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Regions -- Our Community Field Offices and Correctional Facilities
Northwest Region
Total Staff: 1,866Prison Facilities: 3 - CBCC, MCC, OCCWork Release: 1 - BellinghamCJC: 1 - EverettField Offices/Units: 13
Northwest Region Administrative Office 8625 Evergreen Way, St. 100 SEverett, WA 98208-2620 (425) 356-2800
Everett CommunityJustice Center/Everett Field Unit 8625 Evergreen Way, St. 108Everett, WA 98208 (425) 290-3200
Lynnwood Office 18710 33rd Avenue West Lynnwood, WA 98037
Marysville Office (360)658-21501801 Grove Street, Unit D Marysville, WA 98270
Monroe Office (360)794-259216492 170th Drive SE Monroe, WA 98272
Monroe Correctional Complex (Twin Rivers Unit) 167740 170th Dr. SE Post Office Box 888 Monroe, WA 98272-0888 (360) 794-2400
Monroe Correctional Complex - Washington State Reformatory Unit 16700 177th Avenue S.E. Post Office Box 777 Monroe, WA 98272-0777 (360) 794-2600
Monroe Correctional Complex -- Minimum Security Unit 16700 177th Avenue S.E. Post Office Box 7001Monroe, WA 98272-7001 (360) 794-2201
Monroe Correctional Complex -- Special Offender Unit 16700 177th Avenue S.E. Post Office Box 514Monroe, WA 98272-0514 (360) 794-2200
The Monroe Correctional Complex (MCC) is comprised of four separate Units, with a total population of 2,044 male inmates. Custody levels range from close to minimum.
MCC employs over 1,000 staff. Services provided by MCC include custody and security, classification, education, inmate work programs, health care (both inpatient and outpatient), mental health care, food service, maintenance, personnel, social responsibility programs, recreation, library and law library, volunteer services, and visiting/extended family visiting. OCO Accounting is also housed at MCC.
Volunteer Program: An extensive volunteer program involves over 900 individuals from the community. This very active program encourages supervised interaction between responsible citizens and inmates. It establishes community resources and enhances public awareness of the corrections mission. These groups focus on religious, cultural and personal accountability themes.
Education: To prepare inmates for successful re-entry into the community, education and work programs are strongly emphasized. Inmates under 22 years of age without a high school diploma or GED are required to attend educational classes which are provided by Edmonds Community College.
Work programs include three levels of jobs at MCC.
Class III jobs provide essential services to the facility such as maintenance, janitorial, clerical, and kitchen work.
Class II jobs are designed to reduce the cost of goods and services to state agencies and other tax-supported entities. These include laundry services, a print shop, a license tab shop, and the dairy farm.
Recreation: Recreation is also considered a critical aspect for the prison population. Basics such as a gymnasium, ball field, and a running track are available to help the inmates maintain good health and encourage appropriate use of leisure time. Additional optional programs are available for a monthly fee.
Washington State Reformatory Unit - WSRU
Population: 700
Custody: Close or lower
The Washington State Reformatory opened in 1910. WSRU accepts inmates with "close" custody or lower. Inmates are housed in two large cellblocks that are the prominent focal point of this historical building. A Segregation unit provides 80 beds for inmates who need to be temporarily removed from the general population. WSRU has an inpatient hospital that can also be utilized by other correctional facilities within the state.
Vocational classes offered at WSRU include welding, printing, information technology and personal computer support specialist. A staff-supervised Youth Program is offered to high school and middle school students; the only community program of this type in the state. It is designed to deter students from becoming involved in a criminal lifestyle by meeting selected inmates who tell them about the choices they made which led to their incarceration.
Twin Rivers Corrections Unit - TRU
Population: 800
Custody: Medium or lower
TRU opened in 1984. There are four living units which house approximately 200 inmates each. The DOC Sex Offender Treatment Program (SOTP) is located here. The sex offender program is one of the largest programs of its kind in the nation and is part of DOC's commitment to providing treatment for sex offenders. Any adult male sex offender in a DOC prison may volunteer for the program which treats 200 offenders at a time. Offenders enter treatment when they are within 18 months of release and are expected to continue receiving treatment in the community for up to three years after release. They also provide a 12-week Intensive Outpatient Chemical Dependency Program, which consists of Moral Recognition Therapy (MRT).
Vocational classes offered at TRU include computer service repair, interactive media, and information technology.
Minimum Security Unit (MSU)
Population: 400
Custody: Minimum
MSU opened in 1997. There are four 100-bed living units. MSU accepts selected short-term inmates with minimum custody. One unit is designated as the intake/admissions unit. A short-term chemical dependency program is located in a second living unit providing relapse preventative treatment to community custody violators. MSU also provides a 12-week Intensive Outpatient Chemical Dependency Program, which consists of Moral Recognition Therapy (MRT).
Some minimum security inmates work on supervised community work crews providing manual labor such as landscaping, painting, and highway cleanup. MSU inmates also work at the dairy farm, on grounds crews outside the security perimeter in the other MCC units, and with the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) assisting in forestry projects which include tree planting and firefighting. MSU offers vocational training in information technology.
Special Offender Unit (SOU)
Population: 144
Custody: Close or lower
The Special Offender Unit opened in 1981 and accepts inmates who have mental health issues. It consists of four living/treatment units, each with 36 single bed cells. Each unit provides a specific treatment function: 1) admission for evaluation and brief therapy; 2) long term treatment for chronically mentally ill; 3) intensive treatment for segregated inmates needing mental health treatment; and 4) transition/life skills programs for inmates nearing release or being transferred to another facility.
Medical, mental health and custody staff work together to provide around-the-clock services on the living units. Group and recreation rooms are located on each living unit.
SOU has a horticulture program.
SKAGIT COUNTY:
Mount Vernon Office (360)428-1443707 South 2nd Street Mount Vernon, WA 98273
WHATCOM COUNTY:
Bellingham Field Office (360)676-21101111 Cornwall Avenue, #200 Bellingham, WA 98225-5039
Bellingham Work Release (360)676-21501127 North Garden Street Bellingham, WA 98225
ISLAND COUNTIES:
Oak Harbor Office (360)675-9031499 NE Midway Blvd, Ste 1Oak Harbor, WA 98277
CLALLAM COUNTY:
Clallam Bay Corrections Center 1830 Eagle Crest Way Clallam Bay, WA 98326-9723 (360)963-2000
Clallam Bay Corrections Center is situated on the Olympic Peninsula in Clallam County, two miles south of the community of Clallam Bay.
The facility provides medium, close , and maximum custody housing for inmates who are serving sentences for crimes committed in Washington State. Currently, 76.1 % of Clallam Bay's offenders were convicted of violent offenses, the average age is 30.2 years and average length of stay in the facility is 23 months.
There are 400 full time professional corrections employees at Clallam Bay. Five correctional industries staff members manage the on-site chair industry. Thirty members of the staff and faculty from Peninsula College serve at the facility providing adult offender education and staff training programs. Eleven members of the staff and faculty from the Cape Flattery school district serves at the facility providing education services for he youthful offender program.
ADULT - EDUCATION/WORK/TRAINING
Basic education and job readiness are the core of our adult education program, with the majority of the classes in GED preparation, adult basic education, English as a second language, certified vocational programs; and anger management. Also offered for 18-25 year olds with less than 5 years to serve, is a grant funded vocational transition program. Institution jobs include food services, physical plant, laundry, correctional industries and janitorial.
YOUTHFUL OFFENDER PROGRAM
The youthful offender program currently houses 96 inmates, three of which are sentenced to life without parole. Inmates attend education classes by subject, with individualized materials. Classes consist of math, language arts, social studies, science, and physical education. A special education instructor is a part of the education program. Self-help and volunteer programs offered include reasoning and rehabilitation, chemical dependency, moral reconation therapy, alcoholic's anonymous, narcotics anonymous, Protestant, Catholic, and Native American religious services, and bible study.
Port Angeles Office (360) 457-2587 228 West First Street, Suite R Port Angeles, WA 98362
JEFFERSON COUNTY:
Olympic Corrections Center 11235 Hoh Mainline Forks, WA 98331 (360)374-6181
Facility Description:Olympic Corrections Center has three living units located approximately one-quarter mile apart.
Work Experience:Almost half of the offenders at this facility are involved in full-time work with the Department of Natural Resources. Other work programs include kitchen, janitorial, camp maintenance, litter pick-up, and waste treatment operator. Educational programs are provided by Peninsula College.
HISTORY OF OLYMPIC CORRECTIONS CENTER
Forestry-oriented facilities (honor camps) using inmates as laborers were authorized in 1943 by the Washington State Legislature. In 1955, the Department of Natural Resources began using honor camp inmates at Yacolt to reforest and build roads in the Yacolt Burn. A year later, in 1956, the first honor camp on the Olympic Peninsula was developed near Clallam Bay.
The buildings were made of wood and mounted on skids. One of these buildings is still being used at Olympic Corrections Center. The Clallam Bay Honor Camp was relocated in 1968 and became the Clearwater Corrections Center.
In June 1969 Governor Dan Evans officially dedicated the camp.
The facility is located in the middle of a 120,000 acre block of DNR trust land, 27 miles southeast of Forks. The camp was closed in 1973 because of the economy. It reopened in September 1976 and closed again in January 1986. In January 1981 Olympic Corrections Center was opened with a designed capacity of 108 inmates.
Clearwater and Olympic Corrections Centers were two separate facilities with one administration. The majority of inmates of both facilities were assigned to perform forest management work and fire fighting for the Department of Natural Resources.
When Clearwater Corrections Center was closed in January 1986, some staff and inmates were transferred to the newly opened Clallam Bay Corrections Center. The remaining staff and inmates moved to Olympic Corrections Center increasing that population to 138.
In July 1987, Clearwater Corrections Center reopened housing approximately 100 inmates who were primarily assigned to forestry crews of Department of Natural Resources.
In July 1991, Clearwater and Olympic Corrections Center became one facility with the addition of another unit, the Hoh unit. At this time the facility became Olympic Corrections Center.
Population capacity for Olympic Corrections Center then became 350 with 170 designated to be assigned to forestry crews of Department of Natural Resources.
The DNR forestry crews perform various forestry functions, such as pre-commercial thinning and tree planting in the Olympic Region of DNR. The crews are available to fight forest fires throughout the state. The crews also perform duties for other government agencies such as Department of Ecology.
In addition to the DNR forestry crews, OCC also provides four crews for community service projects. They are supervised by correctional officers who take them out of the facility to perform a variety of jobs in the community such as litter pick up for Department of Transportation and the Olympic National Park. They assist the U.S. Forest Service restoring campgrounds, litter pick up on the beaches at for the Quilayute Tribe, painting school buildings during the summer, assisting the Forks Timber Museum and Visitor Center with grounds maintenance, etc.
