00HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 31                                                                                    
01 Relating to the use of Fort Greely as a correctional facility.                                                          
02 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                              
03  WHEREAS Alaska prisons and jails are severely overcrowded and space to house new                                     
04 inmates is unavailable; and                                                                                             
05  WHEREAS projections show the state's prison population will increase by over 200                                     
06 new inmates each year; and                                                                                              
07  WHEREAS the state is under court order to decrease overcrowding and, in fact, has                                    
08 been found to be in contempt of that order and is accruing fines on a monthly basis; and                                
09  WHEREAS the United States Department of Defense is closing Ft. Greely and is                                         
10 seeking some entity to assume responsibility for the property upon base closure; and                                    
11  WHEREAS a portion of the facilities at Ft. Greely may be suitable to house medium                                    
12 or minimum security prison inmates; and                                                                                 
13  WHEREAS a prison facility would provide employment to local residents and mitigate                                   
14 the effects of the base closure;                                                                                        

01  BE IT RESOLVED that the Alaska State Legislature respectfully requests the                                           
02 Governor to direct the commissioner of corrections to work with appropriate federal                                     
03 authorities, residents of Delta Junction, and any other interested party to use some of the                             
04 property at Ft. Greely to provide adequate housing for the containment of medium and                                    
05 minimum security prison inmates.                                                                                        
06  COPIES of this resolution shall be sent to the Honorable Tony Knowles, Governor                                      
07 of Alaska; and Margaret Pugh, Commissioner of Corrections.