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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]
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.
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]
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 ...
Twin Rivers Corrections Center. Coordinates: 47°50′46″N 121°59′49″W. The Twin Rivers Corrections Center opened in 1984 and is part of the Monroe Correctional Complex facility in Monroe, Washington. Currently, it is the largest prison in all of Washington State. It is now referred to as Twin Rivers Unit (TRU). It currently employs 1200 ...
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.