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).^[1] It does not include county jails, or juvenile facilities located in Washington.

Current prisons

The department currently operates 11 adult prisons (9 male institutions and 2 female institutions).^[1] The department confines nearly 13,000 offenders in these facilities, with each varying in size and mission across the state.^[1]

Facility	Location	Year opened	Major facility	Population gender	Capacity	Custody level(s)
Airway Heights Corrections Center (AHCC)	Airway Heights	1992	Yes	Male	2,258	MI-2 MI-3 Medium
Cedar Creek Corrections Center (CCCC)	Littlerock	1954	No	Male	480	MI-2
Clallam Bay Corrections Center (CBCC)	Clallam Bay	1985	Yes	Male	858	Medium Close Maximum
Coyote Ridge Corrections Center (CRCC)	Connell	1992	Yes	Male	2,468	MI-2 MI-3 Medium
Mission Creek Corrections Center for Women (MCCCW)	Belfair	2005	No	Female	321	MI-2
Monroe Correctional Complex (MCC)	Monroe	1910	Yes	Male	3,100	MI-2 MI-3 Medium Close Maximum
Olympic Corrections Center (OCC)	Forks	1968	No	Male	381	MI-2
Stafford Creek Corrections Center (SCCC)	Aberdeen	2000	Yes	Male	1,936	MI-3 Medium Maximum
Washington Corrections Center (WCC)	Shelton	1964	Yes	Male	1,268	Medium Close Maximum
Washington Corrections Center for Women (WCCW)	Gig Harbor	1971	Yes	Female	738	MI-2 MI-3 Medium Close
Washington State Penitentiary (WSP)	Walla Walla	1886	Yes	Male	2,439	MI-2 MI-3 Medium Close Maximum

Closed prisons

The following prisons are no longer in operation or aren't actively holding Incarcerated Individuals by the Department of Corrections.^[2][3]

Facility	Location	Year opened	Year closed	Major facility	Population gender	Capacity	Custody level(s)
Ahtanum View Corrections Center (AVCC)	Yakima	1997	2010	No	Male	120	Assisted Living MI-2
Larch Corrections Center (LCC)	Yacolt	1956	2023	No	Male	240	MI-2
McNeil Island Corrections Center (MICC)	Steilacoom	1875*	2011	Yes	Male	853	Medium
Pine Lodge Corrections Center for Women (PLCCW)	Medical Lake	1979	2010	No	Female	359	MI-2

• McNeil Island was opened in 1875 by the U.S. government as a federal penitentiary. WSDOC signed a lease in 1981 to use the island, which was officially deeded to the State of Washington in 1984.^[4]