Adkins v. Stansel

OPINION

WINFREE, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

An Alaska prisoner in a private Arizona prison facility sued a prison official for allegedly violating his constitutional rights by denying visitation with a relative who had traveled from Alaska. The superior court dismissed the suit for failure to state a cause of action upon which relief might be granted, stating that "an isolated incident which prevented visitation due to an acknowledged oversight by prison officials is not a Constitutional violation under Alaska law." - Because the prisoner's complaint must be read to allege an intentional rather…