AK DOC - Anvil Mountain Correctional Center (AMCC)

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AK DOC – Anvil Mountain Correctional Center (AMCC) basic information to help guide you through what you can do for your inmate while they are incarcerated. The facility's direct contact number: 907-443-2241

This facility is for adult inmates.

The inmates housed at AK DOC – Anvil Mountain Correctional Center (AMCC) located at 1810 Center Creek Road
in Nome, AK are placed according to their custody level (determined by a number of factors including the past criminal history and the length of their sentence). There are ample educational and vocational training programs for all inmates, especially ones that show a willingness to learn new things that will prepare them for a better life when they are released. The mission is to promote and prepare the offender to leave in better shape than when they arrived, giving them the best chance to never come back and thus lower the state's recidivism rate.

AK DOC – Anvil Mountain Correctional Center (AMCC) – Visitation

AK DOC – Anvil Mountain Correctional Center (AMCC) – Education Programs

Anvil Mountain Correctional Center (AMCC) is a regional facility for sentenced and unsentenced adult felons and misdemeanants, both male and female. It provides Nome, Kotzebue, and surrounding region with pre-trial and short-term sentenced incarceration and offers a variety of education, life skills and reentry programs. AMCC opened in November of 1985, replacing the old Territorial Jail located in the Federal Building.

Anvil Mountain Correctional Complex is home to inmates ranging from minimum to maximum custody levels. This is both a male and female facility. This correctional institution has one of the most comprehensive listings of programs for inmates.

Inmates who are incarcerated at Anvil Mountain can participate in a wide array of education programs. They can earn a GED while incarcerated, can learn the basics of computers and typing, as well as many vocational studies like heater maintenance and repair, classes to prepare for the commercial drivers license test, first aid,marine survival courses and much more.

visitation Info

AK DOC – Anvil Mountain Correctional Center (AMCC) – Visitation

Monday through Friday 8:00 AM – 11:15 AM Secure Visiting 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM Secure Visiting

Saturday 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM Secure & Contact Visiting 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM Secure & Contact Visiting 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM Secure Visiting

Sunday 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM Secure & Contact Visiting 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM Secure & Contact Visiting Holidays 8:00 AM – 11:00 AM Secure & Contact Visiting 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM Secure & Contact Visiting 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM Secure Visiting Attorney, Clergy, & Official Visitors* 8:00 AM – 11:15 AM

Weekends and holidays end at 10:30 AM 12:30 PM – 4:00 PM 7:30 PM – 10:00 PM * May visit any day of the week

Additionally, contact visiting will be limited to one contact visit per inmate per week due to limited space in the contact visiting room. ( For purposes of determining one contact visit per week, each week will begin on Monday and end on Sunday).

The Shift Supervisor may approve inmate requests for special visits outside of the revised contact visiting hours for out-of-town immediate family members. Such requests must be addressed to the Shift Supervisor 48 hours in advance.