Port Hadlock Office (360)379-503211696 Rhody DriveChimacum, WA 983259
West Central Region
Total Staff: 1,650Prison Facilities: 2 - MICC, WCCWPre-Releases: 1 - Tacoma Work Releases: 7 - Bishop-Lewis, Ratcliff, Madison, Reynolds, Lincoln Park, Progress House, RAP HouseCJC: 1 - Tacoma (Another planned in Seattle, but not open yet)Field Offices: 31Outstations: 9
KING COUNTY:
Auburn Office (253) 931-3965420 East Main Street Auburn, WA 98002
Bellevue Office (425)649-433123 - 148th S.E. Bellevue, WA 98007
Burien Office (206) 439-3760 P.O. Box 66768 Seattle, WA 98166
Capitol Hill Office (206) 720-30331818 E. Madison, MS TB-42 Seattle, WA 98122
Downtown Seattle Unit (206) 269-21002601 4th Avenue, 3rd Floor Seattle, WA 98121-1253
Federal Way Office (253) 941-71051025 So. 320th, Suite 101 Federal Way, WA 98003
Kent Field Office (253) 395-0837 606 W Gowe Street Kent, WA 98032
Kent Intake Unit (253) 372-3780 1851 Central Place S., Suite 101 Kent, WA 98030
Kent Regional Justice Center (206) 296-1234 401 4th Ave. NorthKent, WA 98032
MIST (206) 760-2367Mobile Intervention Supervision Team 3600 S. Graham St.Seattle, WA 98118
Northgate Office (206) 729-33269620 Stone Avenue N. #102 Seattle, WA 98103
Offender Minimum Management Unit (206) 287-41501417 4th Avenue, Suite 600 Seattle, WA 98101-2201
Presentence Unit 1 (206) 269-21002401 4th Avenue, 6th Floor Seattle, WA 98121-1435
Presentence Unit 2 (206) 269-21002401 4th Avenue, 6th Floor Seattle, WA 98121-1435
Renton Office (425) 277-72021107 SW Grady Way, Suite 101 Renton, WA 98055
Seattle Day Reporting Center (206) 956-31752601 4th Avenue, 3rd Floor Seattle, WA 98121
Seattle Transition & Resource Team 2601 4th Avenue, 3rd Floor Seattle, WA 98121-1253
Seattle Warrants Unit 2401 4th Avenue, 6th Floor Seattle, WA 98121
Fugitive/Absconder Unit 2401 4th Avenue, 6th Floor Seattle, WA 98121
Sex Offender Supervision Unit (206) 269-21002401 4th Ave, 6th FloorSeattle, WA 98121-1438
Southeast Seattle Unit (206) 720-3128851 Poplar Place South Seattle, WA 98144
Special Needs Unit (206) 269-21002401 4th Ave, 6th FloorSeattle, WA 98121-1438
West Seattle Unit (206) 933-24026335 35th Avenue S.W. Seattle, WA 98126
Bishop Lewis House (206) 464-7000703 8th Avenue Seattle, WA 98104
CAPACITY: 69
Bishop Lewis Work Release is a sixty-nine bed male facility that houses state offenders, county offenders, community corrections violators, and other offenders sanctioned by Department of Corrections hearing officers. The primary goal is developing a transition plan for offenders releasing to the community while at the same time mitigating risks of further criminal behavior through monitoring, limiting access to the community, holding accountable through disciplinary actions, and encouraging pro-social employment or other activities.
WORK PROGRAMS
Bishop Lewis Work Release requires all offenders to obtain employment within the community. Pioneer Industries provides training and employment opportunities for Bishop Lewis residents.
TREATMENT AND SELF HELP PROGRAMS
The facility offers offenders courses in anger stress management, life skills and resume writing in order to assist in their transition back to society. Other self-help courses available are Moral Reconition Therapy, and Vocational Assistance Education Programs. The facility further offers a limited program in chemical dependency treatment. The work release contractor, Pioneer Human Services, offers Employment Plus, a program that helps offenders prepare for employment when they first arrive.
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Alcoholic's Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous are available through community resources. A transition group is in the development phases, which will encourage community involvement
Madison Inn Work Release (206) 720-3013102 21st Avenue East Seattle, WA 98112
CAPACITY: 28
Madison Recovery House is located in the Capitol Hill area of Seattle. Madison is a three-story facility with resident rooms located on the first and second floors. Rooms are double, triple, or quadruple occupancy. There is a full basement with laundry facilities, some weight equipment and a television. Madison Recovery House became a therapeutic community for chemically dependent offenders in January 2001. In February 2001, on-site programming was increased to a minimum of one program per day, every day of the week except Sunday. The Department of Social and Health Services Division of Alcohol and Substance Abuse have certified Madison Recovery House as a chemical dependency recovery facility.
WORK PROGRAMS
Residents have a large variety of opportunities for employment in the King County area. Referrals for employment assistance are also available through various programs in Seattle such as New Connections, United Indians of All Tribes, Veterans Affairs and State Employment Security Services. Special work clothing, tools and transportation costs are also available through some of the above listed programs. There is a bulletin board in the facility that lists current job opportunities and the daily newspaper is delivered.
TREATMENT AND SELF HELP PROGRAMS
Madison Recovery House provides a uniquely intensive and supportive recovering environment for offenders to continue their treatment program. In addition to Recovery House services, Pioneer Human Services makes facility residents a priority to access their drug-free workplaces, offender counseling services, employment, and recovery residences and transitional housing. Madison Recovery House is the second link in a comprehensive treatment program designed by the University of Delaware's Center for Drugs and Alcohol Studies that was adopted by the Washington State Department of Corrections. A Chemical Dependency Counselor is available on site four days a week to complete assessments and provide follow-up treatment for residents. Other programs include Alcoholic's Anonymous, Drug Awareness, Family Group, Moral Reconation Therapy, and Integrity Process Group meetings.
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Residents are encouraged to participate in treatment programs in the community. Parenting classes, victim awareness and anger/stress management classes may also be arranged in the community by staff on an as needed basis. For those residents who have limited social outing options with family or friends, there are staff sponsored outings.
Helen B. Ratcliff House/Work Release (206)720-30051531 13th Avenue South Seattle, WA 98144
CAPACITY: 47
Helen B. Ratcliff Work Release was named in honor of Helen B. Ratcliff for her work in the criminal justice system and opened June 17, 1988. It is an all-female work release program located in Seattle, Washington. The Ratcliff family owns the house and the Department of Corrections in conjunction with Pioneer Human Services who provides custody services for the facility.
The building is designed to meet the needs of its residents and their children. It is located on Beacon Hill within walking distance of a bank and store. The site location allows easy access to employment, medical facilities, treatment providers and transportation services. The capacity of the facility is forty-seven beds. Twenty-two beds are reserved for King County offenders, twenty-two beds house state work release residents, one bed houses a pre-release cook and two rooms are specially set up for women who are involved in the Residential Parenting Program. Offenders who have committed sex offenses or present a risk to children do not qualify to be placed at Helen B. Ratcliff Work Release. The maximum length of stay for state offenders is six months.
WORK PROGRAMS
Upon arriving at Helen B. Ratcliff Work Release, residents have two weeks to find employment. The Seattle area affords a wide range of jobs and the resident counselor and the community corrections officers help residents in their job searches.
TREATMENT AND SELF HELP PROGRAMS
The Work Release program encourages the development of life skills, and the goal of the program is successful transition of residents back to the community. Programs that are offered include employment development, parenting and self esteem classes, group and individual counseling, child visitation program, mother/baby program, assessment and case management.
Reynolds Work/Training Release (206) 464-6320410 4th Avenue Seattle, WA 98104
CAPACITY: 99 -- 77 male, 22 female
The Reynolds Work Release Second Chance program is located in the historical downtown Seattle, Washington area. The King County Courthouse and King County Jail are both within close proximity. Reynolds Work Release is a 99-bed residential facility located in Pioneer Square. Built in the early 1910's, this six story brick building hotel was converted for use as a Department of Corrections work release program in 1978 for 45 state offenders. Today the facility serves 99 male and female offenders and is under a major renovation program. The main purpose of the program is to assist residents with a successful transition back to the community. The convenient downtown Seattle location assists offenders in gaining meaningful employment, offers close public transportation to and from work sites, and provides a variety of community treatment services.
WORK PROGRAMS
Residents are referred to work, training or other community programs.
TREATMENT AND SELF HELP PROGRAMS
Reynolds Work Release offers in-house programs addressing chemical dependency issues, anger/stress management, life skills, Moral Reconation Therapy, and parenting classes.
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Various treatment programs are available in the community. Staff outings in the community include cultural tours, sporting events and library visits. There is an active volunteer program and resident council.
PIERCE COUNTY:
Pierce County Community Justice Center (253) 680-26001016 South 28th Street Tacoma, WA 98409
McNeil Island Corrections Center 1403 Commercial Street Post Office Box 88900 Steilacoom, WA 98388-0900 (253)588-5281
Capacity: 908
History:
Located 2.8 miles from Steilacoom, Washington in southern Puget Sound, McNeil Island has a long and interesting history. The island was named in 1841 after William Henry McNeill, boat captain for the Hudson Bay Company. Captain McNeill was well known in the Puget Sound region, and is credited for discovering Victoria and Esquimalt Harbors, as well as founding Victoria, British Columbia.
In 1853, pioneer Ezra Meeker homesteaded on the site where the Main Institution is located today. Meeker lived on McNeil Island only for a couple years. The land was subsequently sold several times to different individuals, until September 17, 1870 when the Federal government purchased the 27.27 acres for $100.00 to build a territorial prison. The McNeil Island site was selected, not because it was an escape deterrent, but because it was accessible by boat - the easiest mode of transportation at the time.
On May 28, 1875, the territorial prison opened on McNeil Island. The first inmate admitted was Abraham Gervais - sentenced to 20 months for selling alcohol to Native Americans. By the end of 1875, the total prison population consisted of nine inmates and a guard force of two. The original cell house had 48 double cells with no running water, plumbing, electricity or adequate heating. Conditions were as difficult for the staff as they were for the inmates.
Construction began on the second cell house in 1907 and was completed in 1911. One of the first inmates to be housed in the newly built cell house was Robert Stroud, known as the "Birdman of Alcatraz." Stroud arrived at McNeil Island in 1909. After attacking and stabbing an inmate orderly in November 1911, he was transferred to Leavenworth, Kansas on September 5, 1912.
During the 1920's and 30's the United States Penitentiary at McNeil Island experienced a large building expansion by constructing additional cell houses, an administration building, auditorium, hospital, kitchen and dining hall. In 1933, the Federal Farm Camp (known today as the Special Commitment Center) was constructed for 200 inmates.
McNeil Island was populated by homesteaders during the late 1800's. At one point during the early 1900's there were two post offices and thriving communities around the Island. The federal government began purchasing land from the homesteaders to expand prison operations. The homesteaders were forced to move off the Island in 1937, when the entire Island was purchased and under federal control.
