Alaska doesn’t allow inmates to use the internet, and state law prohibits computers “of any kind” cells. Which means many don't learn skills that can be critical on release — like banking, filing taxes, paying bills, and looking for jobs online.
sponsored by Sitka Democrat Rep. Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins — but it failed to pass this session.
“Out at Goose Creek, we have probably several dozen computers in the education space. A facility like Ketchikan only has a handful. But we have that available to offenders of every facility,” Brooks said. Other resources that could be made available include computer literacy, GED testing, substance abuse programming, mental health programming, meditation programs, guided learning on depression and anxiety and things like that.to allow prisoners to have and use a computer in their cells for purposes that facilitate their rehabilitation or compliance with a reentry or case plan, including access to legal reference materials, visitation, or health care.
Kreiss-Tomkins, who isn’t running for re-election, still wants to see the bill go through. “Something I will do through the course of this year is try to make sure that somebody picks up this bill to try to get it passed next year. I ultimately want to make sure it happens. And I tend to think it’s just a when, not an if.”Jonathan Pistotnik, coordinator for the Anchorage Reentry Coalition, supported HB 118, but is skeptical about the tablet concept.
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