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Don Hooper, chief of Spokane County Detention Services, walks through a cell at the downtown jail, which is often at a "red-light status" due to a lack of capacity.
Washington Corrections Center (WCC) Shelton: 1964 Yes Male 1,268 Medium Close Maximum Washington Corrections Center for Women (WCCW) Gig Harbor: 1971 Yes Female 738 MI-2 MI-3 Medium Close Washington State Penitentiary (WSP) Walla Walla: 1886 Yes Male 2,439 MI-2 MI-3 Medium Close Maximum
Vocational classes offered at MCC include printing, information technology and personal computer support specialist, and inmates can earn a GED while incarcerated. An independent non-profit, University Beyond Bars (UBB), offers college courses as a volunteer organization, and some people incarcerated at MCC have earned associate degrees despite the prohibition of state funding for post ...
The Airway Heights Corrections Center is a state prison for men located in Airway Heights, Spokane County, Washington, owned and operated by the Washington State Department of Corrections. [1] The facility was first opened in 1992, and has a working capacity of 2258 at minimum and medium security levels.
Sep. 27—The Spokane County Medical Examiner's Office this week explained how two jail inmates died earlier this year. Charles Francis Boardman and Kyle Robert McLaurine, both inmates of the ...
Sep. 17—The Spokane County commissioners oppose an effort that uses state funds to improve voter turnout among jail inmates, but the project is moving forward anyway.
On July 1, 1981, the Washington State Legislature transferred the administration of adult correctional institutions from the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services, Division of Adult Corrections (DSHS) to the newly created Washington State Department of Corrections as part of the 1981 Corrections Reform Act.
Dec. 8—A Spokane County Jail inmate died Monday. Spencer Wirth, 26, was declared dead at a local hospital, county spokesperson Pat Bell said. No other details were immediately available. The ...