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KNBA News: Tuesday, November 26, 2024

KNBA | By Jill Fratis
Published November 26, 2024 at 11:55 PM AKST
The Deparment of Corrections said last year, when a record 18 inmates died, that the higher death rate is due to a number of factors that include an aging prison population and the increasing number of inmates entering the system in poor health, many who suffer from addiction to drugs and alcohol.
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The Deparment of Corrections said last year, when a record 18 inmates died, that the higher death rate is due to a number of factors that include an aging prison population and the increasing number of inmates entering the system in poor health, many who suffer from addiction to drugs and alcohol.

A man arrested last month, in a string of recent Anchorage bank robberies had served time for robbing one of the locations five years earlier.

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