The ratio of Alaska's parolees/probationers to inmates ranged between 1.6:1 and 2:1 during 1980-86. These ratios are approximately the same as Idaho's but significantly higher than in Arizona, California, and Texas. A 1983 Alaska study shows that approximately 50 percent of the inmates eligible for discretionary parole had applied for release, and 25 percent indicated they would soon apply. Cost data for fiscal year 1985 indicate that institutional supervision costs approximately $78 dollars more per day than probation/parole supervision. A data table shows the Alaska Department of Corrections operating and capital budgets for fiscal years 1980-86. An inconsistent pattern in the department of Corrections budget thwarted the study's intent to project corrections costs through 1991. 3 tables and appended 1984 nationwide data on probation and parole.