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Hiland Mountain Correctional Center

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Hiland Mountain Correctional Center is a state prison located in Anchorage County, Alaska. Rated capacity: 404. Reported population: 342. Security level: Medium. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.

Capacity

404

Current population

342

Occupancy

85%

Year opened

—

Operational

Figures from official sources · verified 2 Jun 2026 · methodology

Facility profile

Population held

Mixed/unknown

Opened

—

Region

Alaska

Security level

Medium

Death-row facility

No

Conditions

The Hiland Mountain Correctional Center houses 322 women convicts from across Alaska. The facility is located among birch and evergreen trees outside Anchorage. The text describes a segregation wing referred to as 'the hole' with vault-like cell doors.

Visiting

No visiting information available.

Mailing

No mailing information available.

Practical info

Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.

Known issues

The facility includes a segregation wing known as 'the hole,' where time is determined by sunlight through vault-like cell doors. One inmate, Ricki Dahlin, alleged abuse by a staff member while in this segregation unit.

Contact & address

9101 Hesterberg Rd, Eagle River 99577
(907) 694-9511
Official site

Conditions Risk Score

Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated

5/100
Low concern5/100
Overcrowding
0/30
Oversight reports
0/30
Structural flags
5/15
Death signals
0/15
Conditions text
0/10

What the score is responding to:

  • · Substantial documented known-issues record

This facility scores 5. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 3 points above national average.

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Compared to other facilities in United States

7436 peers
Occupancythis: 85% · peers avg: 93% (9%)
Capacity (beds)this: 404 · peers avg: 547 (26%)

Reports

  • propublica20 Jun 2020

    a brick, show her sunrise and sunset. When the meal cart rolls to a stop outside her vault-like cell door, Ricki Dahlin knows it’s noon. This is how you tell time in the hole at Hiland Mountain Correctional Center. Hidden among the acres of skeletal birch and Christmas tree evergreens outside Anchorage, the prison houses 322 women convicts from across Alaska. Dahlin, a 28-year-old recovering

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Data completeness

84%

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@misc{worldprisons-hiland-mountain-correctiona,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Hiland Mountain Correctional Center},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/hiland-mountain-correctional-center},
  urldate = {2026-10-20}
}