Washington Corrections Center for Women

Washington Corrections Center for Women (WCCW)

Location	Gig Harbor, Washington
Coordinates	47°20′46″N 122°36′50″W / 47.346°N 122.614°W / 47.346; -122.614Coordinates: 47°20′46″N 122°36′50″W / 47.346°N 122.614°W / 47.346; -122.614
Status	Operational
Security class	Close, Medium, Minimum
Capacity	740 as of June 2008
Opened	1971, 45 years ago
Managed by	Washington State Department of Corrections
Director	Dona Zavislan

Washington Corrections Center for Women

Location in the United States

WCCW

Location in Washington

Washington Corrections Center for Women (WCCW) is a Washington State Department of Corrections women's prison located in Gig Harbor, Washington.^[1] With an operating capacity of 740, it is the largest women's prison in the state ^[2] and is surrounded by Washington State Route 16, and McCormick forest park. It opened 45 years ago in 1971, eighty-two years after statehood.^[1]

Washington Corrections Center is located at 9601 Bujacich Rd NW

Facilities and Programs

Washington Corrections Center for Women facilitates Educational and Offender Change programs, & Work and Vocational programs.

• Educational and Offender Change programs include: GED programs, Information Technology programs, and a prison library.^[3] they're 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.^[4] these are how prisoners earn prison salaries or commissary.

Organization

Washington Corrections Center for women is located on a 32-acre campus in Gig Harbor, Washington.^[5] On campus, there is 9 housing units by the names of:

• CCU
• SEG
• TEC
• MA
• MB
• J
• K
• L
• RDC

These vary from minimum to close security.^[6]

History

Washington Corrections Center for Women was opened 45 years ago, in 1971.^[1] In April, 2016 John Legend performed at Washington Corrections Center for Women to raise awareness for his "Free America" campaign to reduce mass incarceration in the United States.^[7]

Notable inmates

Mary Kay Letourneau former school teacher known for her romantic relations with a 6th grade student.^[8]

See also

• List of law enforcement agencies in Washington
• List of United States state correction agencies
• List of U.S. state prisons
• List of Washington state prisons

References

1. 1 2 3 http://www.doc.wa.gov/facilities/prison/wccw/
2. ↑ http://www.prisonpro.com/content/washington-corrections-center-women
3. ↑ https://www.inmateaid.com/prisons/wa-doc-washington-corrections-center-for-women
4. ↑ http://www.washingtonci.com/about-ci/where-we-are/wccw.html
5. ↑ https://drive.google.com/open?id=14gIR5uMy3NEpQlpMwGkZqDwFUfE&usp=sharing
6. ↑ http://www.doc.wa.gov/facilities/prison/wccw/docs/WCCWVisitGuidelines.pdf
7. ↑ http://www.thenewstribune.com/news/politics-government/article70556507.html
8. ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=ij4Wc-5krxYC&pg=PA124&hl=en#v=onepage&q&f=false

Washington State Department of Corrections prisons
State prisons	Airway Heights Corrections Center Cedar Creek Corrections Center Clallam Bay Corrections Center Coyote Ridge Corrections Center Larch Corrections Center Mission Creek Corrections Center for Women♀ Monroe Correctional Complex Olympic Corrections Center Stafford Creek Corrections Center Washington Corrections Center Washington Corrections Center for Women♀ Washington State Penitentiary
Closed	Ahtanum View Corrections Center McNeil Island Corrections Center Pine Lodge Corrections Center for Women♀
Above facilities are male-only unless noted by ♀(female) or ♂♀ (unisex)