In the late 1970's, the decision was made by the federal government to close the United States Penitentiary. The State of Washington, in need of more inmate bed space, negotiated to take over the prison. In 1981 it was transferred from a federal institution to the Washington State Department of Corrections and became known as McNeil Island Corrections Center.
McNeil Island Corrections Center has the distinction of being the only prison in the United States that started out as a territorial prison, became a federal penitentiary and finally became a state corrections center. It is also the last prison in North America located on an island accessible only by boat (or helicopter).
Facility Description
McNeil Island Corrections Center is reached by a 20-minute boat ride on one of the institution's passenger vessels. The Main Institution is located on approximately 89 acres and is within walking distance of the island passenger dock.
McNeil Island Corrections Center consists of the Main Institution, which is a medium-custody facility located on the southeast side of the island.
McNeil Island Corrections Center's Main Institution has five 256-bed medium-custody living units and a 129-bed segregation unit. There is also an inmate services building that houses education, recreation, medical and mental health services, and a vocational education building.
Also located on McNeil Island is the Special Commitment Center, which is operated under the control and direction of the Department of Social and Health Services.
Work Experience
McNeil Island Corrections Center is a work-oriented institution and has 222 Class II Industries positions and approximately 900 additional jobs throughout the institution and island. These positions include food service workers, maintenance workers, fire crew, barbers, recreation aides, teacher's aides, library assistants, laundry workers, clerks, janitors, carpenters, painters, welders, plumbers, electricians, and steamfitters.
Community Involvement:
MICC is committed to building partnerships with the community by participating in community projects, events, and education. Some of the ongoing partnerships/ projects include: Angel Bear Program, Bicycle Project, Chambers of Commerce, Clothing Donations, Community Advisory Board, Community Tours, Giving Tree Project, Hats and Scarves Program, Read to Me Daddy Program, Toys for Tots Project, and other projects.
Additionally, there are over 700 volunteers who volunteer their time and expertise, providing a variety of quality programs and services such as religious, self-help, 12-step, recreation, and educational programs.
Washington Corrections Center For Women 9601 Bujacich Road NW Gig Harbor, WA 98332-8300(253)858-4200
In the fall election of 1966, the voters of Washington State approved a new, separate women's correctional institution. Prior to that time, female felons were housed in an annex at the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla. Construction of the new women's institution was completed in early 1971 on a wood tract of state-owned land in northwest Pierce County. Ninety-two women were transferred to the Purdy Treatment Center, which is now Washington Corrections Center for Women, housing all adult women who are sentenced to Washington State Department of Corrections. Today, the facility houses Maximum, Close, Medium, and Minimum custody inmates.
CLOSE CUSTODY/RECEPTION UNIT
The Close Custody Unit is a dual-purpose unit. Inmates that have already been classified to "Close" custody occupy the west pod. Inmates are classified to close custody for a higher level of supervision due to the nature of their offense, the length of their sentence or because of infraction behaviors that resulted in a custody level demotion. Inmates residing in the East pod are from the county jails, having been convicted or a felony offense and committed by a Superior Court to Department of Corrections for sentence in excess of one year (12 months + 1 day).
RECEPTION PROCESSING Female offenders that are committed to the Department of Corrections for a sentence in excess of twelve months one day for a felony offense are housed in the Reception Unit. During this time, information is gathered to determine the inmate's custody level and programming needs. Initial classification takes three to six weeks to complete.
MEDIUM SEUCURITY UNIT
Washington Corrections Center for Women Medium Security Unit is a multipurpose living unit. It houses both long-term and transition inmates. Inmates that have already been classified to "Medium" custody make up the bulk of the unit's population. Additionally, long-term minimum custody (MI3) and those inmates waiting additional processing (custody demotions/ promotions) are also housed in the unit. Each Medium Unit Pod consists of 64 2-person cells, for a total of 128 cells in the unit. Each cell is a "dry" cell. Showers, toilets and sinks are located at the end of each tier. Additionally , four cells in A-Pod have been set aside for the Prison Pet Partnership Program. This allows to the in-unit training of working dogs that will later be turned over to disabled individuals. The majority of the inmates living in Medium Security Unit work at a Class III prison industry. Those offenders that show the aptitude and motivation may be selected for assignment to one of the class I, II and IV jobs.
MINIMUM CUSTODY COMPOUND
Offenders housed in Minimum Security Facility have an opportunity to participate in programming and work programs with progressively higher levels of responsibility and privileges based on demonstrated self-management and maintaining their minimum custody designation. Their current behavior and history reflects a low risk of flight. Adult Basic Education classes are required programming for inmates that have not passed the required proficiency tests. A Minimum-Security Facility inmate usually starts working in Class III industries, jobs that involve food service, maintenance helpers, janitorial and grounds keeping. Offenders can also be selected to work in Class IV, Community Service Crews jobs.
TREATMENT AND EVALUATION CENTER
The Treatment and Evaluation Center provides in-patient long term care for mentally ill offenders unable to function in general population. Our role in the Treatment and Evaluation Center is to stabilize and transition offenders to a less restrictive environment. The Treatment and Evaluation Center also provides short-term crisis intervention, which involves therapy and/or placement in specialized housing (usually an infirmary or close observation area).
EDUCATION Tacoma Community College contracts with Washington Corrections Center for Women to provide educational services to inmates. The school operates on the open entry/exit system, focusing primarily on preparing students to pass the GED examination and raising the level of functioning for low scoring offenders. Adult Basic Education and GED programs are available for offenders who do not have a high school education. Vocational programs, parenting classes, and life skills focused on reducing crime-related behavior are also offered.
THE BRAILLE PROJECT
The Braille Program at the Washington Corrections Center for Women began in November 1996. A South Kitsap High School vision project initiated the original structuring of the Braille Program utilizing grant funds made available by US West Telecommunications Company. Within six months, Washington Corrections Center for Women entered into the contract with the Washington State School for the Blind/Braille Access Center. Offenders are handpicked in Braille Translation computer software. Documents are formatted by inmates and sent to the Braille Access in Vancouver, Washington for final edit and proofing. All materials are professionally transcribed and proofread. Materials are scanned, keyed in, saved to a disk, and embossed at the Braille Access Center. Each transcriber is required to learn and read and write Braille and is Washington State Certified to transcribe Braille. The Braille Project has been acknowledge for its service by Governor Gary Locke in his 1998 Governing for Results booklet
CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY
Pierce County Alliance, a community treatment program, has contacted with the Department of Corrections to provide chemical dependency treatment for the Washington Corrections Center for Women offenders. Chemical dependency services offered are chemical Dependency evaluation, six-week and 12-week outpatient programs, Moral Reconation Therapy and weekly and monthly continuing care groups.
RESIDENTIAL PARENTING PROGRAM
The Residential Parenting Program at Washington Corrections Center for Women is a collaborative effort between the Puget Sound Educational Service District and the Department of Corrections. There are several other nursery programs in the country, but this one is unique because it is the only one with an Early Head Start component. The program is designed to allow selected pregnant, Minimum custody inmates who give birth during their incarceration, to return to the institution with their infants where they will reside in a designated unit. The inmate mothers will be accountable for the 24-hour care of their children while living in a supervised environment. The Early Head Start Child Development Center will provide education and role modeling for effective parenting as well as enriched environment for the children to grow. The rationale behind the program is to promote mother-child bonding and attachment that research has shown is essential to healthy, intellectual, social and psychological development.
RELIGIOUS SERVICES CENTER
The full-time Chaplain coordinates all of Washington Correction Center for Women's religious services. Chaplains from Catholic, Native American, and Muslim faiths also work to meet the needs of various groups. Hundreds of volunteers provide religious activities offered each week. Volunteers are encouraged to participate and are always welcome. Community businesses, Bates Vocational College, and volunteers raised funds for and built Washington Corrections Center for Women's religious services center. For information on volunteering contact the Community Involvement Program Coordinator at (253) 858-4652.
HEALTH SERVICES UNIT
The Health Services Unit provides basic health care including inpatient, outpatient, dental, and mental health services. The Unit is staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week, including holidays. It is overseen by a Health Care Manager, who is responsible for the clinic as well as the Mental Health Department and in an oversight capacity for the Chemical Dependency Department. Washington Corrections Center for Women's Health Services Department relies on a strong relationship with community partners that provide specialized services both on and off site. Contract providers that see patients on site are utilized in many areas of health services.
COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM
Over 600 community volunteers serve the Washington Correction Center for Women in many capacities including academic internships, chemical dependency counseling, transition planning, tutoring, creative writing, diversity awareness, HIV/AIDS education, speech classes, theatrical movement, meditation, and staff aids. Nationally knows groups such as Toastmasters International, Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, and also provide volunteer services. Another program offered by Washington Corrections Center for Women in collaboration with the Girl Scout Totem Council of Seattle and the Pacific Peaks Council in Tacoma, is the Girl Scout Behind Bars program. The motto of this program is "Bridging the gap and program meets approximately once per month where inmate mothers act as leaders to provide craft and educational projects for their daughters". The visits provide an important link in the bonding process between mother and daughter during the incarceration period.
PRISON PET PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM
Another Class IV Industries program is the Prison Pet Partnership Program. The Prison Pet Partnership Program is an innovative approach to the rehabilitation of inmates. Started as a cooperative venture among Washington State University, Tacoma Community College, and the Washington State Department of Corrections, the program teaches inmates marketable job skills in the pet care industry. The inmates work toward Pet Care Technician certification and may also obtain Companion Animal Hygienist certification. The program also utilizes both paid and volunteer inmate dog handlers who train service dogs for physically impaired people. Inmates are responsible 24 hours a day for dogs assigned to them for care and training.
Tacoma Pre-Release PO Box 881038 Steilacoom, WA 98388 (253) 761-7610
CAPACITY: 140 Female Offenders
Tacoma Pre-Release is a total confinement female facility located on the grounds of Western State Hospital in Lakewood, Washington. The facility houses 140 female offenders. Each room is approximately 150 square feet, and all rooms have private bathrooms. Offenders are not allowed off hospital grounds unless under staff escort or actively participating in either Correctional Industries or Pioneer Industries jobs. Offenders are eligible to transfer to Tacoma Pre-Release from the Washington Corrections Center for Women when they are within 24 months of their release date. Tacoma Pre-Release also accepts community custody violators, reinstated parolees, offenders under the Offender Accountability Act, and offenders who were not successful in work release.
WORK PROGRAMS
Tacoma Pre-Release is a unique facility in that some offenders provide labor for the Western State Hospital kitchen, which offsets costs to the facility. Offenders also are required to work, program, or a combination of both, at least thirty-two hours per week.
