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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.
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 ...
The State of Washington began to lease the facility from the federal government in 1981, [7] and later that year the state department of corrections began moving prisoners into the facility, renamed "McNeil Island Corrections Center." The island was deeded to the state government in 1984.
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]
Olympic Corrections Center (OCC) Forks: 1968 No Male 381 MI-2 Stafford Creek Corrections Center (SCCC) Aberdeen: 2000 Yes Male 1,936 MI-3 Medium Maximum Washington Corrections Center (WCC) Shelton: 1964 Yes Male 1,268 Medium Close Maximum Washington Corrections Center for Women (WCCW) Gig Harbor: 1971 Yes Female 738 MI-2 MI-3 Medium Close
The Airway Heights Corrections Center is a state prison for men located in Airway Heights, Spokane County, Washington, owned and operated by the Washington State Department of Corrections. [ 1 ] The facility was first opened in 1992, and has a working capacity of 2258 at minimum and medium security levels.
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 .
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.