Facility Alerts & Notices
Before visiting, check this page for notices and alerts that may impact your travel plans.
- None at this time
Contact & Location
At A Glance
Local Family Council
DOC Policy 530.155 Family Councils
Custody Level: Minimum
Living Units & Custody Levels
Capacity: 480 male inmates
Year Opened: 1954
Cedar Creek Corrections Center (CCCC) Visiting Information
Lodging and Transportation Assistance Program (LTAP)
The Lodging and Transportation Assistance Program (LTAP) was developed to help reduce the financial burden placed on families due to the cost associated with travel to/from a facility. Qualifying applicants may request up to two separate $50 reimbursements to assist with the cost of fuel and/or a hotel stay when visiting their loved on. You can find more information and the application at the link above.
Visitor Application Process
To visit an inmate, you must complete the visitor application process. Go to the Prison Visits webpage for information about what is required in your specific circumstances to complete the visitor application process.
The visitor application process must be completed for both Prison Visits and Video Visits.
Visitor Guidelines
The general guidelines that are applicable to all prison facilities is detailed in DOC Policy 450.300 Visits for Incarcerated Individuals. CCCC also has its own Visitor's Guidelines detailing important notices, visiting rules, guidelines for all visits (prison and video), and regular visiting hours for each housing unit.
CCCC's Regular Visiting Hours have also been published below as a quick reference for your convenience.
REMINDER: All visitors may arrive to the facility 15 minutes prior to the start of visiting.
Scheduled Events
Many scheduled events are hosted at CCCC. These events may disrupt regularly scheduled visiting hours. Please refer to the CCCC Event Calendar for information regarding upcoming scheduled events.
Regular Visiting Hours
Below are the regularly scheduled visiting hours for each unit that accepts visitors at CCCC. Regular visiting hours are subject to change due to unplanned incidents, as well as scheduled events. Please check facility alerts & notices, CCCC Event Calendar, CCCC Visit Schedule Calendar and Visitor's Guidelines for information that may impact your travel plans.
Cascade & Olympic Units have visiting at the same time on Mondays and Fridays.
- Mondays & Fridays: 1:00 p.m. – 6:45 p.m.
- Saturdays & Sundays: 10:00 a.m. – 6:45 p.m.
Check in time will be:
- Mondays & Fridays at 12:45 p.m.
- Saturdays & Sundays at 9:45 a.m.
- 2nd check in time for all days will be 3:00 p.m. to 3:15 p.m.
Extended Family Visiting (EFV) check in will be at 11:00 a.m. Check out times for EFV will remain the same: 2:30 p.m. on Sundays and approximately 12:30 p.m. on Wednesdays. As these are new hours, we will monitor for several weeks and make adjustments as needed.
Cascade & Olympic Living Units (New Hours!!!)
| Friday | Saturday | Sunday | Monday | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rotating Schedule – See Visit Schedule Calendar | 1:00 p.m. – 6:45 p.m. | 10:00 a.m. – 6:45 p.m. | 10:00 a.m. – 6:45 p.m. | 1:00 p.m. – 6:45 p.m. |
Video Visiting Hours
Per Video Visit Expectations, video visits will be scheduled in 30 minute increments and may not exceed one hour in duration. Video visits may be scheduled by an approved visitor through Securus at least 24 hours in advance.
Securus Terminal
| Days | Time |
|---|---|
| Daily | 8:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. 6:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. |
Living Units
The information below will inform you of the custody level the inmate you are inquiring about is assigned to depending on what unit he is living in:
| Living Unit | Custody Level |
|---|---|
| Cascade Unit | Minimum |
| Olympic Unit | Minimum |
Facility Programs
Academic & Partnership Programs
- Adult Basic Education
- Dog Training Program
- General Education Diploma (GED)
- Getting it Right
- Job Readiness
- Sustainability in Prisons Project
Research Based Programs
Work & Vocational Programs
- Building Maintenance
- Computer Technology
- Community Work Crews
- Composting & Recycling
- Department of Natural Resources Work Crews
- Drywall Installation
- Information Technology
- Institutional Support Jobs
- Roofing
- Siding
- Sustainability Jobs
- Waste Water Treatment Plant
Community Involvement
The Community Partnership Program at Cedar Creek Corrections Center (CCCC) is involved in several community programs.
Giving Back to the Community
Cedar Creek partners with our local schools, businesses, and churches to collaborate on several community projects each year. Through their own fundraising events, inmates have donated funds to ROOF, St. Jude's Hospital, Littlerock School, and the Dog Program for Veterans. Additionally, CCCC staff have held food drives for local food banks, supported local non-profits such as the Rochester ROOF program, and Adopt-a-Family during the holidays annually.