TREATMENT AND SELF HELP PROGRAMS
Tacoma Pre-Release has contracts with Corrections Clearinghouse to provide classes in how to obtain employment, job readiness, and resume writing. Corrections Clearinghouse also works with offenders in obtaining driver's licenses, Washington State identifications, and social security cards. Pierce College provides a Life-Skills program, Adult Basic Education, Basic Computers, and General Equivalency Diploma Preparation and testing. They also provide offender change programs to include victim awareness, anger/stress management, and vocational opportunity training education. Women's issues classes are offered that are designed specifically to the needs of female offenders. The facility has an in-house, eight-week, intensive outpatient chemical dependency program. A chapter of Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous is located on site. Tacoma Pre-Release also offers three classes per week of Moral Reconition Therapy.
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Tacoma Pre-release offenders provide various services to the community. Recent volunteer projects have included "Paint Tacoma Beautiful" and making and donating over 400 garments and blankets for shelters in Pierce County. They also assist the community during times of natural and other disasters. Offenders can participate in local speak-outs at high schools, Pierce College and church groups.
Lakewood Office (253) 589-700010109 South Tacoma Way Bldg C4 Tacoma, WA 98499
Lakewood OMMU (253) 589-705010918 Bridgeport Way SW Tacoma, WA 98499
McKinley COPS Outstation (253)207-47183524 E. McKinley AveTacoma, WA 98404
Parkland South Office (253) 589-700010109 South Tacoma Way Bldg C4 Tacoma, WA 98499
Puyallup Office (253) 840-4664405 West Stewart Avenue Suite B Puyallup, WA 98371
Special Needs Unit (253) 471-4542917 Pacific Avenue South #207 Tacoma, WA 98402
Tacoma Office, Unit 1 (253) 593-2550755 Tacoma Avenue South Tacoma, WA 98402
Tacoma Office, Unit 2 (253) 593-2550755 Tacoma Avenue South Tacoma, WA 98402
University Place Outstation (253) 589-70911909 70th Ave W.University Place, WA 98466
Lincoln Park Work/Training Release (253) 471-45483706 South Yakima Tacoma, WA 98408
CAPACITY: Lincoln 30 Rap 20
Rap House and Lincoln Park Work Release Programs are specialized, coed programs, designed to assist convicted adult felons who are currently incarcerated in a state correctional facility, ordered to work release/partial confinement by a Superior Court; paroled to Rap/Lincoln by the Indeterminate Sentencing Review Board; or ordered by the Department of Corrections for special reasons. Rap House is designed to assist developmentally disabled offenders and Lincoln Park is designed to assist mentally ill offenders. The State of Washington operates the program in partnership with Allvest Inc., a private rehabilitative corporation.
WORK PROGRAMS
Residents are required to seek employment based on their capabilities. This may be a sheltered workshop setting. If unable to participate in employment or training due to their disability, the program will facilitate further community care placement such as congregate care facilities. Both programs utilize community resources that include the Division of Vocational Rehabilitaion, Division of Developmental Disabilities, Division of Mental Health, Tacoma Community House Urban League, Corrections Clearinghouse and others.
TREATMENT AND SELF HELP PROGRAMS
Both programs train residents in self-medication responsibilities. Staff monitor medication, however, the resident is responsible for learning and demonstrating competency regarding medication times and dosage. Both programs have mental health groups, which are facilitated by community professionals. Each resident is expected to participate in one therapy group per week, within their respective facility. A therapist is available for limited individual counseling. The supervising Community Corrections Officer may also link the resident with appropriate community counseling resources.
Progress House Work/Training Release (253) 593-28445601 6th Avenue (253) 593-2844Tacoma, WA 98406
CAPACITY: 69 male and 6 female offenders
Progress House Work Release is a community residential facility providing residents the opportunity to live in the community under Department of Corrections supervision, learn to utilize community treatment resources, work, attend school, and obtain job training while completing the last months of their sentence. The west Tacoma site provides easy access to employment, treatment providers and transportation services. The overall goal of the program is to assist offenders within six months from their release dates to improve work ethic and skills, assist in stabilizing economic status, and address identified need areas without presenting an unreasonable risk to the community.
WORK PROGRAMS
All residents find and maintain employment once at Progress House in order to remain eligible for the program.
TREATMENT AND SELF HELP PROGRAMS
For residents who attend school, room and board must be paid in advance. In-house programs consist of chemical dependency, Alcoholic's Anonymous, Narcotic's Anonymous, Moral Reconation Therapy and religious services. Community corrections officers work with residents to engage community services appropriate to individual and criminogenic needs.
Rap House Work/Training Release (253) 471-45463704 South Yakima Tacoma, WA 98408
see Lincoln Park Work/Training Release description
Southwest Region
Total Staff: 1,738Prison Facilities: 4 - CCCC, LCC, SCCC, WCCWork Releases: 3 - Clark County, Longview, OlympiaField Offices: 19
GRAYS HARBOR COUNTY:
Montesano Office (360)533-9276219 Pioneer Avenue East Montesano, WA 9856
Stafford Creek Corrections Cnter 191 Constantine WayAberdeen, WA 98520 (360)537-1800
The Stafford Creek Corrections Center (SCCC) is located five miles west of Aberdeen, Washington in Grays Harbor County. With a location minutes away from the ocean beaches and an hour from Olympia, the surrounding communities allow for many cultural and recreational opportunities. The 1936 bed multi-custody facility is on a 210-acre site. The construction started July 1998 at an estimated total cost of $194 million. The facility opened on April 3, 2000.
There are seven living units for medium and long-term minimum custody offenders and an intensive management unit for maximum custody offenders. Stafford Creek Corrections Center is Washington State's first tobacco free facility for both staff and offenders.
INSTITUTIONAL PROGRAMS
There are many programs offered to offenders. The programs are designed for several purposes. 1. Reduce risk to community. 2. Assist offenders with transition back to the community. 3. Address educational/vocational deficit. 4. Address crime related behaviors. 5. Teach pro-social skills to offenders.
EDUCATION
Grays Harbor College offers a variety of programs to offenders. In cooperation with DOC, the college assesses and places students into basic skills and vocational programs. Basic skills education includes: Adult Basic Education, English as a Second Language, Job Dynamics, Industrial Safety and Computer Basics. Vocational programming includes Building Maintenance.
RELIGION
The facility is committed to assisting offenders of all faiths in the observance of their religious beliefs and practices within correctional guidelines. Religious programs may include worship and study as appropriate to a religious group and/or special observances.
PARALLEL COMMUNITY
The Parallel Community is a correctional environment which reflects and demands the core values found in the community, holding offenders responsible and accountable for their actions and behavior. These include taking responsibility for their own programming and education, developing personal resumes and applying for jobs within the facility, maintaining their own schedules and being where they are supposed to be by virtue of their own action rather than explicit direction of correctional staff and maintaining good work and school evaluations in order to progress in job and education tracks. Offenders can promote to a higher level within the community (increased commissary spending limits, recreational activity participation, better paying job assignments and increased programming/educational opportunities) only if they demonstrate appropriate behavior and progress in programming, work and education.
VOLUNTEERS
Volunteers are a vital part of the SCCC team. Volunteer services are needed in a variety of programs including religious, 12-step programs, self-help, counseling and transitional groups. Volunteers will become mentors to offenders to assist them in following the philosophy of the Offender Accountability Act (OAA). In addition to regularly scheduled volunteer groups/services, there are numerous volunteers who participate in the recreation program (e.g., basketball, baseball, etc.), serve as education tutors and student interns and help in staff assistant positions.
WELLNESS/FITNESS
The purpose of the wellness/fitness program is to promote good health habits and positive use of leisure time. This is accomplished through a structured program involving physical fitness and wellness. A variety of activities are available in which offenders can participate. A "user" fee is charged to offenders who participate in the hobby, music and weight lifting programs. Intramural and varsity athletics teach offenders to be "team players" and allows opportunity to interact with positive role models from the community.
CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY TREATMENT
Offenders are assessed for substance abuse issues. If identified as chemically dependent, offenders participate in a chemical dependency orientation and go on through other offered programs to address their addiction. This will be a 9 - 12 month program to provide treatment to offenders with severe chemical dependency issues.
MORAL RECONATION TREATMENT (MRT)
MRT is a cognitive-behavior program designed to assist the offenders in analyzing their life, setting and achieving goals and making decisions at a higher level of moral reasoning. The goal of MRT is to reduce recidivism by increasing pro-social reasoning and behaviors.
CUSTODY
Correctional Officers Officers are responsible for the security of the facility by supervising offenders. They direct offender movement, supervise work details, conduct security inspections, count offenders and serve as positive role models to offenders. They are responsible to hold offenders accountable for their behavior, both positive and negative. Unit Management There are seven offender living units; each supervised by a Correctional Unit Supervisor. Other unit staff include Correctional Counselors, Correctional Sergeants and Correctional Officers who staff the units 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Each living unit is operated under the direct supervision model. Unit Teams have management responsibility for offenders within the living unit, including individual program development, custody and program classification, adjudication of minor rule infractions, assistance with family and transitional issues and the management of other issues associated with basic daily living.
SERVICES
ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT
The Engineering Department provides the same services required by a small city. These services are provided by skilled craftsmen who instruct and train offenders in performing repairs in plumbing, machine repair, automotive repair, landscaping, road maintenance, carpentry and painting. The Engineering Department maintains all aspects of the facility's physical plant. Food Service Food service is responsible for feeding the offenders three meals a day. Food service is important as they impact the morale and well being of the entire facility.
HEALTH SERVICES
Health care services are available to all offenders and require a co-payment. Medical The health care program includes open sick call and clinical appointments throughout the week. Emergency services with nursing staff and inpatient services are provided 24 hours a day. Medical staffing includes a physician, mid-level practitioners, registered nurses, license practical nurses and an infectious disease control nurse and a pharmacist. Infirmary services are available for ill offenders.
MENTAL HEALTH
Mental health is staffed by psychologists and psychiatric social workers that provide mental health services. Services include: crisis intervention, suicide prevention, routine mental health screening, individual and group therapy, medication management, anger and stress management and psychological evaluation.
DENTAL
The dental clinic is staffed with a dentist, hygienist and dental assistants. Treatment is prioritized and focuses on rendering care, which relieves pain and prevents acute and chronic infectious conditions of the teeth and oral cavity.
MASON COUNTY:
Washington Corrections Center W 2321 Dayton Airport Road Post Office Box 900 Shelton, WA 98584 (360)426-4433
The Washington Corrections Center (WCC) is comprised of three distinct programs. These programs consist of the Reception Center, the Training Center and the Intensive Management Unit. Additionally, the Statewide Transportation Unit is located at the facility.
The Reception Center receives all male felons from the county jails, with the exception of offenders sentenced to the death penalty. Upon completion of the reception/diagnostic processes, offenders are classified and transferred to other facilities to serve their sentence. The Reception Center also serves as an in-transit facility for offenders being transferred from one facility to another. Because of the transitional nature of Reception Center offenders, work programs are limited.
