetings with policymakers will be arranged for participants based on recommendations and preferences.

  • Participants agree to work in solidarity with the Alaska Reentry Partnership’s mission and talking points.

TO REGISTER, CONTACT: advocacy@akreentry.org

DOWNLOAD REGISTRATION FORM

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ADVOCACY EFFORTS

  • 2025 Legislative Priorities

The Alaska Reentry Partnership supports policies and funding that promote improved access to supports and services for justice-involved Alaskans at all phases of their justice involvement—pretrial, incarceration, and reentry. The 2025 Alaska State Legislature is hearing several bills and budget items that impact justice-involved Alaskans.

Read more here.

 

  • 2025 Access to Digital Technology to Better Serve Justice-Involved Alaskans

The Alaska Reentry Partnership supports efforts to expand digital technology resources in Alaska’s prisons, halfway houses, courts, and communities to better serve justice-involved Alaskans. Digital technology improves access to treatment and recovery services, education and training, housing and employment assistance, reentry and transitional planning, faith-based, peer support, tribal, visitation, and more—all of which increase the likelihood of success in the community after release, and reduced recidivism.

Read more here.

 

  • 2024 Access to Digital Technology to Better Serve Justice-Involved Alaskans

    The Alaska Reentry Partnership supports efforts to expand digital technology resources in Alaska’s prisons, halfway houses, courts, and communities to better serve justice-involved Alaskans. Digital technology improves access to treatment and recovery services, education and training, housing and employment assistance, reentry and transitional planning, faith-based, peer support, tribal, visitation, and more—all of which increase the likelihood of success in the community after release, and reduced recidivism.

    Read more here.

  • 2023 Community In-Reach Programs and Activities in Alaska Prisons and Halfway Houses

    The Alaska Reentry Partnership supports resources and policies that promote community rehabilitative programs and activities inside Alaska’s prisons and halfway houses, such as substance abuse treatment and recovery, education and vocational training, reentry and transition planning, parenting and life skills, faith-based and cultural activities. Community in-reach has shown to increase the likelihood of success after release and reduce the likelihood of recidivism (the commission of new crimes).

    Read more here.

  • 2023 Access to State ID Upon Reentry From Incarceration

    The Alaska Reentry Partnership supports processes that ensure every individual leaving incarceration returning to an Alaskan community has the appropriate documentation accepted by the Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) for a valid State ID. Not having acceptable documentation for an ID at the time of release can mean critical delays for accessing housing, employment, treatment, training, education, and other supports and services that increase the likelihood of success and reduce the likelihood of future criminal behavior (recidivism).

    Read more here.

  • 2023 Digital Technology to Better Serve Justice-Involved Alaskans

    The Alaska Reentry Partnership supports expanding access to digital resources in Alaska’s corrections and therapeutic court systems to better serve justice-involved Alaskans at all phases of their justice-involvement—pretrial, incarceration, and reentry. Jurisdictions across the United States are using digital technology to safely and securely deliver rehabilitative programming and activities through video-conferencing, closed circuit channels, tablets, distance learning, computer labs, and more. Improved digital technology means more access to treatment and recovery services, education and training, housing and employment assistance, reentry and transitional planning, faith-based, peer support, tribal, visitation, and more.

    Read more here.

  • 2022 Access to Digital Technology to Better Serve Justice-Involved Alaskans

    The Alaska Reentry Partnership supports expanding access to digital resources in Alaska’s judicial and corrections systems, including working with communities, to better serve justice-involved Alaskans at all phases of their justice-involvement—pretrial, incarceration, and reentry. Jurisdictions across the United States are using digital technology to safely and securely deliver rehabilitative programming and activities through video conferencing, closed circuit television channels, tablets, distance learning, and more. Improved digital solutions means improved access to education and training, treatment and recovery services, housing and employment assistance, reentry and transitional planning, faith-based, peer support, tribal, visitation, and more. Access to community supports increase the likelihood of stability and success in the community, reduced recidivism, and reduced need for more costly services, like emergency medical services, law enforcement, hospitals, jails, and prisons.

    Read more here.

  • 2022 Legislative Advocacy Priorities

    The Alaska Reentry Partnership supports policies and funding that promote improved access to supports and services for justice-involved Alaskans at all phases of their justice involvement—pretrial, incarceration, and reentry. The 2022 Alaska State Legislature is hearing several bills and budget items that impact behavioral health treatment grants, telehealth, crisis stabilization, peer support certification, and intensive early intervention services for at-risk families and children.

    Read more here.

  • 2021 Legislative Advocacy and Outcomes

    The Alaska Reentry Partnership supports policies and funding that promote access to services and supports and increase the likelihood of success after incarceration—including access to reentry planning, treatment and recovery, housing and employment assistance, education and training, faith-based and culturally-appropriate supports, and more. During the 2021 legislative session, Partnership tracked several bills and budget items impacting justice-involved Alaskans. Click below to see them and their outcomes from the 2021 legislative session:

    Read more here.

  • 2021 Advocacy for Digital Technology in Alaska’s Prisons

    The Alaska Reentry Partnership supports efforts to expand digital technology resources and opportunities in Alaska’s correctional system for improved access to supports and services—including mental health and addiction treatment, telehealth, education and training, reentry and transitional services, housing and employment assistance, faith-based, peer support, tribal, visitation, and ID/Social Security acquisition—to promote successful recovery, reentry after incarceration, and reduced recidivism.

    Read more here.