Serving the Community
Cedar Creek provides community service prison work crews that perform thousands of hours of work each year for local, county, non-profit organizations, and state agencies.
Cedar Creek also collaborates with the Department of Natural Resources (DNR). Prison work crews under DNR's supervision maintain trails and surrounding campgrounds of the Capital Forest, plant trees, and fight forest fires.
Sustainability in the Community
Cedar Creek is dedicated to engaging staff members and inmates in sustainability efforts. These efforts include gardening, composting, recycling, and rainwater catchment.
Through the Sustainability in Prisons Project (SPP) Cedar Creek partners with The Evergreen State College and the Department of Fish and Wildlife to connect inmates with nature and teach them about environmental responsibility. Inmates at CCCC participate in several sustainability programs that directly support and serve the community:
Cedar Creek’s location on the South easterly border of a 110,000-acre forest is an ideal location for the Sustainability in Prisons Project (SPP) that Cedar Creek is nationally known for working with. In fact, the Department of Correction’s sustainability efforts began at Cedar Creek. The SPP’s mission is to empower sustainable change by bringing nature, science, and environmental education into prisons. Cedar Creek is dedicated to engaging staff members and incarcerated individuals in sustainability efforts. These efforts include gardening, composting, recycling, and rainwater catchment.
Family
Local Family Council (LFC)
Each prison facility maintains a Local Family Council (LFC), providing family members the opportunity to meet regularly with the facility staff to ask questions, receive information, and share their perspectives. Meetings typically involve the facility Superintendent or Associate Superintendent, along with other department representatives and facility visitors. They are generally held during even-numbered months throughout the year, and any approved visitor may attend. To sign up to attend these meetings or join the LFC, contact your Local Family Council Representative.
Statewide Family Council (SFC)
The Department also maintains a Statewide Family Council (SFC), consisting of one elected representative from each of the Local Family Councils, the Statewide Program Manager, and various members of the executive leadership team from DOC Headquarters along with visitors or other community members who have a vested interest. These meetings are open to the public and generally occur during odd-numbered months throughout the year. To see past meeting minutes as well as information on upcoming meetings and how to join, visit the Statewide Family Council site and click on the upcoming agenda; log in information is located in the top right corner of the agenda.
Family Events
Family relationships are essential during incarceration and provide emotional support, stability, and a sense of connection that can greatly influence an individual's success both during and after their incarceration. Family friendly events provide the opportunity for incarcerated individuals and their visitors to participate in meaningful, family centered activities that strengthen these bonds. Each year, at least four such events are organized at each facility - two are focused on strengthening adult relationships and two are dedicated to nurturing the child/parent connections. All events have set criteria and must comply with security, safety, and health requirements and in alignment with the Department’s Mission and Core Values.
Family Support and Navigation Guide
Family members experience both a physical and mental loss when a loved one becomes incarcerated. In order to maintain connections and provide support for their loved one, families must learn to navigate their way through the Corrections system. This can be a scary time for all involved. The Family Support and Navigation Guide was developed to provide you with information relevant to your loved one’s incarceration and guide you to resources during your time with Washington State Department of Corrections.
Lodging and Transportation Assistance Program (LTAP)
The Lodging and Transportation Assistance Program (LTAP) was developed to help reduce the financial burden placed on families due to the cost associated with travel to/from a facility. Qualifying applicants may request up to two separate $50 reimbursements to assist with the cost of fuel and/or a hotel stay when visiting their loved on. You can find more information and the application at the link above.
Cedar Creek Corrections Center (CCCC) Superintendent
Tim Thrasher started his employment with the Washington Department of Corrections in 1994. He first served as a correctional officer at the Monroe Correctional Complex before transferring to Cedar Creek Corrections Center. He then promoted to investigator and eventually chief investigator at Washington Corrections Center (WCC). Following that assignment, he worked as part of a team to implement the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Unit. The project included developing policy, training and conducting PREA related investigations.
Tim was later promoted to chief of investigative operations, and most recently was the missioned housing administrator (MHA). As the MHA, he had statewide oversight of restrictive housing, veterans’ units, the skill building unit and other missioned housing. Starting in September 2021, Tim began assisting WCC with coordinating resources within HQ Prisons, Health Services, Transportation and Criminal Conviction Records Unit to work on both current classifications and transfers, and streamline the reception process.
Tim has served as associate superintendent at Stafford Creek Corrections Center and superintendent at Larch Corrections Center. Tim has a Bachelor of Arts from The Evergreen State College.