Because Alaska's problems with recidivism are unique and not very related to the structure of the legal system, this bill likely will have a limited impact on it.  The US norm, somewhat obscured by repeat offenders, is that the vast majority who are released from a term in prison never return, and indeed are not suspected of a crime again.  Here there is something of a tradition of do something in the fall, so you can spend winter in a warm place with good food.  As well, here the 'social safety net' is remarkably poorly developed.  A person who volunteers for drug treatment has to go half a year before it is available.  Note if they can go that long without feeding their habit, they de facto don't need any help at all!  You get the consequences of what you pay for (and don't pay for as well).