text: Criminal justice reform in Alaska is long overdue.  SB91 is a good start, but much still needs to be done. It's easy to see why the public is baffled, confused, resentful, afraid and in some cases angry. So much fear mongering and propaganda demonizing those who commit crimes, masquerading as the truth, has been spoon fed to them by those running for office, law enforcement, prosecutors, correctional officers, their unions and the media--including ADN--over the years that deprogramming the public is going to take some time.  Once that is accomplished, reeducation can begin. 
  
  In the interim the public needs to accept responsibility for blindly accepting the misinformation fed to them by those in power, and begin educating themselves.