The Training Center is comprised of medium custody offenders. They are assigned to the living units and are involved in work, education and/or vocation programs. Extensive work programs exist to assist in the operation of the facility including food service, maintenance, laundry, barber, clerical and janitorial support. Washington Corrections Center has also initiated the Lexan Restoration Project in collaboration with 3M Corporation. Lexan is used extensively throughout institutions and prisons as a safe alternative to glass products. This project will restore the clarity of Lexan for reuse and replacement as opposed to the purchase of new and expensive Lexan panels. In addition Training Center offenders receive extensive educational and vocational training through the Garret Heyns Educational Center in conjunction with Centralia College. Offenders can earn a high school or General Equivalency Diploma through the education program.
The Intensive Management Unit is one of four, within the Washington State Department of Corrections. It houses the most difficult to manage offenders and provides intervention and education programs to assist the offender to change inappropriate behavior patterns.
Shelton Field (Community Corrections) Office (360) 427-2150507 N. 4th Street, P.O. Box 1009 Shelton, WA 98584
KITSAP COUNTY:
Bremerton Office (360)478-49154970 Auto Center Way Bremerton, WA 98312
Port Orchard Office (360)876-76111014 Bay Street, Suite 11Port Orchard, WA 98366
Peninsula Work/Training Release (360) 895-61721340 Lloyd Parkway Port Orchard, WA 98366
CAPACITY: 60 Total: 54 men and 6 women.
FACILITY DESCRIPTION: Peninsula Work-Training Release is located in Kitsap County. It is a 60-bed facility with each room housing two offenders. All offenders are on minimum custody status. Our program is a five-level system. Advancement occurs via the Classification process and is determined by an objective evaluation of task accomplishments. Because of an agreement with Kitsap County, only offenders sentenced out of the Peninsula area (Kitsap, Mason, Clallam, or Jefferson) will be accepted at Peninsula Work Release. Exceptions are made for offenders who have family in the Peninsula area who they plan on releasing to.
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Offenders are required to work with staff in developing individual offender accountability plans. These plans are individualistic and address the personal needs of the offender. They include employment and educational expectations and goals while at work release and to their transition to the community. It is expected that the offenders program to their full potential.
GROUP ACTIVITIES:
Offenders are required to participate in some form of programming. This includes but is not limited to Moral Reconation Therapy, Life Skills, Drug/Alcohol Aftercare, Parenting, etc. Offenders will also be informed of no or low-cost referrals for treatment such as Anger Management, Grief Counseling which they can pursue through community resources.
THURSTON COUNTY:
Cedar Creek Corrections Center 12200 Bordeaux Road Post Office Box 37 Littlerock, WA 98556 (360)753-7278
Cedar Creek Corrections Center (CCCC) is a minimum custody (MI2) institution situated in the Capital Forrest approximately 23 miles Southwest of Olympia, near Littlerock, Washington.
CCCC maintains an average daily population of 400 male offenders, all over 18 years of age. Offenders must have four years or less remaining on their sentence to be eligible for transfer to this facility.
The Department of Corrections (DOC) leases its 38-acre site and buildings from the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR). Through inter-agency agreement, the successful multi-functional partnership and co-location with DNR allows both agencies to share office space, warehouse space, and provides for vehicle and facility maintenance.
The facility has two living units, Cascade and Olympic, which accommodate 200 offenders respectively. The Alpine unit at CCCC accommodates an offender library, education department, victim awareness, and various other offender programs.
CCCC is considered a "work camp", therefore all offenders are required to work and/or program in preparation for re-entry to the community as productive citizens.
HISTORY
CCCC opened in 1954 under the Department of Institutions as a Forrest Youth Camp, housing juvenile male offenders. From its inception, CCCC's alignment with DNR has offered a unique partnership that continues in growth to this day.
CCCC's conversion from a juvenile facility to an adult minimum-security prison occurred in 1979, and the facility has expanded twice to meet a growing DOCpopulation.
SUSTAINABILITY
As a steward of public resources, Cedar Creek Corrections Center is committed to working for a sustainable facility. "Sustainability" as used in this context means protecting and managing resources to meet current needs without sacrificing the needs of future generations and natural systems.
Practices include, but are not limited to:
· Reducing dependence on non-renewable energy sources· Reducing potable water use· Reducing use of toxic materials· Reducing waste
Examples of sustainability already in motion:
· Utilization of hybrid vehicles· Abstinence from watering lawns and/or flowerbeds· Utilization of water meters for collection of water usage data· Identification and repair of breaches in water distribution system· Practicing cold water laundering· Maintaining water catchment systems· Recycling paper and aluminum products· Practicing duplex copying for all multi-page copying· Utilization of low water flow showerheads· Installation of low water flow toilet valves· Increased usage of organic foods through organic gardening· Composting of food waste, shredded paper, sawdust, grass, and weeds
OFFENDER WORK OPPORTUNITIES
Offenders are required to work 6.5 to 10 hours per day. Offenders must use earned wages to purchase personal hygiene supplies, writing materials, pay court costs and fines, victim/witness compensation, deductions, cost of incarceration, family support, and other personal items.
Offenders are required to pay participation fees for healthcare, recreation, and extended family visiting programs. Offenders may earn up to $55 per month, which assists in paying restitution to victims, local and state criminal justice agencies and providing support to families. Facility on-site support jobs include custodial, grounds keeping, food service, heavy equipment operations, laundry, mechanical, carpentry, welding, construction, warehouse, barber, clerks, and plant maintenance.
Correctional Industries: Offenders employed by Correctional Industries are paid in accordance to the Washington State Public Works Act, and prevailing wage laws. Those employed with Correctional Industries are mandated per Washington statute to pay a percentage of their earnings toward incarceration costs, victim/witness compensation, mandatory savings, taxes, and legal financial obligations.
Correctional Industries job(s) include office systems panel assembly and asbestos abatement.
Department of Natural Resources (DNR): DNR provides appropriate training to CCCC offenders assigned to their work crews, maintaining safe work environments. Approximately 180 offenders work on DNR work crews when the facility is at full capacity.
Work crews performed the following services over the last year to areas covering Alder Lake to the Southeast, Seaquest State Park to the South, Aberdeen to the West, Potlatch State Park and the Nisqually River to the North:
· Planted 2,000-2,700 acres with Douglas fir seedlings· Cut out competing vegetation on 2,000-2,500 acres of young tree plantations· Pre-commercial thinned 1,200-1,500 acres of Douglas fir plantations· Spent 90-150 days on wild-land fire suppression· Operated a fire kitchen capable of serving 100-1,400 fire fighters per meal· Maintained nearly 200 miles of Capitol Forest recreation trails· Maintained 18 DNR recreation sites· Pulled tansy from 150 miles of Capitol Forest roads· Constructed 15-20 gates for controlling forest road traffic· Constructed 400-500 state signs; fire control signs, etc. · Constructed approximately 100 carpentry projects; picnic tables, work centers, storage cabinets, bird boxes, etc.· Manufactured 25,000-30,000 board feet of lumber
Community Work Crews:Approximately 70 offenders are assigned to work crews providing non-profit services to the local community.
Community projects include but are not limited to:
· Assisting with maintenance of local fire districts and schools · Providing maintenance of Little League Ball fields · Assisting the Department of Transportation in cleaning transient areas and alongside highways· Provide clean-up and planting efforts for Mason County Conservation · Provide clean-up of buildings, sidewalks and structures for Washington State Department of General Administration · Preparation of community garden for the Kiwanis Club · Providing for other continuous requests for assistance and new projects.
Additional jobs allow 40 offenders to provide assistance to the two major correctional facilities of Stafford Creek and Washington Corrections Center. Services provided include operations of wastewater treatment plants, recycling centers, motor pools, warehouses, general maintenance and construction, janitorial and grounds work in outer perimeter areas, as well as other projects.
EDUCATION
Cedar Creek Corrections Center contracts with Pierce College to provide educational services. Instructors offer classes serving approximately 130 students per quarter. Classes are offered during the day, evenings, and on weekends so offenders can work full-time. Classes teach skills in reading writing, and math, and are designed to prepare offenders for onsite facility jobs, and their eventual return to the community. Courses offered include:
Adult Basic Education (ABE): Offenders are placed on the referral list for ABE if they are determined not to have a verified High School Diploma or General Education Development (GED) Certificate, and are not ready to test for the GED in at least two of three content areas (reading, writing and math). Classes are offered in continuous enrollment and are self-paced. Students are offered the opportunity to transition to the GED Preparation class quarterly.
General Education Development (GED):Prepares offenders to pass all portions of the GED test, which demonstrates a level of learning comparable to that of a high school graduate in specific curriculum areas. Individuals ready to test in at least two of three content areas are eligible for enrollment, classes are offered continuously and remain self-paced. Students have the opportunity to take GED test(s) monthly providing they have been enrolled in GED Preparation and are authorized by the instructor.
Read to Me Program:A child's success in school is directly effected by their parent's educational proficiency, leaving children of prison inmates at the highest-risk for growing up functionally illiterate.
This innovative program is intended to strengthen family ties and increase literacy among inmates. Offenders read donated books while being audiotaped; books and tapes are subsequently mailed to the specified child's guardian. Private donors provide all items for this program.
Job Hunter: Teaches job preparedness and skills necessary for workplace success including components such as industrial safety, job dynamics, computer basics, and self-management.
Job Hunter is a seven-module series used at local WorkSource offices to refine job seeker skills. Job Hunter is now the official curriculum of DOC, which means it's taught in all institutions. This series focuses on finding the right job, effective job search, awareness, and applications, resumes, interviews and more.
Corrections Clearinghouse has modified the standard Job Hunter curriculum to include an offender overlay. This overlay specifically addresses the barriers at-risk clients face. While enrolled in this class offenders increase employability skills in order to be more successful upon releasing to work release or the community.
M-2 Job Therapy:This program partners with Corrections Clearinghouse to assist offenders in transitioning back to the community. Offenders are required to examine and establish goals and plans, learn budgeting techniques, review cause and effect, exercise healthy choice, utilize down-time effectively, and re-establish themselves in the community.
Certification Programs:
DNR: In cooperation with Pierce College, offenders are offered the opportunity to validate their work experience at CCCC through Cooperative Work Experience Credit. Offenders may be granted certification/credit for Basic Forestry, Tree Planting, Tree Thinning, Lead Man, and Fire Fighting.
Food Service: The Food Service Department provides the Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points (HACCP) training program, providing a certificate upon completion. This program and training imparts a wealth of knowledge in the food service department from proper food handling and safety procedures, to detailed sanitation measures. The Food Service Department also provides the opportunity for offenders to receive training in catering. All work experience and training provide needed skills for employment upon release.
