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Washington State Penitentiary (also called the Walla Walla State Penitentiary) is a Washington State Department of Corrections men's prison located in Walla Walla, Washington. With an operating capacity of 2,200, it is the largest prison in the state and is surrounded by wheat fields. It opened in 1886, three years before statehood.
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 ...
The second-largest prison in Washington, after nearby Coyote Ridge Corrections Center in Connell, is the Washington State Penitentiary (WSP) located in Walla Walla, at 1313 North 13th. Originally opened in 1886, it now houses about 2,000 offenders. [149]
The Washington Department of Corrections revenue-generating, industry job training, and factory food production branch is Washington State Correctional Industries. [18] It is a member of the National Correctional Industries Association. [19] Correctional Industries began centralizing food production at the Airway Heights Correctional Center in ...
One was involved in a fentanyl ring. The other apparently died by suicide the day of his child pornography sentencing in Richland.
Only five people have been executed by the state of Washington since the death penalty statute was reformed following the 1976 Supreme Court decisions. Capital punishment was declared unconstitutional by the Washington Supreme Court in 2018.
William Gohl (February 6, 1873 – March 3, 1927) was a German-American murderer and suspected serial killer who, while working as a labor union official, murdered several sailors passing through Aberdeen, Washington.
In 1975, he was hired by the Washington State Department of Corrections to work as a correction officer at the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla. [3] In October 1977, Yates enlisted in the United States Army, where he became certified to fly civilian transport airplanes and helicopters.