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. It does not include federal prisons, county jails, or juvenile facilities located in Washington.

Current prisons

The Department currently operates 12 adult prisons, of which 10 are male institutions and two are female institutions. The Department confines nearly 16,000 offenders in these facilities, with each varying in size and mission across the state.
FacilityLocationYear openedMajor facilityPopulation genderCapacityCustody level
Airway Heights Corrections Center Airway Heights1992YesMale2,258MI-2
MI-3
Medium
Cedar Creek Corrections Center Littlerock1954NoMale480MI-2
Clallam Bay Corrections Center Clallam Bay1985YesMale858Medium
Close
Maximum
Coyote Ridge Corrections Center Connell1992
2009
YesMale2,468MI-2
MI-3
Medium
Larch Corrections Center Yacolt1956NoMale480MI-2
Mission Creek Corrections Center for Women Belfair2005NoFemale305MI-2
Monroe Correctional Complex Monroe1910YesMale2,400MI-3
Medium
Close
Maximum
Supermax
Olympic Corrections Center Forks1968NoMale378MI-2
Stafford Creek Corrections Center Aberdeen2000YesMale1,936MI-3
Medium
Maximum
Washington Corrections Center Shelton1964YesMale1,268Medium
Close
Maximum
Washington Corrections Center for Women Gig Harbor1971YesFemale738MI-3
Medium
Close
Washington State Penitentiary Walla Walla1886YesMale1,968MI-3
Medium
Close
Maximum
Supermax

Closed prisons

The following prisons are no longer in operation by the Department of Corrections.
FacilityLocationYear openedYear closedMajor facilityPopulation genderCapacityCustody level
Ahtanum View Corrections Center Yakima19972010NoMale120Assisted Living
MI-2
McNeil Island Corrections Center Steilacoom1875*2011YesMale853Medium
Pine Lodge Corrections Center for Women Medical Lake19792010NoFemale359MI-2