Alaska has never been "tough on crime".  To be tough you have to run a prison like a real prison.  Our prisons are a joke. We have to keep criminals from breaking back in rather then breaking out.  Where else in the world can you commit crime and be rewarded with free education, free cable television, pets, espressos, BB-Qs, a responsibility free place to stay where all your needs a met at no cost to you.  Look up the return rates for Arizona under Joe Arpaio.  Get a clue.