Wastewater Treatment & Building Maintenance: The Wastewater Treatment Plant and Building Maintenance are full-time vocational skill programs, providing operator certification upon completion. Base level skills in reading and math meet the minimum qualification requirement; students must have counselor referral for enrollment in these programs.
Instruction is provided in various aspects of construction and building maintenance in order to prepare offenders for employment as general repair and maintenance laborers. The student learns fundamental concepts and instruction in safety, plumbing, carpentry, electrical, project tracking, janitorial, and AutoCAD applications.
HORTICULTURE & GARDENING PROGRAM
CCCC's Horticulture Program allows for full time employment of numerous inmates. The program produces flowers, plants, grasses, trees, and vegetables which are used at the facility and/or distributed to Community Corrections, other state facilities, and the community. Workers are taught to harvest, dry, label and package all seeds collected, providing for participation in seed exchange programs throughout the United States.
CCCC offenders maintain a greenhouse, three gardens, and grounds containing hundreds of varieties of plants and flowers. Offenders have created and continue to maintain a database that provides various information on plants and practices, and tracks seed distribution.
CCCC in cooperation with Evergreen State College established a Moss Project in 2003. This project was intended to teach offenders how to grow moss for the horticulture trade, offering an alternative to unsustainable harvest of mosses from wild forests. Recent ecological and sociological studies show current collection practices are not sustainable; therefore the National Parks and National Forest Service no longer issue permits. Collection continues illegally, which has lead to efforts developing ways of growing mosses under non-forest conditions. Outside of the CCCC-Evergreen State College moss project partnership, there is no known project of it's kind.
TREATMENT PROGRAMS
Anger and Stress Management (ASM): ASM is a standardized curriculum, providing the student tools and skills necessary to successfully manage situations that previously may have resulted in inappropriate/violent behavior. Offenders are taught methods for breaking the cycle of violence in combination with techniques to aid in stress management. This program teaches offenders how to apply principles they have learned to life circumstances outside of prison.
Victim Awareness:This program teaches offenders the financial, emotional, and physical impact of their behavior on their victims, learning the ripple effect of their actions. Offenders are brought face to face with crime victims, allowing victims to express how criminal behavior has impacted their lives.
RELIGIOUS SERVICES
DOC is committed to assisting offenders of all faiths in accordance to correctional guidelines. CCCC has a full-time chaplain who coordinates all religious activities. In addition, CCCC has a contract Catholic chaplain and several volunteer religious groups representing Muslim, Protestant, Jehovah's Witness, Native American, and Catholic (English and Spanish) faiths. These groups conduct offender services, counseling and religious studies.
HEALTHCARE
Healthcare services are available to all offenders. CCCC provides outpatient health services Monday through Friday and emergency on call services 24 hours per day. On-site medical staff includes a Physician's Assistant and Registered Nurse. Services exceeding on site capabilities are provided by nearby major facilities or outside providers.
RECREATION
The goal of the recreation department is to promote wellness and physical fitness for offenders. Cedar Creek Corrections Center has a gym, weight room, track and activity field. There are fee-based programs in weightlifting, hobby craft and music, as well as a variety of facility-wide leisure time activities. Family Friendly and cultural programs are scheduled throughout the calendar year to foster and strengthen offender-family ties and community support.
VOLUNTEERS
There are many different volunteers who offer support programs such as Alcoholics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous, religious activities, hobby crafts, and sport activities.
VISITING AND EXTENDED FAMILY VISITS
Visiting is an important privilege for offenders, their families and friends. It enhances family and social relationships, which can help an offender during his confinement as well as prepare him for re-entry into the mainstream of family relationships. Correctional staff monitors the visiting program and all visitors are screened before being allowed visitation.
CCCC utilizes an offender-constructed duplex for the Extended Family Visiting (EFV) Program. Each unit has two bedrooms, bunk beds for children, and a kitchen. Offenders have to maintain positive behavior and meet qualifying criteria to be eligible. Unit teams and the Superintendent screen EFV applications. EFV duration periods are 21 or 45 hours, and offenders are required to pay a fee to participate in this program.
CLASSIFICATION
Classification is an objective process, which incorporates important aspects of custody:
§ Community Safety§ Offender Behavior§ Treatment Needs
Each offender is assessed, based on his or her Risk Management Identification (RMI) to determine his or her progress toward community release. Together, the offender's counselor and facility staff evaluate program involvement through a case management process.
At each scheduled review, the offender meets with the Facility Risk Management Team (FRMT) who make a joint decision as to his progression through the system addressing program and transition needs. The FRMT includes the Custody Unit Supervisor, Unit Classification Counselors, custody staff, the inmate's work supervisor, and the inmate.
Offender Accountability Act:CCCC manages offenders on the basis of risk to re-offend, harm done to the community, risk posed to victim(s) and potential victims, as prescribed by the Offender Accountability Act.
Intervention is based on dynamic risk factors identified through the Level of Service Inventory Revised (LSI-R) instrument that scores the offenders risk to re-offend and measures offender change over time.
STAFF
A total of over 120 Administration and Custody Staff are responsible for the safety and security of the facility, offenders, and community. A correctional facility is a self-contained community, requiring a variety of skills and professions every community needs.
CCCC can attribute its success to sound management, common vision and teamwork.
Custody Staff:The primary responsibility of custody staff is to ensure the safety and security of the public, staff, visitors, and offenders. Offender property management, accounting for offenders, facility work crew assignments and offender disciplinary hearings are among the many tasks accomplished by staff daily.
Outside the facility, custody staff maintains public safety and promotes positive community relations by providing close supervision of all offender activities. This includes work crews, escorted transportation of offenders for medical and dental appointments, court appearances, transfers to other facilities, and other special community activities.
CCCC's custody staff includes a Captain, Lieutenant, 9 Correctional Sergeants, and over 50 Correctional Officers. CCCC custody staff, the Washington State Patrol, and the surrounding police and sheriff departments work together to ensure public safety at all times.
Food Service: Approximately 36,500 meals are prepared and served monthly by offender workers while supervised by food service staff. The food service department employs approximately 46 offenders and provides them the opportunity to learn food service safety and sanitation, cooking, warehouse, and office skills. Catering services are provided to the facility and other state agencies.
Health Services: CCCC provides outpatient health services for offenders. Medical staff includes a Physician's Assistant and Registered Nurse. Offender-initiated healthcare requires a co-pay fee.
Human Resources: DOC funds an estimated 120 employees and a number of contract staff who work in many job classifications including counselors, teachers, correctional officers, program manager, maintenance supervisors, religious services provider, community work crew supervisors, health service providers and administrative professionals.
Maintenance/Physical Plant:Plant Maintenance staff supervise offender crews and perform a wide range of maintenance activities including plumbing, electrical and painting. Maintenance staff and designated crews maintain the facility wastewater treatment plant, as well as completing projects involving welding, carpentry, remodeling of buildings, concrete work, cabinetmaking, and new construction.
Business Office:The business office, under direction of the Department of Corrections Office of Administrative Services, plans and directs CCCC's fiscal operations.
Responsibilities include capital planning, development, and operation of fiscal support services such as contract administration, fund accounting, inventory management, procurement of equipment and supplies, as well as preparation of operating and capital budgets. COMMUNITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE
CCCC's Community Advisory Committee (CAC) is an advisory board established in October of 1995. Through their input, members of CAC provide a valuable link between the facility and the community of Littlerock, including surrounding communities.
With common interests in the areas of development, implementation, and modification of facility programs and policies at CCCC, CAC functions include:
· Development and maintenance of a positive working relationship between the community and CCCC· Enhancement of dialogue between CCCC and the community· Assisting in providing opportunities for vocational, educational, social, and recreational programs for inmates· Provide information regarding facility programs and policies, and communicate policies to the public· Assist the facility in providing positive visibility to and involvement with other community groups· Interpret and convey community opinions, attitudes, and needs to CCCC· Assist in seeking resolutions to community concerns regarding CCCC · Further community education and understanding about programs associated with the transition of the inmate back into the community
The CAC is appointed by the Secretary of the Department of Corrections under the authority of the Revised Code of Washington (RCW) 72.09.060, Organizations of Department - Program for Public Involvement and Volunteers, meeting quarterly to educate the community with regard to the Department of Corrections and Cedar Creek in particular.
Olympia Central (360)586-0917715 8th ave SE, P.O. Box 41122 Olympia, WA 98504-1122
Olympia Office (360)459-63703700 Martin Way, Suite 104, P.O. Box 41121 Olympia, WA 98504-1121
Olympia Work/Training Release (360)586-2731P.O. Box 1140 Olympia, WA 98504-1140
CAPACITY: 19 male and 6 female offenders
INTRODUCTION Olympia Work Release is a newly remodeled two and half story house with approximately 6500 square feet located on the West Side of Olympia. The facility is located within two blocks of the bus line, half mile from a major mall, and a mile from the central downtown core. The facility is designed to accommodate 25 offenders, with beds for 19 males and six females. The population can vary according to the number of female offenders who are referred to the program. The work release program services a four county area including Thurston, Lewis, Mason, and Grays Harbor counties. Offenders must have ties to the community in order to be accepted by the screening committee. Additionally, the program does not accept any level 3 sex offenders and level 2 sex offenders are evaluated and considered on a case-by-case basis. In order to be eligible for work release, offenders must have minimum MI1 custody and be major infraction free for 60 to 90 days. WORK EXPERIENCE Residents are expected to work with program staff to develop an individual case plan-differing depending on the offender's needs. On-site job development assistance is available through the gateway program. Additional programming is mandatory based on identified risk and need.
TREATMENT AND SELF HELP PROGRAMS
There are no education programs available on-site. The facility houses a chemical dependency program for both residents in the Work Release and offenders on community supervision in the field. Olympia Work Release offers a chemical dependency Intensive Outpatient Program, Moral Reconition Therapy, and continuing care at this time.
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Programs such as Narcotics Anonymous and Alcoholics Anonymous are accessed in the community. This is also the case with parenting classes and mental health counseling. This program has been operating for the past 22 years in the same location. The facility is recognized by the Olympia Southwest Neighborhood Association and has also actively participated with other community groups.
PACIFIC COUNTY:
Raymond Office (360)942-4817515 5th StreetRaymond, WA 98577
LEWIS COUNTY:
Chehalis Office (360)748-2187125 NW Chehalis Ave, P.O. Box 1245 Chehalis, WA 98532
SKAMANIA COUNTY:
Skamania County Office (509) 427-2746240 NW Vancouver Avenue, P.O. Box 1265 Stevenson, WA 98648
CLARK COUNTY:
Larch Corrections Center 15314 NE Dole Valley Road Yacolt, WA 98675-9531 (360)260-6300
Larch Corrections Center (LCC) is located approximately twenty (20) miles northeast of Vancouver, Washington, on a relatively remote 40-acre site in Clark County. The Department of Natural Resources also maintains a facility on the site. Larch Corrections Center maintains an all-male minimum custody population of 400 offenders. Housing consists of two, two-story living units housing 200 offenders per unit. All offenders housed at Larch Corrections Center must have four years or less remaining on their sentence and must be assigned minimum MI2 custody status. Larch offenders are required to program a minimum of 30 hours per week.
