On Thursday, DOC Commissioner Nancy Dahlstrom announced several crucial first-steps to improve public safety, honor and protect the rights of victims, and to create necessary efficiencies within the state’s correctional system. https://t.co/tsPLb6ocyR

Goose Creek COs discovered 100-plus suboxone strips that a woman had attempted to smuggle into the facility during visitation on Nov. 20. COs initiated the investigation & notified DOC's Professional Conduct Unit. Discoveries like this are crucial to public safety.

The Lullaby Project is done in collaboration between the Carnegie Institute and the local Keys to Life program. The goal? To create lullaby's that connect parents living inside the walls to their children. Check it out. Tickets are on sale.

Commissioner Williams will be in Fairbanks next week for the screening of "Breaking the Cycle." Following the showing, he'll sit down with the Chair of the UAF Justice Department to discuss what Alaska can learn from Norway. Join us!

ICYMI -- @adndotcom reporter @marclesterphoto spent a day with Spring Creek Correctional Center's Superintendent to find out how he's changing Alaska's only maximum-security prison. Read more:

🍅🥔The Point Mackenzie Correctional Farm is finishing up the work from this year’s bountiful potato and tomato harvests; they’ve sent thousands of pounds to our institutions and to nonprofits across Alaska. Here’s a breakdown of where it went this week:

DOC is hiring nurses in Anchorage, Kenai, Bethel, Juneau and Fairbanks. Become part of the team: https://t.co/OrlTGeMkDA

DOC Investigators graduated 26 COs from 2 2-day Institutional Investigator training classes. Officers learned criminal statutes, evidence preservation, collection, & criminal investigation tactics. #MyAKGov #SaferAlaska #StrongerAlaska

. @AK_Corrections is seeking information from community-based entities that are interested in providing housing and/or support services to Adult male probationer/parolees.

"Rather than menace them and just enforce rules every day, why aren't we trying to invoke change? Real change," he said. "Not force it, but entice it and seduce it and get it out of these guys through meaningful conversation and decency." Read more: https://t.co/8FNtfNdkDj

South African musician Vusi Mahlasela played at Nelson Mandela's inauguration. And earlier this month, he shared his gift and message w/ Alaskans -- including those residing within the walls of Hiland Mountain Correctional.

Job opportunity! @AK_Corrections is hiring nurses to work at the Anchorage Correctional Complex. Interested? Become part of the team:

DOC leadership from across the state had the privilege of attending the annual Alaska Federation of Natives convention last week. The event gave us an opportunity to connect, learn, and discuss important issues with Alaskans. #MyAKGov #SaferAlaska #StrongerAlaska

We're exploring opportunities to work w/ AK communities to effectively supervise 1st time/ low-level offenders using EM. This will give Alaskans a better chance to stay connected w/ family, maintain cultural connection & contribute to their communities. https://t.co/57QaQIojOA

Once drugs are discovered, they’re turned over to the Professional Conduct Unit (PCU). PCU builds cases & works with other law enforcement entities - like the @FBIAnchorage, @AlaskaStatePD, & Alaska State Troopers - to go after drug traffickers. #SaferAlaska #StrongerAlaska

Employment opportunity! DOC is hiring correctional officers at the Anchorage Correctional Complex, the Goose Creek Correctional Center, in Mat-Su, the Lemon Creek Correctional Center, in Juneau, and the Spring Creek Correctional Center, in Seward. https://t.co/5698Mpat9R

AK recently became 1 of 3 states in the US to receive the $1 million federal Second Chance grant. This funding will help enhance efforts to reduce the state's steep re-offense rate. Read the press release to learn more: #SaferAlaska #StrongerAlaska

From the @JuneauEmpire : "Lemon Creek Correctional Center recently implemented a program called New Chapter, to support loving communication between incarcerated parents and their children." #StrongerAlaska #SaferAlaska https://t.co/bfJ53EyPme

Commissioner Williams discussed the idea with the Unalaska City Council at the end of last month. Learn more about the work release program: #MyAKGov #StrongerAlaska https://t.co/W2aXuAfG6D

Commissioner Williams stopped by the KTOO studio earlier this month to discuss the Alaska Department of Corrections' efforts to lower the re-offense rate. Hear what he had to say: #MyAKGov #SaferAlaska https://t.co/sZIsyAjCEB