The lawsuit centers around incarcerated people not getting access to the proper programs at the correct times to help them transition back to society.
The ACLU said that state regulations define a firm release date as “the date on which a prisoner is scheduled to be released, as established by statutory good time calculation, court order, or parole board action.”
Megan Edge, communications director for the ACLU of Alaska, believes that the corrections department has not been adjusting its firm release dates for things such as parole board action, which would then allow them to have access to the transitional programming and reintegration opportunities before they leave.
“ to help people ease back into our communities, and that’s not just a benefit to them, but their success is our success,” Edge said. “It’s people that are working in jobs that need to be filled, it’s neighbors helping neighbors, it’s families that are brought back together again.” “These individuals are a part of the communities, they’re coming back to the communities, and we want to make sure they’re set up for success, because as it stands, they are set up to fail,” Edge said.
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