AK DOC – Spring Creek Correctional Center (SCCC)

AK DOC – Spring Creek Correctional Center (SCCC) basic information to help guide you through what you can do for your inmate while they are incarcerated. The facility's direct contact number: 907-224-8200

This facility is for adult inmates.

The inmates housed at AK DOC – Spring Creek Correctional Center (SCCC) located at 3600 Bette Cato Ave in Seward, 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 – Spring Creek Correctional Center (SCCC) – Visitation

Spring Creek Correctional Center is a maximum security, state operated adult correctional institution located in Seward, Alaska. The institution has a capacity of over 500 male inmates and employs more than 200 staff. While much of Spring Creek's inmate population serve long term sentences, the institution also houses prisoners serving sentences from three to ten years. Rehabilitative programs include ABE/GED, parenting, cognitive skills, anger management, substance abuse, and prerelease programs. Spring Creek is also the AK Department of Corrections' largest provider of mental health services.

visitation Info

AK DOC – Spring Creek Correctional Center (SCCC) – Visitation

Maximum Custody/Administrative Segregated Offenders Visiting Hours Monday through Thursday (Secure Visiting) — 8:30 AM to 10:30 AM Friday through Sunday/Holidays (Contact Visiting) — 8:30 AM to 10:30 AM Punitive Segregated Offenders Visiting Hours* Sunday through Saturday (Secure Visiting) — 8:30 AM to 10:30 AM * Only available for immediate family members General Population Offender’s Visiting Hours Sunday through Saturday (Contact Visiting) — 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM Friday through Sunday/Holidays (Contact Visiting) — 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM Spring Creek Correctional Center encourages offenders to maintain ties with their families and friends through regular visits. Spring Creek Correctional staff will supervise visiting in as accommodating manner as possible while still adhering to the rules and maintaining the safety of employees, prisoners, visitors and the security of the institution. Because visitation with offenders is a privilege, it may be restricted, denied or suspended if an offender and/or visitor does not follow the Department’s visitation rules. Family and friends of an offender must be approved before they will be placed on an offender’s visiting list. To obtain approval to visit an offender, a potential visitor must complete a visitation application form, even if the visitor has been previously approved to be on another SCCC offender’s list. Applications are processed, reviewed and either approved or denied by the Superintendent or designee. This process can take from seven days to six weeks. A criminal history check is done on all prospective visitors. NOTE: Offenders are responsible to notify their visitors of changes in SCCC visiting schedules and rules.