Medical services at Larch Corrections Center are provided by a full-time Physician Assistant. Dental and optical services, as well as specialty referrals for laboratory and X-ray services, are furnished by contract providers in the local community when appropriate.
Larch Corrections Center has two, full-time Recreation Specialists. Organized athletic contests are regularly scheduled and organized activities with community groups are encouraged. The Recreation Program offers a wide variety of activities such as softball, basketball, indoor and outdoor soccer, volleyball, pool, racquetball, handball, horseshoes, table tennis, badminton, weightlifting, running and field events, etc. The program provides a game room and a hobby shop. The facility's Recreation Program includes a Total Fitness Program and cardiovascular fitness training. In addition, an extensive variety of paperback books are available in the facility library. The institution provides a limited legal/law library which supplies some basic materials needed for legal work.
Larch Corrections Center has a full-time staff Chaplain who conducts or supervises religious programs and activities for offenders of all religious denominations. Also, through the facility's Community Partnership Program, approximately 50 volunteers regularly visit the facility to provide religious, recreational, and educational services to offenders.
Programming: Clark College provides Adult Basic Education, courses in interpersonal skills, workplace safety, and computer basics, and offender change courses including Anger/Stress Management, Victim Awareness, Family Dynamics, and Community Transition. Vocational training in Computer Applications and Custodial Technician I and II is also provided. Larch Corrections Center's Maintenance Department, in partnership with Clark College, provides support, materials, and testing for offenders who qualify to study for Wastewater Treatment Operator licensing.
Larch Corrections Center offers a long-term, inpatient chemical dependency program within a therapeutic community where offenders address chemical addiction and dependency, criminal behavior, and errors in thinking. Part of this program includes Moral Reconation Therapy (MRT), a step-by-step treatment strategy designed to enhance self-image, promote growth of a positive identity and facilitate the development of higher stages of moral reasoning. In addition, Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous programs are available at Larch Corrections Center.
Approximately 110 Larch offenders are assigned to work crews supervised by Department of Natural Resources (DNR) staff. The DNR offender work crews perform general forestry-related work such as fire suppression, maintaining recreation sites/trails, tree planting, and pre-commercial thinning. The DNR crews also complete projects for other government entities through interagency agreements. Also, two, 10-man community service crews, under the supervision of facility custody staff, work off-site on projects for non-profit organizations and public agencies thereby saving those agencies many dollars.
The remainder of the offender population are assigned various institution jobs such as food service, janitorial, building construction and maintenance, grounds maintenance, recreation clerks, and school aides.
Vancouver East, Unit 1 & 2 (360) 260-62008008 NE Fourth Plain Blvd #360 Vancouver, WA 98662
Vancouver East OMMU (360) 260-62008008 NE Fourth Plain Blvd #360 Vancouver, WA 98662
Vancouver West (360)576-61298411 NE Highway 99 Suite B Vancouver, WA 98665
Vancouver Central (360) 397-6136500 W. 8th Street, Suite 40Vancouver, WA 98660
Clark County Work/Training Release (360)397-21665197 NW Lower River Rd, P.O. Box 61447 Vancouver, WA 98660
CAPACITY: 30 state beds
Clark County Work Release is located beside the Columbia River and is co-located within the Clark County Jail's new Work Center. There is a separate building for the work release program on the site. The building is designed to house 100 offenders, 30 of them state prison inmates and the remainder out of Clark County District and Superior Courts. There are four, 25-bed dorms. One dorm is for female offenders. State offenders must be at custody level MI1 and within six months of their Earned Release Date to be eligible to transfer to Clark County Work Release.
WORK PROGRAMS
To assist offenders in obtaining employment when they arrive from prison, a job developer assists them to plan their job search activities. Most offenders are employed within their first ten days on work release.
TREATMENT AND SELF HELP PROGRAMS
Clark County Work Release has a chemical dependency counselor who completes assessments and operates an intensive outpatient group and continuing care program.
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT Offenders are allowed to attend Alcoholics Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous meetings in the community.
COWLITZ COUNTY:
Longview Office (360)577-2195 1131 Broadway,Longview, WA 98632
Longview Work/Training Release (360)577-22111821 1st Avenue Longview, WA 98632
CAPACITY: 6 female and 54 male offenders
Longview Work Release is located in Cowlitz County, by the boarder of Longview and Kelso. Offenders must be MI1 custody to be eligible and can serve the remaining six months of their prison sentence in the facility before transitioning back into the community. The facility is also used as a sanction for some Community Custody Violators.
WORK PROGRAMS
All offenders are required to work with staff in developing an individual plan. The plans include work as well as educational issues. All the offenders are expected to work their programs to the full potential.
TREATMENT AND SELF HELP PROGRAMS
The facility provides programs for offenders in chemical dependency and a Sex Offender Aftercare group.
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT Offenders are also offered programs through community resources. Community providers offer mental health and chemical dependency services, parenting and anger stress management classes and various education classes through the Lower Columbia Community College.
Northeast Region
Total Staff: 950Prison Facility: 2 - Airway Heights Corrections Center, Piine Lodge Corrections Center for Women Work Releases: 2 - Eleanor Chase, BrownstoneCJC: 1 - SpokaneField Offices: 11 COP Shops: 9
SPOKANE COUNTY
Airway Heights Corrections Center 11919 West Sprague Avenue, Airway Heights, WA 99001 Post Office Box 1899, Airway Heights, WA 99001-1899 (509) 244-6700
Airway Heights Corrections Center opened in 1992 and is located on a 160 acre sectionof land approximately ten miles west of Spokane. The facility consists of a main facility that houses medium and long-term minimum offenders. A separate perimeter adjacent to the main faciility accomodates a minimum security unit for offenders with minimum custody or lower.
Work Programs: Airway Heights Corrections Center offers programming in a wide range of work programs. There are currently over 1200 jobs available between the main facility and the Minimum Security Unit. They include Class I and II (Omega Pacific, Contcrete Works, the Food Factory, Bindery, Optical, Computer Refurbishing, Upholstery, Department of Natural Resources fire supression and reforestation, Security Crews, Maintenance and Porters) industries.
Spokane Area Office W. 1717 Broadway, Spokane, WA 99201 (509) 329-3680
Northeast Region Headquarters (509) 568-2123
Pine Lodge Corrections Center for Women P.O. Box 300 Medical Lake, WA 99022 (509) 299-2300
Pine Lodge Corrections Center for Women is a minimum-security female facility located in Medical Lake, Washington, approximately 17 miles west of Spokane. The program began in 1979 as an 84 bed male facility in Spokane, co-located with Spokane County Work Release. The lease was terminated in 1987 and Pre-Release moved temporarily to the grounds of the Lakeland Village Complex. In 1990, Eastern Washington Pre-Release co-located with Pine Lodge Corrections Center, and in January of 1992, the two facilities consolidated. Pine Lodge Pre-Release had been a coed facility from 1989 until it became the Pine Lodge Corrections Center for Women in July 2004.
In 1993, Pine Lodge began providing chemical dependency treatment and in the fall of 1996, began operating a twelve month Therapeutic Community for female offenders. Education programming is offered to assist offenders acquire a GED, and other valuable tools for successful transition to the community. Basic computer classes are taught that educate offenders on skills that can be later used to obtain meaningful employment in the community.
COPS-East Central Office 3001 E. 5th Spokane, WA 99202
COPS-Logan 1030 N. Hamilton Spokane, WA 99202
COPS North Central Office 630 W. Shannon Spokane, WA 99205
COPS Northeast Office 5208 N Market Spokane, WA 99207
COPS West Office 1901 W. Boone Spokane, WA 99201
TOP COPS 1201 West 1st Ave Spokane, WA 99204
Spokane Community Justice Center 715 E. Sprague, Suite 107 Spokane, WA 99202 (509) 363-2720
Spokane Community Placement Office 1821 North Maple Spokane, WA 99205 (509) 456-7676
Spokane Office --OMMU 1821 North Maple Spokane, WA 99205 (509) 329-3680
Spokane Valley 12406 E. Desmet, Suite C Spokane, WA 99216
Brownstone Work Training Release 223 S. Browne Spokane, WA 99201 (509) 456-4065
The Brownstone Work Release was established in its current location in October 1997. The facility houses adult male offenders who are under the jurisdiction of the Washington State Department of Corrections. An agreement has been made with the City of Spokane not to accept level 2 or 3 sex offenders. Eligible offenders must have minimum (MI1) custody and must have completed specific and/or required programming. Offenders are required to establish employment upon transferring to the facility. WORK PROGRAMS Spokane offers a wide selection of employment opportunities from industrial trades to food services. Residents are encouraged to utilize the support services of the Job Resource Center in their effort to secure meaningful employment. TREATMENT AND SELF HELP PROGRAMS Educational programming offered at the facility includes Moral Reconation Therapy, Victim Awareness, GED, chemical dependency programs, anger/stress management, Corrections Clearinghouse House, Driving While Intoxicated Awareness, and Parenting. COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
The facility offers a monthly speaker forum on many subjects including topics on Aids/Hepatitis, the public bus system in Spokane, Consumer Credit Counseling, banking systems, men's health, Path to a Better Job, and Men in children's lives.
Eleanor Chase House W. 427 7th Ave Spokane, WA 99204 (509) 456-6318
CAPACITY: 55 female offenders Eleanor Chase House Work Training Release was named in honor of Eleanor Elizabeth Barrow Chase, renowned community leader who is also well known for her charitable contributions. It is an all-female Work Release program located in Spokane, Washington. The minimum-security facility opened in November 1993 and is state owned and operated in conjunction with Second Chance, a non-profit, contracting agency. Second Chance provides custody services and programs. The building was designed to meet the needs of incarcerated women and their children. The facility is strategically located within walking distance of downtown Spokane; the site affords easy access to employment, medical facilities, treatment providers, and transportation services. Offenders who have committed sex offenses or present a risk to children do not qualify to be housed at Eleanor Chase Work Release. WORK PROGRAMS There is an on-site Job Resource Developer Specialist that assists offenders in job searches. The Job Resource Center in Spokane is also available in assisting offenders to find employment. Between the years 1995 and 2005, Spokane County expects to have over 6,600 job openings annually. Current statistics show offenders average wage earnings of $7.51 per hour. TREATMENT AND SELF HELP PROGRAMS The Eleanor Chase House Work Release Program offers a full range of services to include chemical dependency treatment, a child visitation program, cognitive restructuring programs, group and individual counseling, mother and baby program, parenting and self esteem classes, mentoring programs and employment development. COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
Eleanor Chase has a strong commitment from its Advisory Board (Department of Social and Health Services, Vanessa Beham Crisis Center, Gonzaga University, Early Head Start, Child Protection Service) to provide services to residents to address their personal treatment and other needs. Additionally, there are volunteers who provide church-related services and alcoholics anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous classes to offenders.
