Palmer Jail Roster Lookup

The Palmer jail roster points to two main sites that hold people booked in the Matanuska-Susitna region. Palmer Correctional Center and Mat-Su Pretrial sit just outside the city and handle most bookings on this side of the borough. This page walks you through the Palmer jail roster search step by step. You will find phone lines, office hours, and the right links to confirm a booking, check a hearing date, or pull a record. Use the search tool on this page to kick off a fresh Palmer inmate lookup.

Palmer Correctional Center Inmate Records

Palmer Correctional Center is a state DOC site that holds men from the Matanuska-Susitna Borough and nearby areas. The mailing address is P.O. Box 919, Palmer, Alaska 99645. The main phone is 907-745-5054 and the fax is 907-746-1574. Staff can confirm custody, housing unit, and the next court date for a person in the Palmer jail roster. This is a key stop for any local inmate records search. The complex reopened after a prior closure, and it takes in pretrial and sentenced men from the area.

To reach an inmate at Palmer Correctional, use the mailing address above and include the person's full name and DOC offender ID on the envelope. Funds for an inmate account follow DOC rules. For calls, staff can tell you if the person is in custody, but they will not pass a message in most cases. Legal calls go through a scheduled line, and lawyers should call the front desk for the visit slot. The facility plays a central role in the Palmer jail roster, so many local cases track back to this site.

Mat-Su Pretrial Palmer Facility

Mat-Su Pretrial sits at 339 East Dogwood Avenue, Palmer, Alaska 99645. The main phone is 907-745-0943 and the fax is 907-746-0501. The site holds people in Palmer during the pretrial phase of a state case. If a person was just booked by a Mat-Su agency, Mat-Su Pretrial is often the first state stop. Staff can confirm custody and basic case details by phone. The facility moves long-term inmates to Goose Creek Correctional Center in Wasilla or another DOC site once a sentence is entered.

Mat-Su Pretrial matters for a Palmer jail roster lookup when you do not know which facility holds the person. Call the line, give the full name and date of birth if you have it, and ask if the inmate is on site. If the person is not there, staff may be able to tell you the last known location. New bookings can take a few hours to appear in state systems, so a phone call is often the fastest read early in a case.

VINE is the state approved tool for all Palmer inmate records tied to Mat-Su Pretrial or Palmer Correctional. Call 1-800-247-9763 or use VINELink. The tool sends alerts when a person moves, is released, or escapes. Sign up for a PIN so alerts reach you day or night. The Alaska Department of Public Safety lists VINE as the official inmate lookup for the state.

Palmer Court Records and CourtView

The Alaska Court System runs the CourtView portal. You can search by party name, case number, or hearing date. Once you pull a Palmer case, you see bail details, the next court date, and some filed items. Not every paper is online. Some stay sealed for privacy rules. CourtView ties a Mat-Su Pretrial booking to the active case file, which is key when you try to match a name on the Palmer jail roster to a known charge.

For a second public court records tool, the Alaska Court Records site offers a free index of state case data. Use it as a backup when CourtView is slow. The local Palmer Trial Court handles most state cases tied to a Mat-Su Pretrial booking, and the clerk's desk there can pull certified copies or older paper files that do not show up online. Call the state court system's main line for referrals to the Palmer clerk.

Booking charges in Palmer often tie to a state case filed the same day. When you find the case number in CourtView, you can see the charges, bail, and next hearing. That tells you how soon a person might be released or moved. The Alaska Court System tips on locating people cover VINE, property tax lookups, and DOC contact lines.

Palmer Public Records Access

The Alaska Public Records Act at AS 40.25.110 through AS 40.25.125 is the main law for access to Palmer jail records. Agencies must respond to a request within 10 business days. The law does not limit access based on who asks. That rule is key when you want a booking log, a police report, or a DOC intake note tied to a Palmer case. The Alaska Department of Law runs the act at 907-269-5100.

The Department of Public Safety keeps the statewide criminal history system. A name-based report is $20 for the first copy and $5 for each extra copy. Fingerprint reports cost $35. Mail requests go to the Criminal Records and Identification Bureau, 5700 E. Tudor Road, Anchorage, AK 99507. Phone 907-269-5767. DPS also runs a records request portal at dpsalaska.justfoia.com for state trooper reports tied to Palmer cases.

The Alaska Public Records Act page at the Department of Law explains the act and lists common exemptions that apply to jail records. Alaska Statute 12.62.160 keeps most raw criminal history out of the public's hands, so a Palmer arrest history tied to a DPS file may need a subject consent form or a court order.

Matanuska-Susitna Borough Jail Roster

Palmer is the seat of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough. The borough uses Mat-Su Pretrial, Goose Creek Correctional Center in Wasilla, and Palmer Correctional Center as its main DOC sites. For the full set of borough-level tools, see the Matanuska-Susitna Borough jail roster page. It covers all the main DOC lines, local court desks, and the borough-wide search workflow.

Goose Creek is the largest state prison in the borough and can be reached at 907-864-8100. For most pretrial holds tied to a Palmer booking, Mat-Su Pretrial is the first stop, and then a move to Goose Creek may follow for longer sentences. The borough page lays out each step with direct phone lines.

Nearby Cities in Palmer Jail Roster Area

Several nearby cities feed into the same Mat-Su jail roster network. Each has its own police and court desks, but all tie back to the Palmer-area DOC sites.

• Wasilla home of Goose Creek Correctional Center
• Knik-Fairview served by Alaska State Troopers
• Meadow Lakes served by state troopers and Mat-Su Pretrial
• Big Lake served by state troopers
• Tanaina served by Wasilla PD and state troopers

For Anchorage area searches tied to a Palmer case, the Anchorage and Eagle River pages cover the main Anchorage Correctional Complex and Hiland Mountain. These sites often hold women from the Mat-Su region who do not stay at Mat-Su Pretrial.