Juneau City and Borough Released Inmates
Juneau City and Borough Released Inmates searches usually begin with Lemon Creek Correctional Center, then move to the Juneau Police Department, the Alaska court system, and the state tools that track custody changes. If you are trying to confirm where someone was held, whether they moved, or which office keeps the paper trail, Juneau gives you several official places to check. The county page below keeps those sources in one place so you can move from a quick custody lookup to deeper court, police, and records research without guessing which agency to ask first.
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Where to Find Juneau Released Inmates
Juneau City and Borough Released Inmates information starts with the local jail and expands outward. Lemon Creek Correctional Center serves Juneau and Southeast Alaska, and that is the main place to think about when you are checking a current custody status. The Juneau Police Department handles booking coordination and arrest records for city arrests, while VINE gives a faster way to see whether a person is still in custody or has moved. Those three sources do not show the same thing, but together they give a solid first pass.
The Juneau court record trail is just as important. Arrests, charges, release dates, and sentence changes often show up in court files before they appear in a public summary. You can check the statewide Alaska court records portal for case information that is public, then use the DOC and city sources to match the court case to a custody record. If the case moved into federal court, the U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska is the next place to look.
The Juneau trail can be narrow or wide depending on the person. Some searches end at one booking number. Others need a DOC number, a case number, and a release date from VINE before the picture makes sense.
The Alaska court records portal image is credited to the statewide portal. It is a useful visual reminder that custody records and court records often move together, even when you start with a jail search.
That state court image matters because the release history you are trying to confirm may be tied to a charging file, a sentencing order, or a later motion that changed the status.
Lemon Creek Correctional Center
Lemon Creek Correctional Center is the primary DOC facility for the Juneau area. It is located at 2000 Lemon Creek Road, Juneau, AK 99801, and the main phone number is (907) 465-6200. The fax number is (907) 465-6207. DOC notes that the facility serves Juneau and Southeast Alaska and houses both male and female inmates. That makes it the first stop for many release-related searches, especially when someone has been moved through the local system and you need the most current custody location.
| Facility | Lemon Creek Correctional Center |
|---|---|
| Address | 2000 Lemon Creek Road Juneau, AK 99801 |
| Phone | (907) 465-6200 |
| Fax | (907) 465-6207 |
| Website | Alaska Department of Corrections |
The facility also runs a long list of programs that can help explain why someone is still there or why they were transferred. DOC lists recovery meetings, Life Success Substance Abuse Treatment, Adult Basic Education, GED classes, post-secondary options, a job fair, anger management, the Criminal Attitudes Program, parenting classes, sex offender assessments and treatment, and batterer intervention. Those programs do not guarantee anything about a release date, but they do show that Lemon Creek is used for more than short-term booking.
If you need to call, the best questions are direct. Ask whether the person is housed there now, whether a transfer has been recorded, and whether the release information should be checked through VINE or through DOC records staff. The Juneau DOC office at P.O. Box 112000, Juneau, AK 99811-2000, with the physical office at 802 3rd Street in Douglas, supports the region and can help route records questions to the right place.
Juneau Released Inmates Search Tools
Juneau Released Inmates searches work best when you combine live custody tools with broader records sources. VINE is the fastest place to confirm whether a person is in custody, has been transferred, or has a tentative release date. Alaska DOC also maintains a research and records page for offender profiles and population statistics, which is more useful when you need background data than when you need a minute-by-minute custody update. For older or harder-to-find records, the Alaska State Archives can help with historic government files that are not sitting in the current DOC system.
Use the court portal when you want the official case history behind the custody record. The statewide records.courts.alaska.gov system can show public case information that connects to the arrest, sentencing, and supervision trail. If the inmate was ever in federal custody or the matter moved to federal court, the Federal Bureau of Prisons inmate locator gives you another check point.
What you gather before searching matters. A clean search often depends on a few plain details, and one wrong middle name can send you to the wrong person.
- Full legal name and any known aliases
- Date of birth or approximate age
- DOC number, booking number, or case number if you have one
- Approximate arrest date or release window
When the exact name is common, start broad and then narrow the results with the date of birth or agency number. That approach works better than jumping straight to the most specific source and hoping it returns the right person on the first try.
For public records requests, the DOC research and records page and the state public records form are both worth checking. The request form at Alaska DPS online forms can help with criminal history requests, while the DOC records page at Research and Records is the place to look for population data and offender profile material.
Note: VINE is best for current custody status, while DOC and court records are better for the paper trail that explains why the status changed.
Juneau Police Booking Records
The Juneau Police Department is often the first local agency to touch a release record because it handles arrest records and booking coordination. If a person was taken into custody inside city limits, the police file may show the arrest date, charge, and the basic steps that led to jail intake. That is not the same thing as a correctional file, but it is still useful when you are trying to match the person to Lemon Creek or to a later court case. JPD also sits inside the larger municipal records system, so some requests start at the city level rather than the jail.
For Juneau municipal records, the public records entry point is the city website at juneau.org. The police department page at juneau.org/police-department is the direct source for the department itself. If you need a report, a case summary, or booking-related confirmation, that is where you begin before moving on to DOC or court records.
Police records can be narrower than court records. They may leave out sensitive details, ongoing investigative material, or items that are withheld for privacy or safety. That does not make them less useful. It just means you should treat them as one piece of a bigger Juneau Released Inmates search.
Juneau Released Inmates Record Limits
Alaska public records law starts with access. Under AS 40.25, public records are generally open to inspection, and that includes many records tied to jail custody, court filings, and correctional administration. But access is not absolute. Alaska also protects certain inmate information under DOC confidentiality rules, including 22 AAC 05.095 and AS 33.30.211. Those limits can affect medical records, mental health information, pre-sentence material, and records that DOC keeps confidential for security or rehabilitation reasons.
Victim protections can also narrow what you see. Alaska law under AS 12.61 protects victim information in criminal records, and the VCCB victim notification page at vccb.alaska.gov/victim-notification explains how release notices and court updates are handled. If you are trying to use a release record to understand a criminal case, remember that a public summary may omit names, addresses, or other information that sits behind a redaction or seal.
The federal court image is credited to the U.S. District Court for the District of Alaska. It is a good reminder that some Juneau custody searches run into federal case files instead of state ones, especially when a transfer, a federal hold, or a separate federal sentence is involved.
When that happens, the federal docket and the BOP locator can tell you more than the local jail file can. The state and federal trails sometimes overlap, but they do not always end in the same office.
Note: If a record seems thin, the gap may be caused by a confidentiality rule rather than a bad search result.
Historical Juneau Released Inmates
Older Juneau Released Inmates files can end up in the Alaska State Archives instead of DOC or the local jail. That matters for territorial-era records, older prison registers, and government files that predate the current computer system. The archives at archives.alaska.gov are the best official place to ask about historic records that are no longer part of a live custody search. The archives are also in Juneau, which makes them especially useful when a search starts local but reaches back decades.
Historical research usually looks different from a live inmate lookup. You may not get a booking screen or a release date on the first try. You may get a file reference, a box number, or a note that the record is partially restricted. That is still progress. Once you have the archive lead, you can compare it to the court record, the DOC research page, or the federal locator if the person later moved into the federal system.
For broader context, the DOC research page at doc.alaska.gov/administrative-services/research-records can help you understand state inmate trends without trying to force a live custody search into a historical question. It is a cleaner path when you need background on the prison system as a whole.
Juneau Released Inmates Links
Use the matching city page if you need a tighter Juneau search. The county page keeps the full local records set in one place.
Official Alaska Resources
These official tools are the best follow-ups when a Juneau search needs more than one source.