A lawsuit has been filed against Alaska's Correction Agency on behalf of four plaintiffs accusing them of denying their access to transitional programs after their release date.
The lawsuit asks a judge to order that the men and others in similar circumstances "be meaningfully considered for minimum-custody classification, furlough, and electronic monitoring when they apply for such programs, using their discretionary parole date to determine their eligibility."
It names as defendants Corrections Commissioner Jen Winkelman and the Department of Corrections. Patty Sullivan, a state Department of Law spokesperson, said Thursday afternoon that the office had yet not been served with the complaint.
"Once we have received and evaluated the complaint we will file an answer in the time allowed by the court rules," Sullivan said by email.