Kodiak Island Borough Jail Mugshots
Kodiak Island Borough jail mugshots cover booking photos taken by the Kodiak Police Department and the Alaska State Troopers Kodiak Post. This page shows how to search Kodiak jail mugshots, pull inmate custody info through VINE, look up cases on CourtView, and file a public records request for a booking photo. The main short-term holding site is at 2160 Mill Bay Road in the city of Kodiak. Long-term inmates get moved off the island to state prisons. Start here to track an arrest, find an inmate, or get court info on any Kodiak case.
Kodiak Jail Mugshots Facts
Kodiak Jail Mugshots Lookup
The Kodiak Police Department runs short-term holding for Kodiak Island Borough. The police station is at 2160 Mill Bay Road, Kodiak, AK 99615. The main phone is (907) 486-8000. Kodiak has no long-term borough jail. Anyone held past a first hearing gets flown off the island to a state facility. Most go to Goose Creek in Wasilla or the Anchorage Correctional Complex. This is why Kodiak jail mugshots are split between city police files and the Alaska Department of Corrections.
The fastest way to check an inmate's status is VINE. VINE is free and runs all day. Search by name at vinelink.com or call 1-800-247-9763. You can sign up for alerts. VINE shows the inmate's name, the facility, charges, and any photo on file. Kodiak jail mugshots may or may not show up on the VINE record. When they do not, you must file a records request with the right agency.
Kodiak jail mugshots are not posted online by the police. To get a booking photo, you file a public records request. The Kodiak Police Records unit handles city arrests. The Alaska State Troopers Kodiak Post covers areas outside city limits. For state prison bookings, the request goes to the Alaska Department of Corrections. Name the booking number if you have it. Ask for "booking photograph" in plain words. Release is subject to AS 40.25.120 privacy rules.
The Kodiak City Clerk records request form is the starting point for any public records request tied to Kodiak jail mugshots, arrest files, or police reports.
Kodiak Police Records Unit
The Kodiak Police Department Records Division keeps arrest reports, incident files, and booking data for the city. The office is at 2160 Mill Bay Road. Hours are Monday through Friday, 8 AM to 5 PM. The phone is (907) 486-8000. The fax is (907) 486-8040. You can also email records@city.kodiak.ak.us. Most Kodiak jail mugshots from city arrests sit here.
A written request works best. List the records you want. Give the date and spot of the event. Name any people tied to the case. Add the case number if you know it. Processing takes 10 to 15 business days. The fee for the first four pages is $5. Extra pages are 50 cents each. A CD or DVD is $15. Certification is $5 per document. Search time over one hour is $25 per hour.
Kodiak jail mugshots may be denied if the request is too broad. Staff can ask for a tighter scope. Some files are held back while a case is active. Juvenile files are not open to the public at all. Sealed files need a court order. The city clerk can also accept requests for non-police records tied to arrests.
Note: Kodiak jail mugshots requests can be denied under AS 40.25.120 when no clear public interest shows up and the record hits a privacy bar.
Kodiak Holding and State Jails
There is no stand-alone state jail on Kodiak Island. Short-term holding is at the Kodiak Police Department. The facility is at 1421 Rezanof Drive West in some older records. The city runs this under contract with the Alaska Department of Corrections. Bookings get logged here first. Then the person moves off the island by plane if held longer than a few days.
The main drop-off spots are Goose Creek Correctional Center in Wasilla and the Anchorage Correctional Complex. Goose Creek holds up to 1,536 inmates and is the biggest in Alaska. Anchorage runs over 850 beds between its East and West units. Women can end up at Hiland Mountain in Eagle River. To check which facility an inmate is in, call (907) 269-4100 or use VINE.
A sample Kodiak booking record has these fields: booking number, date, time, inmate name, date of birth, sex, race, height, weight, hair and eye color, home address, charges with AS cites, warrant numbers, bail, and next court date. The mugshot is a separate image file. It may or may not get released with the text record. For family and friends, VINE is still the best first stop. The VINE site updates every 15 minutes.
The City of Kodiak site lists the police department, city clerk, and all forms used to start a records request tied to Kodiak jail mugshots.
Kodiak Court Records
The Alaska Court System runs the Kodiak Trial Courts at 204 Mission Road, Kodiak, AK 99615. The clerk phone is (907) 486-1600. Kodiak sits in the Third Judicial District. Every local criminal case moves through this court. You can look up case info on CourtView at records.courts.alaska.gov. Search by name, case number, hearing date, or ticket number.
A Kodiak case page shows charges, bail, hearing dates, and the facility where the person is held. That last field ties the court case back to Kodiak jail mugshots. Copy fees run $2.50 per page for plain copies. Certified copies are $5 plus $2.50 per page. The public courts portal has mail-in forms and clerk info.
Juvenile cases are sealed under AS 47.12. Most files from before 1990 are not in CourtView and must be pulled by hand from the clerk. For those, call the Kodiak clerk at (907) 486-1600.
The Kodiak Trial Courts page lists the clerk address, phone, forms, and hours for anyone pulling court records tied to Kodiak jail mugshots.
Kodiak Troopers and State Records
The Alaska State Troopers Kodiak Post is at 2421 Mill Bay Road, Kodiak, AK 99615. The phone is (907) 486-4121. Troopers handle arrests outside the city limits and any case that crosses borough lines. Trooper records requests go through the DPS portal at dpsalaska.justfoia.com. Staff log the request, assign it, and send files back by download or email.
The Criminal Records and Identification Bureau in Anchorage handles name-based criminal history checks for $20 and fingerprint checks for $35. The phone is (907) 269-5767. Results include any Kodiak arrests that got tied to a state ID. See dps.alaska.gov for more detail. The Alaska Public Records Act sits at AS 40.25.100 through AS 40.25.295. Criminal history release rules live under AS 12.62.160.
Troopers post a daily dispatch at dailydispatch.dps.alaska.gov. The feed lists new arrests and incidents by date and spot. You can search by keyword or incident number. Kodiak incidents show up here often. For federal custody, the Federal Bureau of Prisons locator tracks people held since 1982.
Note: Kodiak jail mugshots tied to active cases may be held back until the trial ends or a plea gets entered on the record.
Kodiak Public Records Access
Kodiak Island Borough follows state rules on public records. Under AS 40.25, agencies have 10 working days to answer a first request. Fees kick in after the first five hours of staff time. Copy fees stack on top of that. A clear, written request helps the clerk pin down what you need. Some Kodiak records tie to files held by more than one agency, so you may need to send the same request to both the city and the troopers.
What is open and what is not is set by the statute tied to the record. Arrest logs, incident reports, and booking data are often open. Criminal history reports are locked down under AS 12.62.160. Juvenile files are off limits. Sealed records need a court order. Mugshots can go either way based on the privacy balance the agency runs under AS 12.62.180.
For general guidance on how to file an APRA request, see the Alaska Department of Law APRA page. It has sample letters, fee rules, and appeal steps. If your first request is denied, you can appeal to the agency head and then to the Superior Court.