DOC pays $500K for 2022 inmate’s death, but claims no fault or liability

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU) – James Rider, a 31-year-old Wasilla man and father of three, was arrested in 2022 for violating probation on escape and criminal trespass charges.

Content Warning: This article contains information about suicide that might be difficult for some readers.

Then, after 10 days of incarceration, Rider died by suicide at the Mat-Su Pretrial Facility…

Story continues

TRENDING NOW

LATEST LOCAL NEWS