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Public Alerts & Notices

This webpage is regularly updated with the most recent informational alerts and notices for all Department facilities and offices in the state of Washington. Please refer to the alerts and notices provided below for information that may impact your travel plans.

Prison Facility Alerts & Notices

See prison facility notices below for information that may impact your travel plans. Please be advised that unforeseen security problems may interfere with visiting, causing delayed, shortened, suspended or cancelled visits. This is unusual, but it does occasionally occur.

  • Starting December 2024 to accommodate visitors during major holidays, a change has been made to the visiting rotation schedule for the units. During the holiday weekends, starting Christmas weekend 2024, AHCC is going to ensure each unit gets to visit during the holiday weekends. After the holiday weekends AHCC will resume the normal rotation schedule. The holidays include Christmas, Easter, Father’s Day, July 4th, Thanksgiving, and Christmas.
  • Tuesday, January 21, 2025: Phones and tablets are down. SECURUS is actively working on a resolution. There is no ETA at this time.
  • Saturday, February 1, 2025: MSC Visiting will be closed in the morning. Regular visiting open 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
  • Saturday, February 1, 2025: MSU Visiting will be closed in the morning. Regular visiting open 5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
  • Saturday, February 22, 2025: MSC Visiting will be closed in the morning. Regular visiting open 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
  • Please be advised when using Microsoft Bing for the location of Olympic Corrections Center, the address is incorrect. Olympic Corrections Center is located south of Forks WA 98331 not Montesano WA 98563. The street address is 11235 Hoh Mainline as written on the site is correct. The map also shows the correct location.
  • Saturday, February 15, 2025: Visiting will be closed from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
  • Saturday, March 8, 2025: Visiting will be closed from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
  • Friday, March 14, 2025: Visiting will be closed from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Community Facility & Office Alerts

  • None at this time.
  • None at this time.
  • Monday, July 1, 2024: Individuals seeking placement at a Reentry Center from Pierce County are being screening and directed to Reentry Centers in King, Kitsap, Thurston, and Cowlitz counties.

Sign-up for Emergency & Incident Alerts

The Department of Corrections (DOC) is now able to send you emergency alerts, as well as non-emergency incident alerts, via text message, email, pager, and/or voice mail.

  • Emergency Alerts: Could include hazards that require action be taken such as an evacuation, prison lock down, prison escapees, or other severe events.
  • Non-Emergency Incident Alerts Could include significant transportation problems with prolonged impacts, or significant ongoing Corrections exercises or other activity.

This system will not be used for routine informational notices (see Prison Facility Alerts & Notices for this information). Alerts are provided free of charge, however, standard text messaging rates and other charges may apply.

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