When DOC sent our prisoners to S-48 prisons, they came in contact with the gangs.  Some of them joined those gangs, and when they finished their time, they were released back in Alaska ... where they acted as scouts for them.  Prior to that,  the Hell's Angels were active in keeping all the other gangs out of Alaska, but when there became so many "scouts" showing the gangs just how much money and demand there is in Alaska, the Angels were simply overwhelmed.  The LEO's dropped the ball because our legislators wouldn't believe that the gangs were a real problem, and they didn't fund anti-gang efforts sufficiently.  Now we can't afford to fund a strong response.  And don't forget that there is an additional factor, which contributes much to the other half of gun/knife/hammer violence ... being anti-depressants ... which have been shown to have more than a casual connection to violence, by persons who otherwise never showed any violent tendencies.