United States · Alaska · Eagle River
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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
Operator
Alaska Department of CorrectionsPopulation held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
—
Region
Alaska
Security level
Medium
Death-row facility
No
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.
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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.
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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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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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World Prisons. (2026). Hiland Mountain Correctional Center. Retrieved September 5, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/hiland-mountain-correctional-center
"Hiland Mountain Correctional Center." World Prisons. Accessed September 5, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/hiland-mountain-correctional-center.
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author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Hiland Mountain Correctional Center},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/hiland-mountain-correctional-center},
urldate = {2026-09-05}
}