Spring Creek Correctional Center is a maximum security, state operated adult correctional institution located in Seward, Alaska. The institution has a capacity of over 500 male inmates and employs more than 200 staff. While much of Spring Creek’s inmate population serve long term sentences, the institution also houses prisoners serving sentences from three to ten years. Rehabilitative programs include ABE/GED, parenting, cognitive skills, anger management, substance abuse, and prerelease programs. Spring Creek is also the AK Department of Corrections’ largest provider of mental health services.

Spring Creek also houses the Youthful Offender Program (YOP) for inmates 24 years of age or younger. YOP is an individually structured, holistic program that gives youthful offenders an opportunity to rehabilitate within a secure environment. Program objectives include high school completion for inmates up to 21 years of age, vocational certification, support for correspondence college courses, substance abuse and anger management education and/or treatment. Since its inception in 2000, over 400 inmates have participated in YOP, with 163 Spring Creek High School and 19 GED graduates.