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Alaska Crime Victim Survey
If you or a loved one has been the victim of a crime in Alaska, the Alaska Criminal Justice Commission would like to hear from you.
**To participate, visit the Alaska Crime Victim Survey**
Email our staff attorney directly for questions at bdunham@ajc.state.ak.us. For more information on victims’ rights and victim services in Alaska, see below.
Victim's Rights and Criminal Justice Reform
The criminal justice reform bill of 2016 (SB 91) ensured that victims would be more informed throughout the criminal justice process. Among the reforms:
- Prosecutors must confer with victims of felony or domestic violence offenses before entering into a plea agreement (Note: HB 14, passed in 2019, added victims of all sex offenses to this list).
- Probation/Parole officers must help those who owe restitution to their victims to set up payment schedules.
- At sentencing, courts should provide victims with information on the defendant’s potential for release.
- The Department of Corrections must notify victims of an offender’s earliest possible date of release within 30 days of sentencing.
- The parole board must notify sexual assault and domestic violence victims 30 days before a discretionary parole hearing, and must also make every effort to do so for other victims who request it.
Victim Services in Alaska
- Department of Corrections – Victim Service Unit
- Statewide phone: 907-269-7384
- Email: victimsunit@alaska.gov
- Department of Corrections –Probation Office
- Victim Toll-Free Line: 877-741-0741
- VINE - Offender release notification
- Phone: 1-800-247-9763
- Website: www.vinelink.com
- Receive an inmate's current location and tentative release date.
- Register to receive an automated notification when an inmate is released, escapes, is placed in a work release facility, or dies while in custody.
- Restitution
- If, as a victim of crime, you have suffered harm that can be repaired monetarily (i.e., replacement of stolen items, medical bills), contact your local district attorney before the defendant is sentenced to ask about getting a restitution order. Find your district attorney here: http://law.alaska.gov/department/criminal/doa.html
- See also the Department of Law’s website for victim services: http://www.law.state.ak.us/department/criminal/victims_assist.html. Contains information on victim services in several languages.
- Violent Crimes Compensation Board
- Contact the Violent Crimes Compensation Board to recover expenses from a violent crime. This service can provide financial assistance sooner than a restitution order.
- Email: doa.vccb@alaska.gov
- Phone: (907) 465-3040
- Office of Victims’ Rights
- Lawyers from the Office of Victims’ Rights act as advocates for victims in criminal cases.
- Phone: 907-754-3460
- Email: officeofvictimsrights@akleg.gov
- Alaska Network on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault
- Civil legal representation, and legal information and referral hotline: second Tuesday each month from 5-7pm, and the fourth Tuesday from 12-2pm. Call 1-888-988-3725.
- To find your local service provider for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault, go to: http://www.andvsa.org/find-help/member-programs/
- Alaska Legal Services
- Civil legal representation: http://www.alsc-law.org/application/
- Alaska Children’s Alliance
- For families dealing with child abuse: http://alaska.nationalchildrensalliance.org/contact/
**To participate, visit the Alaska Crime Victim Survey**
