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Purgatory Correctional Facility has a typical occupancy of 400 to 500 inmates, with 150 employees and a full-time medical clinic. [4] [5] The estimated cost of the facility, completed in 1998, was $11,570,000. [6] It was designed by the architectural firm of Gillies, Stransky, Brems & Smith of Salt Lake City. [7]
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 Corrections Center is a Washington State Department of Corrections men's prison located in Shelton, Washington. [1] With an operating capacity of 1,300, it is the sixth largest prison in the state (after Stafford Creek Corrections Center) and is surrounded by forestland. It opened in 1964, seventy-five years after statehood. [2]
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. Prior to the 1970s, state correctional facilities were managed by the Washington Department of ...
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 years up to life to serve.
More than 800 people have lost their lives in jail since July 13, 2015 but few details are publicly released. Huffington Post is compiling a database of every person who died until July 13, 2016 to shed light on how they passed.
The first inmates were 92 transferees from the Washington State Penitentiary. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the facility heightened its security level, building a 272-bed minimum-security prison facility in 1992, a 102-bed close-custody unit in 1994, and a 256-bed medium-security unit in 1996. [ 8 ]
Washington Correctional Facility is a medium-security correctional facility that is located in Comstock, a hamlet in the Town of Fort Ann in Washington County, New York. It is designated for confinement of males age 18 and older. The facility offers volunteer and counseling services, and educational and vocational programs. [1]