Find Yakutat Jail Roster Records
The Yakutat City and Borough jail roster is the way to track a person held in the remote stretch of the Alaska coast between Juneau and Cordova. Yakutat is small and has no dedicated local jail. Alaska State Troopers handle law enforcement, and inmates are moved to regional DOC facilities. Use this page to work through the Yakutat jail roster tools. You will find VINE steps, CourtView links, phone numbers, and records request info that help confirm custody for anyone booked in the Yakutat area.
Yakutat Jail Roster Overview
Yakutat Jail Roster and State Troopers
Yakutat City and Borough is served by Alaska State Troopers for law enforcement. There is no local city jail. When a person is arrested in Yakutat, the troopers do the intake and the first hold. The case then moves into the Alaska Department of Corrections system. Inmates from Yakutat are typically transported to regional correctional facilities. Most end up at Lemon Creek Correctional Center in Juneau at 907-465-6200 or at a larger DOC site near Anchorage for higher-security holds.
Alaska does not use county sheriffs in most boroughs. Yakutat is no exception. The troopers cover the bulk of the area, and the Alaska Department of Public Safety is the state agency that runs them. DPS also runs the statewide criminal records system. For any report that leaves the local trooper post, DPS is the place to go.
Because of the distance and the small population, the Yakutat jail roster is rarely a visible web page. You work the phone, the state tools, and the court system to piece together a person's custody history. That is normal for this part of Alaska.
Yakutat VINE Lookup Steps
Yakutat is covered by the statewide VINE system for inmate location services. VINE stands for Victim Information and Notification Everyday. Call 1-800-247-9763 or use VINELink online. The service is the only state approved vendor for Alaska inmate data. Search by name or by offender ID. A partial name works if you are not sure of the spelling.
VINE shows the current holding site and a tentative release date when one is set. You can register a phone or email to get alerts when an inmate moves, is released, or escapes. The system asks for a four-digit PIN to confirm each alert. Pick a PIN you can recall but that others will not guess. Keep it safe. VINE runs around the clock, so it may call at odd hours when custody status changes.
Note: VINE is usually faster than calling a DOC facility by phone, because the service runs 24/7 and shows current status in real time.
Yakutat Inmate Records and DOC Transfers
Once a Yakutat arrest turns into a longer case, the inmate is moved to an Alaska DOC facility. There is no prison in Yakutat. The closest state hold is Lemon Creek Correctional Center in Juneau. For higher-security cases, inmates may end up at Goose Creek Correctional Center in Wasilla at 907-864-8100 or Anchorage Correctional Complex at 907-269-4100. The state system picks up the file, and the Yakutat jail roster then lives inside the DOC database.
For records on a person held in state custody, call the Chief Classification Officer at 907-269-7426 or send a written request to the facility. The Alaska Department of Corrections page lists every facility and its phone line.
Yakutat Court Records and CourtView
Court records for Yakutat City and Borough are maintained by the Alaska Court System. The online portal is CourtView. You can search by party name, case number, or hearing date. Once you open a case, you see next hearing dates, bail, and some of the filed papers. Not every file is online. Some records have limited access for privacy or legal reasons.
The Alaska Court System site hosts CourtView. Yakutat cases run through the First Judicial District. For a second way to search, the Alaska court records portal is a good backup when CourtView is slow.
Alaska Public Records Act and Yakutat
The Alaska Public Records Act at AS 40.25.110 through AS 40.25.125 governs access to jail roster data and most other public records. Agencies must reply within 10 business days. The act does not limit access based on who you are or why you want the record. That rule matters for a small place like Yakutat, where you may need to send a written request instead of walking into a records office.
Criminal history data held by DPS follows a tighter rule. Under AS 12.62.160 most of that data is confidential and not released to the public. The subject can still get a copy, and some agency uses are allowed. To ask for a trooper report that touched Yakutat, use the DPS records request portal. You can track the request online after you send it.
A name-based criminal history report from DPS is $20 for the first copy. A fingerprint-based search is $35. Call DPS at 907-269-5767 or mail the request to the Criminal Records and Identification Bureau, 5700 E. Tudor Road, Anchorage, AK 99507.
The Alaska Court System home page links to CourtView, forms, and self-help resources for Yakutat cases.
CourtView shows hearing dates and case status for the Yakutat area.
Court form CR-300 is the bail review form used in Alaska courts, and CIV-670 is the prisoner fee exemption form. Both are on the court system site at courts.alaska.gov/forms/index.htm. If a person held through the Yakutat jail roster path needs a bail change, the attorney or the person files CR-300 with the First Judicial District court. The form is free to get. Staff at the clerk window can point you to the right one if you are not sure which form to use. Keep a case number ready when you call.
Federal Inmates from Yakutat
Some Yakutat cases end in federal court. Those inmates leave the state Yakutat jail roster and move into the Bureau of Prisons system. The BOP inmate locator shows people in federal custody from 1982 to the present. Search by BOP register number, FBI number, or first and last name.
Alaska has no federal prison. Federal inmates from Yakutat often serve time at out-of-state BOP sites in Washington, Oregon, or other western states. Older federal records before 1982 are held at the National Archives and Records Administration.
Yakutat Region and Nearby Boroughs
Yakutat sits on the Gulf of Alaska. It is one of the most remote boroughs in the state. The closest larger towns are Juneau to the southeast and Cordova to the northwest. When a Yakutat inmate is moved, you may need to check the jail roster for one of those places. Lemon Creek Correctional Center in Juneau is the most common transfer stop.
There are no qualifying cities in the Yakutat City and Borough under this site's population cutoff. The borough is small. It has one main community, Yakutat, which does not have its own city page on this site. Use the Yakutat jail roster tools on this page for all custody lookups. The Juneau City and Borough page and the Hoonah-Angoon Census Area page are good next stops for related court and DOC records.