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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.

  • Saturday, December 16, 2023: AHCC Main & MSU afternoon and evening visiting sessions will be closed.
  • Saturday, December 16, 2023: AHCC Local Family Council (LFC) meeting has been moved from December 23rd to December 16th.
  • Saturday, December 9, 2023: Morning visitation (at 12:00 p.m.) will be cancelled. The visit room will open again at 5:45 p.m. There will be enhanced visitation session on December 1, 2023, and December 8, 2023 in the evening. Enhanced visitation will include special activities for families to participate in. Each unit’s assigned visitation night will stay the same.
  • Saturday, December 9, 2023: Visiting will be closed.
  • Sunday, December 17, 2023: 2023: MCC-TRU Visit Room will be closed from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
  • Saturday, December 9, 2023: Visiting will be closed from 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
  • Sunday, December 10, 2023: Visiting will be closed from 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
  • Saturday, December 9, 2023: Visiting is closed for the 10:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. session. Visiting will resume at 4:15 p.m.
  • Monday, December 11, 2023: Visiting is closed for the 10:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. session. Visiting will resume at 4:15 p.m.

Community Facility & Office Alerts

  • None at this time.
  • None at this time.
  • None at this time.
  • Wednesday, August 2, 2023: The Bellingham Reentry Center is temporarily closed due to the termination of the contract. The department has received funding to reopen the facility under state operations and is actively working to open the facility in Fall 2023. In the meantime, individuals are still being screened and redirected to the Seattle area Reentry Centers.

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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