Washington Corrections Center for Women

Facilities and programs

• Educational and Offender Change programs include: GED programs, Information Technology programs, and a prison library. However, inmates must have enough time left on their sentence in order to enroll in education. Inmates sentenced to 18 months or less can not access education and are not eligible for most self improvement class. their intent is to teach incarcerated new skills, and help them to transition into the outside world.
• Work and Vocational programs include: CAD programming, Textile Production, and Braille printing. these are how prisoners earn prison salaries. This money is used for store purchases, recreation, and medication. A doctor visit cost $4/visit. A weight card for the gym is $7/quarter. There are quarterly packages, monthly fundraisers, monthly events, and craft supplies available as well.

  Organization

• CCUE&W- closed custody unit
• SEG - segregation
• TEC - therapeutic evaluation center
• MSUA&B - medium security unit
• MSC J,K,L - minimum security campus
• RDC - receiving and diagnostic center

  History

Notable inmates

• Mary Kay Letourneau, Level 2 sex offender and former schoolteacher who pleaded guilty in 1997 to two counts of felony second-degree rape of a child, her 12-year-old student.
• Barbara Opel, paid 5 teenagers to rob and murder a person.
• Michele Kristen Anderson, one of the perpetrators of the 2007 Carnation murders.