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Washington Corrections Center is a
Washington State Department of Corrections The Washington State Department of Corrections (WADOC) is a department of the government of the State of Washington. WADOC is responsible for administering adult corrections programs operated by the state. This includes state correctional inst ...
men's prison located in
Shelton, Washington Shelton is a city in and the county seat of Mason County, Washington, United States. Shelton is the westernmost city on Puget Sound. The population was 10,371 at the 2020 census. Shelton has a council–manager form of government and was the ...
. With an operating capacity of 1,300, it is the sixth largest prison in the state (after Stafford Creek Corrections Center) and is surrounded by forestland. It opened in 1964, seventy-five years after statehood. Washington Corrections Center is located at 2321 W Dayton Airport Rd.


Facilities and Programs

Washington Corrections Center facilitates Educational and Offender Change programs, Work and Vocational programs, and Sustainability programs. *Educational and Offender Change programs include:
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programs, Computer basics programs, and a prison library. their intent is to teach incarcerated new skills, and help them to transition into the outside world. *Work and Vocational programs include: groundskeeping and vehicle maintenance, these are how prisoners earn prison salaries or
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. *Sustainability programs include: Composting, and Vegetable Gardens. Their intent is to allow prisoners to practice skills learned in prison, and make the prison self-sustaining.


Organization

Washington Corrections Center is located on a 400-acre campus in
Shelton, Washington Shelton is a city in and the county seat of Mason County, Washington, United States. Shelton is the westernmost city on Puget Sound. The population was 10,371 at the 2020 census. Shelton has a council–manager form of government and was the ...
. On campus, there is 9 housing units by the names of: *Cedar *Evergreen *Pine *R-1 *R-2 *R-3 *R-4 *R-5 *IMU These vary from minimum to maximum security.


History

Washington Corrections Center was opened in 1964, making it the 5th oldest prison in Washington state. All prisoners entering the Washington State Prison System must pass through Washington Corrections Center in order to be classified and assigned to a permanent residential prison. In 2014, two prisoners at Washington Corrections Center committed successful suicides, leading the
Washington State Department of Corrections The Washington State Department of Corrections (WADOC) is a department of the government of the State of Washington. WADOC is responsible for administering adult corrections programs operated by the state. This includes state correctional inst ...
to reform their official policy on suicides. In September 2015, Washington Corrections Center became the second prison (after Snake River Correctional Institution in Oregon) to install a "Blueroom" inside of
solitary confinement Solitary confinement (also shortened to solitary) is a form of imprisonment in which an incarcerated person lives in a single Prison cell, cell with little or no contact with other people. It is a punitive tool used within the prison system to ...
to play nature videos for prisoners.


See also

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List of law enforcement agencies in Washington (state) This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the United States, US state of Washington (U.S. state), Washington. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 ''Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies,'' the state had 260 l ...
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List of United States state correction agencies This is a list of corrections agencies in the U.S. state, states of the United States. State adult prison agencies * Alabama Department of Corrections * Alaska Department of Corrections * Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Ree ...
* List of U.S. state prisons *
List of Washington state prisons This is a list of state prisons in Washington housing adult inmates administered by the Washington State Department of Corrections (WADOC).


References

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