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Closed prisons. The following prisons are no longer in operation by the Department of Corrections. [2][3] McNeil Island was opened in 1875 by the U.S. government as a federal penitentiary. WSDOC signed a lease in 1981 to use the island, which was officially deeded to the State of Washington in 1984. [5]
Washington State Penitentiary (also called the Walla Walla State Penitentiary) is a Washington State Department of Corrections men's prison located in Walla Walla, Washington. With an operating capacity of 2,200, it is the largest prison in the state and is surrounded by wheat fields. It opened in 1886, three years before statehood.
Washington. Postal code. P.O. Box 88900. Country. United States. The McNeil Island Corrections Center (MICC) was a prison in the northwest United States, operated by the Washington State Department of Corrections. It was on McNeil Island in Puget Sound in unincorporated Pierce County, [1] near Steilacoom, Washington. [2]
Closed Camp Columbia Federal Prison: Washington 1947 Chillicothe Federal Reformatory: Ohio c. 1950s: Catalina Federal Honor Camp: Arizona 1951 United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island: California 1963 United States Penitentiary, McNeil Island: Washington 1982 Federal Prison Camp, Eglin: Florida 2006 Federal Prison Camp, Nellis: Nevada 2005
The Washington State Reformatory opened in 1910, making it the second oldest operational prison in Washington state, behind the Washington State Penitentiary. [1] The next facility opened was the Special Offender Unit in 1980. [6] In 1984 the Twin Rivers Corrections Center was opened. [7] It is now known as the Twin Rivers Unit.
Coyote Ridge Corrections Center is a medium security prison located in Connell, Washington. [1] Coyote Ridge is the second largest prison by capacity in the state (The first being the Monroe Correctional Complex at 3,100) and is operated by the Washington State Department of Corrections. Inmates of Coyote Ridge typically have more than six ...
Stafford Creek Corrections Center (SCCC) is a Washington State Department of Corrections state prison for men located in Aberdeen, Washington. The facility opened in 2000, has an operating capacity of 1936 inmates, and supports a mix of minimum, medium, and maximum security levels. [1]
The Federal Detention Center, SeaTac (FDC SeaTac) is a prison operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons. It is located in SeaTac, Washington, near the Seattle–Tacoma International Airport, [ 3 ] 12 miles (19 km) south of downtown Seattle and 16 miles (26 km) north of Tacoma, 1 mile (2 km) west of the 200th Street exit at the Interstate 5.