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 county jails, or juvenile facilities located in Washington.

Current prisons

The department currently operates 11 adult prisons. The department confines nearly 13,000 offenders in these facilities, with each varying in size and mission across the state.

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

Facility	Location	Year opened	Year closed	Major facility	Population gender	Capacity	Custody level
Ahtanum View Corrections Center	Yakima	1997	2010	No	Male	120	Assisted Living MI-2
Larch Corrections Center	Yacolt	1956	2023	No	Male	240	MI-2
McNeil [Island Corrections Center]	Steilacoom	1875*	2011	Yes	Male	853	Medium
Pine Lodge Corrections Center for Women	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.