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This is a list of state prisons in Washington housing adult inmates administered by the Washington State Department of Corrections (WADOC). [1] It does not include county jails, or juvenile facilities located in Washington.
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.
The modern Washington Department of Corrections is a relatively young state agency. Agency oversight of correctional institutions in Washington State went through several transitions during the 20th century before the WADOC's creation in 1981.
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.
Name Date of Execution Method Crime Governor John Elfus January 15, 1884 Hanging murder of Dan Haggerty [1]: Jochin Henry Timmerman April 6, 1888 murder of William Sterling [2]
Incarceration rates by state. From various years; latest available as of June 2024. State, federal, and local inmates. [1] This article has lists of US states and US territories by incarceration and correctional supervision rates. There are also counts of inmates for various categories.
Following the reintroduction of capital punishment in the late 1970s, inmates were able to choose if their execution will be carried out by lethal injection or hanging. If the inmate made no decision, lethal injection was the default method. Washington was the last state with an active gallows (Delaware dismantled theirs in 2003). [6]
Both inmates, Robert R. Johnson and Luther J. Moore, were found guilty of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison for the murder. Jayme Beindl: On January 29, 2011, Officer Jayme Biendl was strangled to death with an amplifying cord by an inmate within prison walls. Inmate Byron Scherf was accused of the murder. [12]