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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 .
It was turned over to the Washington State Department of Corrections and became the McNeil Island Corrections Center, until it closed in 2011. [2] It was the last remaining island prison in the country to be accessible only by air and sea. [2] [3] [a] In November 2010, the state announced closure plans for 2011, saving $14 million. [3]
Ahtanum View Corrections Center (AVCC) Yakima: 1997 2010 No Male 120 Assisted Living MI-2 Larch Corrections Center (LCC) Yacolt: 1956 2023 (Warm Closed, Available for Immediate Reopening) [4] No Male 240 MI-2 McNeil Island Corrections Center (MICC) Steilacoom: 1875* 2011 Yes Male 853 Medium Pine Lodge Corrections Center for Women (PLCCW ...
In 2011, the oldest prison facility in the Northwest was officially closed after 136 years. The island now is home to the state’s Special Commitment Center, which is run by the state Department ...
Jake Unick’s prison term ended last week, ... Attorney General Bob Ferguson filed a petition last week asking for Unick to be held at the McNeil Island Special Commitment Center on McNeil Island ...
Sep. 15—A convicted rapist set to be released from the McNeil Island Special Commitment Center later this month has been arrested after DNA linked him to a 2004 rape in Spokane. Scott Raymond ...
They were the beneficiaries of the Three Prisons Act of 1891, which established penitentiaries in Leavenworth, Kansas; Atlanta, Georgia; and McNeil Island, Washington. The first two remain open today, the third closed in 1976. The Atlanta site was the largest Federal prison, with a capacity of 3,000 inmates.
The Department of Social and Health Services, which runs the center on McNeil Island, 3 miles into Puget Sound, does not track the people it releases nor whether they commit new crimes.