Washington Corrections Center for Women (WCCW)
Facility Alerts & Notices
Before visiting, check for notices that may impact your travel plans. For visitation cancellations, you can follow 
@WADOCVisits on Twitter.
- Saturday, November 17 - Sunday, November 18, 2018: Visitation will be closed for the Family & Friends Thanksgiving event.
At A Glance
Custody Level: Minimum,
Medium & Close
Living Units & Custody Levels
Capacity: 738 female inmates
Year Opened: 1971
WCCW Visiting Information
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.
If the inmate you are wanting to visit is housed at the Yakima County Jail, please review the Yakima County Jail visiting policy.
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
. WCCW 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.
WCCW's Regular Visiting Hours have also been published below as a quick reference for your convenience.
Family Friendly Events
Many family friendly events are hosted at WCCW. These events may disrupt regularly scheduled visiting hours. Please refer to the WCCW Family Friendly Events Calendar for information regarding upcoming scheduled events.
Regular Visiting Hours
Below are the regularly scheduled visiting hours for each unit that accepts visitors at WCCW. Regular visiting hours are subject to change due to unplanned incidents, as well as scheduled events. Please check facility alerts & notices, as well as the Family Friendly Events Calendar and Visitor's Guidelines for information that may impact your travel plans.
| Sunday: | 10:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. |
|---|---|
| Monday: | 4:15 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. |
| Tuesday: | None |
| Wednesday: | None |
| Thursday: | None |
| Friday: | 10:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. |
| Saturday: | 4:15 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. |
Segregation (SEG)
Immediate family only.
| Sunday: | 4:15 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. |
|---|---|
| Monday: | 4:15 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. |
| Tuesday: | None |
| Wednesday: | None |
| Thursday: | None |
| Friday: | 10:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. |
| Saturday: | 10:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. |
| Sunday: | 4:15 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. |
|---|---|
| Monday: | 10:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. 4:15 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. |
| Tuesday: | None |
| Wednesday: | None |
| Thursday: | None |
| Friday: | 4:15 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. |
| Saturday: | 10:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. |
| Sunday: | 10:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. |
|---|---|
| Monday: | 10:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. 4:15 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. |
| Tuesday: | None |
| Wednesday: | None |
| Thursday: | None |
| Friday: | 4:15 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. |
| Saturday: | 4:15 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. |
| Sunday: | 4:15 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. |
|---|---|
| Monday: | 10:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. 4:15 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. |
| Tuesday: | None |
| Wednesday: | None |
| Thursday: | None |
| Friday: | 10:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. 4:15 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. |
| Saturday: | 10:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. |
| Sunday: | 10:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. |
|---|---|
| Monday: | 10:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. 4:15 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. |
| Tuesday: | None |
| Wednesday: | None |
| Thursday: | None |
| Friday: | 10:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. 4:15 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. |
| Saturday: | 4:15 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. |
Reception & Diagnostic Center (RDC)
Immediate family only.
| Sunday: | 10:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. 4:15 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. |
|---|---|
| Monday: | 4:15 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. |
| Tuesday: | None |
| Wednesday: | None |
| Thursday: | None |
| Friday: | None |
| Saturday: | 10:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. 4:15 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. |
Video Visiting Hours
Per DOC Policy 450.300 – Attachment 1, Video Visiting, video visits will be scheduled in 30 minute increments and may not exceed one hour in duration. Hours posted represent the available check-in times for scheduled visits.
Facility Programs
Academic & Partnership Programs
- Adult Basic Education
- Prison Pet Partnership Program (PPPP)
- General Education Diploma (GED)
- Information Technology
- Technical Design
- Ornamental Horticulture
- Residential Parenting Program
- Braille Program
Research Based Programs
Work & Vocational Programs
- Correctional Industries Jobs:
- Computer-Aided Drafting (CAD) Services
- Embroidery
- Trades Related Apprenticeship Coach (TRAC)
Community Involvement
Volunteers from the Community
More than 600 community volunteers serve Washington Corrections Center for Women (WCCW) in many capacities, including academic internships, chemical dependency counseling, transition planning, tutoring, creative writing, diversity awareness, HIV/AIDS education, speech classes, theatrical movement, meditation, and staff aids.
Volunteer Programs
Girl Scouts of Western Washington offers the Girl Scouts Beyond Bars Program, where incarcerated mothers act as leaders to provide craft and educational projects for their daughters. Nationally known groups such as Toastmasters International , Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) , and Narcotics Anonymous also provide volunteer services.
Serving the Community
Community service inmate work crews conduct grounds maintenance, light repairs, and planting and harvesting tasks. In addition, more than 40 female inmates work on outside crews for facility–related tasks such as general facility and grounds maintenance, and store operations to include stocking, order fulfillment and inventory tasks.
Washington Corrections Center for Women Superintendent
Superintendent
Jo Wofford
Jo Wofford served for 14 years with the Washington State Department of Corrections prior to joining the staff of the Washington Technology Solutions as the emergency management and disaster recovery specialist. During her tenure with Corrections, she served for 11 years as uniformed custody staff prior to promoting to associate superintendent of the Washington Corrections Center in Shelton, Wash. in 2011. She was appointed superintendent of Mission Creek Corrections Center for Women (MCCCW) on July 1, 2017. On December 1, 2017, she became the superintendent of Washington Corrections Center for Women.
Throughout her correctional career, Wofford moved her facilities forward in ways that improved security and safety practices, including staff accountability work, enhanced transport security practices, and changes in inmate movement within facilities to decrease disturbances and violence. Additionally, she is a Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) trained Incident Command System (ICS) instructor and served as an incident commander for the Departmental Incident Management Team (DIMT).