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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 Creeks 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.
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