STEVENS COUNTY
Colville Office 298 South Main, Suite 202 Colville, WA 99114 509)684-7400
OKANOGAN COUNTY Okanogan Office 238 Oak Street P. O. Box 1038 Okanogan, WA 98840 (509) 826-7360
ADAMS COUNTY Othello Office (509)488-9513P.O. Box 769 620 E. Main Othello, WA 99344-0769
GRANT COUNTY
Ephrata Office (509)754-4626 229-1st Avenue N.W. P.O. Box 159Ephrata, WA 98823 6
Moses Lake Office (509)766-65021129 Larson Blvd Moses Lake, WA 98837 ASOTIN COUNTY
Clarkston Office 728 - 6th Street Clarkston, WA 99403 (509) 758-5870
WHITMAN COUNTY Colfax Office 107 E. Wall Colfax, WA 99111 (509)397-4470
Southeast RegionTotal Staff: 1,331Prison Facilities: 3 - AVCC, CRCC, WSPWork Releases: 2 - AVCC, Tri-CitiesCJC: 1 - YakimaField Offices: 12CC Violator Program: 1- Benton County Jail
Yakima County
Southeast Regional Office Office of Correctional Operations 210 North 2nd Street Yakima, WA 98901 (509) 575-2178
Yakima Community Corrections Office 210 North 2nd Street Yakima, WA 98901 (509) 575-2176 Yakima Community Justice Center 202 W. Yakima Avenue, Suite 200 Yakima, WA 98902 (509) 454-3626
Chemical Dependency Services
Board Certified Chemical Dependency AssessmentsOpen-Ended Intensive Out-Patient Treatment Programs Day and Evening GroupsOne-On-One Chemical Dependency Counseling Chemical Dependency Aftercare Services
Alternative Sanction Programs
Work Crew
Countywide Community Service Locations
Employment Services
One-On-One Job Development Resume' PublishingPre-Employment Skills and EducationJob Search Skills and Services
Employment database and referrals
Supporting Change Groups
Moral Reconation Therapy
Yakima Community Corrections - Drug Unit 32 North 3rd Street, Suite 235 Yakima, WA 98901 (509) 454-7812
Toppenish Community Corrections Office 604 West 4th, Suite D Toppenish, WA 98948 (509) 865-4851
Sunnyside Community Corrections Office 2201 E. Edison, Suite 3 P.O. Box 1038Sunnyside, WA 98944 (509) 836-5444
Athanum View Correctional Complex Assisted Living Facility 2009 South 64th Avenue Yakima, WA 98903 (509) 573-6300
Facility Description: The Ahtanum View Correctional Complex is comprised of a 60-bed work release and a 130 bed Assisted Living Facility. Assisted Living facility offenders are selected for placement at Ahtanum View because they are occupying expensive beds in infirmaries/hospitals at larger correctional facilities and/or are unable to program successfully at these larger facilities due to their age, disability or medical condition.
The Assisted Living Facility houses male offenders, who are elderly, disabled and/or medically challenged and need some assistance in day to day activities. Offenders are required to program to their fullest potential, establish an accountability plan both for the time they are at the facility and a transition plan for their eventual release.
Ahtanum View Correctional Complex Work/Training Release Center 2011 South 64th Avenue Yakima, WA 98903 (509) 573-6312
CAPACITY: 120 Ahtanum View Work Release is a 60-bed facility that accommodates both male and female offenders. All offenders work in the Yakima area and pay room and board, restitution, legal fees, and family support when applicable. Originally, the work release was located at 1704 Grant Street near Yakima Valley Community College. It opened in Oct 1972 and expanded to its present location in 1978. Since its inception, it has become an intricate part of both the business and law enforcement communities in Yakima. Approximately 3500 residents have successfully transitioned from this program to the surrounding community. WORK PROGRAMS All residents are expected to secure employment within ten working days of arriving at the facility. Both state and contract staff work with each offender in order to develop an individualized case plan designed to address the individual needs of the offender. TREATMENT/SELF HELP PROGRAMS Programs offered at the facility include employment counseling, drug and alcohol treatment, anger management, and family and personal counseling. COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
A strong community volunteer/sponsor program has for many years been a major component at Work Release. Reintegration of the offender to the community is the primary mission.
KLICKTAT COUNTY Goldendale Community Corrections Office 228 South Columbus Avenue Suite 103 Goldendale, WA 98620 (509) 773-3708
BENTON COUNTY Kennewick Administrative Unit 500 N. Morain, Suite 1100 Kennewick, WA 99336 phone: 509-734-5666
Kennewick/Tri-Cities Field Office Annex 500 N. Morain, Suite 1101 Kennewick, WA 99336 (509) 734-5600
(509) 734-7097 Tri-Cities Work/Training Release Center P.O. Box 1318, Pasco, WA 99301 524 East Bruneau Avenue Kennewick, WA 99336 (509) 585-1560
CAPACITY: 34 male and 6 female offenders Tri-Cities Work Release is a minimum-security facility, which opened in June of 1999. It is the only state owned work release that is solely staffed by Department of Corrections employees. It is a single level, 12,500 square foot building on 1.37 acres, located one block south of the Columbia River in east downtown Kennewick. The work release is comprised of a male and a female wing, housing a total of 40 residents. Each wing accommodates handicap accessible living quarters. The facility includes a recreation room, laundry room, separate male and female television rooms, multi-purpose computer lab room, state of the art kitchen and dining/break room, and a large visiting room. In the back "yard", the facility provides a secure bicycle rack for its residents, weight lifting equipment, covered smoking area, half court basketball, volleyball area, picnic tables, and a large lawn all surrounded by a six-foot cyclone fence and perimeter cameras. WORK PROGRAMS Most residents find employment in food services, agribusiness and construction. Residents utilize workforce job training and experience programs, Columbia Basin College for GED, higher education and vocational training. There is an active referral network for employment services, addressing barriers for employment. TREATMENT AND SELF HELP PROGRAMS
Educational/Self Help classes and programming offered at Tri-Cities Work Release include a six week Intensive Outpatient/Relapse Prevention with a Moral Reconation Therapy component, ongoing cognitive restructuring program, an eight week Family Re-entry/Conflict Resolution class and victim awareness. Tri-Cities Work Release partners with the Migrant Council/Work Source Center in assisting residents with employment opportunities.
FRANKLIN COUNTY Coyote Ridge Corrections Center P.O. Box 769 1301 North Ephrata Connell, WA 99326 (509) 543-5800.
CAPACITY: 800 INTRODUCTION Coyote Ridge Corrections Center is a minimum-security correctional facility located in Connell, Washington. The facility houses 800 male offenders who are within four years of the end of their sentence. Living units are comprised of two-man rooms and dormitories. An offender may earn the privilege of living in a two-man room through infraction-free behavior and appropriate programming. An offender will remain at Coyote Ridge Corrections Center until his behavior allows transfer to a work release setting, or he is released into the community at the end of his sentence. WORK PROGRAMS Most offenders are required to participate in work and training assignments a total of 40 hours each week. On-site support jobs include custodial, grounds-keeping, food service, heavy equipment operations, laundry, carpentry, welding, construction, plant maintenance, warehouse, barber and clerks. Other positions include involvement in the horticulture, recycling, and Department of Wildlife programs. Correctional Industries is an offender staffed business producing linen goods such as towels, sheets, pillow cases, mattress covers and laundry bags sold to other agencies such as jails, colleges, and school districts, hospitals and non-profit organizations. TREATMENT AND OTHER SELF HELP PROGRAMS Coyote Ridge offers offenders several educational programs to learn new skills and prepare them for release back into society. Programs include Moral Reconation Therapy, Victim Awareness, Offender Speak-Out Program, chemical dependency programs, Therapeutic Community, Anger/Stress Management, and Corrections Clearinghouse. COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT The Coyote Ridge Community Advisory Committee, comprised of representatives of city government, local businesses and private citizens, serves the community by enhancing communication and cooperation between the various representatives and the facility. The Advisory Committee also facilitates community involvement in the implementation of vocational, educational, and social programs at Coyote Ridge. The work crew experience focuses on work ethics and responsible work behavior, to aid rehabilitation. Offenders are closely screened for community safety fitness. Off-site work crew labor has assisted the City of Connell in restoring historic buildings for community use. Offender workers remodeled the old city hall and transformed it into a new library, and have restored an old church for use as an historical museum. This crew also maintains parks, the cemetery, public buildings, repairs city vehicles and maintenance at the City Community Center and city swimming pool.
Work crews are active in the region at Columbia Basin College, Benton City Fairgrounds, the TRAC facility and city parks. Work crews have also assisted with the new sewer system for the cities of Mattawa and Starbuck.
Pasco Community Corrections Office 712 North Fourth Pasco, WA 99301 (509) 545-2415
CHELAN & DOUGLAS COUNTIES Wenatchee Community Corrections Office 325 N. Chelan, Suite A P.O. Box 2869 Wenatchee, WA 98807 (509) 663-9712
KITTITAS COUNTY Ellensburg Community Corrections Office 507 N. Pine, Suite D Ellensburg, WA 98926 (509) 962-7700
WALLA WALLA & COLUMBIA COUNTIES Washington State Penitentiary 1313 N. 13th Avenue Walla Walla, WA 99362-1065 (509) 525-3610
The Washington State Penitentiary is located on 540 acres of farmland near the Eastern Washington community of Walla Walla, Washington. The facility houses maximum, close, medium and minimum security offenders. It operates one of the State's three Intensive Management Units. Depending on the offender's custody level upon transfer, they are placed either in the Main Institution, the Medium Security Complex (Baker, Adams and Rainier Units), the Intensive Management Unit or the Minimum Security Unit. Various programs are offered including Adult Basic Education, English as a Second Language, and General Education Equivalency Preparation. Medium custody offenders have the option to participate in an Auto Body Vocational program and Office Technology course. The Main Institution offers offenders a Barbering program and Office Technology classes. The Minimum-Security Facility offers the Carpentry Program and community work crews that assist the community in maintenance and other jobs.
Offender change intervention courses, Achieving Your Potential, Anger/Stress Management, Human Behavior In Prison, Breaking Barriers, Victim Awareness, Marriage & Family Life, Family Dynamics & Parenting, Gender Communication, and Cultural diversity are offered to offenders. The facility currently does not have chemical dependency or Moral Reconation Therapy courses.
Walla Walla Community Corrections Office 401 West Main, Suite C Walla Walla, WA 99362 (509) 527-4449
