Kodiak City Jail

The Kodiak City Jail in Alaska is the main jail in Kodiak Island Borough Alaska and works closely with the Kodiak County Sheriff's Office, Bay City Police Department, and the Alaska State Police. Located at 217 Lower Mill Bay Road, Kodiak, AK 99615, it was built in 2019 at a cost of more than $25 million and has a capacity of 53 beds. This is considerably more than the old 16-bunk facility it replaced, and it is designed and certified to hold prisoners in single cells. Inmates typically stay at the jail for around 72 hours before being presented to court and are not allowed to have visitors. The jail has a unique "Pay-to-Stay" Program, where inmates must pay a City fee of $273.00 per 24-hour period in order to stay in separate sleeping areas than other inmates. Visitation hours are Thursday 7:30am to 9:00pm, Friday 7:30am to 9:00pm and Saturday 7:30am to 2:30pm, and visitors must be on the inmate's approved visitation list and are subject to search. Visiting is done through video call since contact visits are not allowed. Inmates have access to inmate phones as time and jail personnel permits, and mail is sent and received through the United States Postal Service. The employee occupying this position requires a High School Diploma or General Education Development (GED), up to 1 year of specialized or technical corrections training, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. The job requires physical activities such as climbing, balancing, stooping, kneeling, crouching, reaching, standing, walking, pushing, pulling, lifting, grasping, feeling, talking, hearing and seeing. Most of this work is performed in a closed environment with frequent exposure to dangerous ,intoxicated and/or disagreeable people under stress. The phone number for the jail is 907-486-8000 and it is operated by the Kodiak Police Department (KPD).