Publications

Per RCW 40.07.030, “all state agencies . . . shall annually evaluate each continuing state publication they produce in accordance with the guidelines published by the director (of financial management).”

• Brochures
• Charts & Maps
• Fact & Information Sheets
• Guides & Handbooks
• Periodicals
• Posters & Infographics
• Reports

Brochures

• Earned Release Date Housing Voucher Program (pdf) 400-BR012 (R 6/2019)
• Programa De Vales De Vivienda para Fecha de Libertad Ganada (pdf) 400-BR012s (R 1/2019)
• Family Offender Sentencing Alternative (FOSA) (pdf) 16-381-B1 (R 9/2016)
• Graduated Reentry - Families, Sponors, and Stakeholders (pdf) 400-BR015 (R 10/2019)
• Graduated Reentry - Incarcerated Individual (pdf) 400-BR019 (R 10/2019)
• Graduated Reentry - Staff (pdf) 400-BR014 (R 10/2019)
• ISRB: Community Safety Through Informed Decision Making (pdf) 300-BR002 (R 3/2018)
• Larch Sustainability Programs (pdf) 500-BR008 (R 5/2017)
• Offender Reentry Community Safety (ORCS) Program (pdf) 600-BR001 (R 8/2019)
• Strength in Families (pdf) 400-BR001 (R 12/2017)
  • Fortaleza en las familias (pdf) 400-BR001s (R 5/2017)
• Substance Abuse Recovery Unit (pdf) 500-BR002 (R 10/2018)
• The Washington ONE Norming Period (pdf) (R 12/2017)
• El Período Normativo de Washington ONE (pdf) (R 12/2017)
• Thinking for a Change (T4C) (pdf) 600-BR010 (R 8/2017)
  • Pensar para cambiar (T4C) (pdf) 400-BR010s (R 8/2017)
• Washington DOC Risk Assessment & Continuous Case Plan (pdf) (R 9/2017)
  • DOC de Washington Evaluación del Riesgo y Plan Continuo del Caso (pdf) (R 09/2017)
• Workplace Diversity & Inclusion Program (pdf)

PREA

• Information for Community Corrections Contractors (pdf) 400-BR013 (R 6/2018)
• Information for Incarcerated Individuals (pdf) 400-BR017 (R 7/2015)
  • Información para Individuos Encarcelados (pdf) 400-BR017s (R 7/2015)
• Information for Staff, Contract Staff and Volunteers (pdf) 400-BR016 (R 4/2019)
• Zero Tolerance: PREA Information for Family & Friends (pdf) 005-B1 (R 7/2016)

Victim Services

• Accountability Letter Bank (pdf) 500-BR001 (R 2/2018)
  • Depósito de Cartas de Aceptación de Responsabilidad (pdf) 500-BR001s (R 2/2018)
• Victim Services Program (pdf) 500-BR003 (R 2/2018)
  • Programa de Servicios para Víctimas (pdf) 500-BR003s (R 2/2018)

Charts & Maps

• Administrative Operations Division Fundamentals Map (pdf) 100-SP007 (R 08/2019)
• Community Corrections Division Fundamentals Map (pdf) 100-SP008 (R 08/2019)
• Health Services Division Fundamentals Map (pdf) 100-SP006 (R 08/2019)
• Prisons Division Fundamentals Map (pdf) 100-SP004 (R 08/2019)
• Reentry Division Fundamentals Map (pdf) 100-SP009 (R 09/2019)
• Research Process Flow Chart (pdf) 200-IG001 (R 11/2019)
• Strategic Plan Map (pdf) 100-SP002 (R 10/2019)

Human Resources

• Community Corrections Officer Hiring Process (pdf) 800-CH001 (R 9/2016)
• Correctional Officer Hiring Process (pdf) 800-CH002 (R 1/2017)
• General Hiring Process Overview (pdf) 800-CH003 (R 9/2016)

Organizational Charts

• Office of the Secretary Organizational Chart (pdf) 100-DG001 (R 12/2019)
• Communications Organizational Chart (pdf) 100-DG006 (R 08/2019)
• Engagement & Outreach Organizational Chart (pdf) 100-DG007 (R 08/2019)
• Prisons Division Organizational Chart (pdf) 400-DG001 (R 10/2019)
• Airway Heights Corrections Center Organizational Chart (pdf) 400-DG009 (R 12/2018)
• Cedar Creek Corrections Center Organizational Chart (pdf) 400-DG008 (R 12/2019)
• Clallam Bay Corrections Center Organizational Chart (pdf) 400-DG004 (R 05/2019)
• Coyote Ridge Corrections Center Organizational Chart (pdf) 400-DG012 (R 12/2019)
• Larch Corrections Center Organizational Chart (pdf) 400-DG006 (R 05/2019)
• Mission Creek Corrections Center for Women Organizational Chart (pdf) 400-DG002 (R 01/2020)
• Monroe Correctional Complex Organizational Chart (pdf) 400-DG010 (R 08/2018)
• Olympic Corrections Center Organizational Chart (pdf) 400-DG005 (R 11/2019)
• Stafford Creek Corrections Center Organizational Chart (pdf) 400-DG013 (R 01/2019)
• Washington Corrections Center Organizational Chart (pdf) 400-DG011 (R 10/2018)
• Washington Corrections Center for Women Organizational Chart (pdf) 400-DG007 (R 12/2019)
• Washington State Penitentiary Organizational Chart (pdf) 400-DG003 (R 05/2019)

State Maps

• Community Facilities Map (pdf) 100-DG005 (R 9/2019)
• Department of Corrections Map (pdf) 100-DG003 (R 9/2019)
• Incarceration Facilities Map (pdf) 100-DG004 (R 9/2019)

Fact & Information Sheets

Agency

• Accurate Application of Sentences (pdf) 200-FS001 (R 1/2020)
• Business Diversity Overview (pdf) 100-DS001 (R 7/2019)
• Community Safety (pdf) 200-FS002 (R 1/2020)
• Health Care Services (pdf) 200-FS003 (R 1/2020)
• Investing in Aging Facilities & Infrastructure (pdf) 200-FS004 (R 1/2020)
• Prison Safety (pdf) 200-FS005 (R 1/2020)
• Research and Data Analytics Research Requests(pdf) 200-DS001 (R 8/2019)
• Strategic Plan Fact Sheet (pdf) 100-SP003 (R 10/2019)

Community Reentry

• Opportunity for Supervision Reform and Reentry (pdf) 300-FS002 (R 1/2020)

Correctional Programs

• Extended Family Visits (pdf) 500-FS002 (R 4/2016)
• Residential Parenting Program (pdf) 400-FS003 (R 10/2017)
• Restrictive Housing (pdf) 400-FS004 (R 8/2019)
• Substance Abuse Recovery Unit (pdf) 500-FS005 (R 5/2018)

Correctional Services

• Grievance Program (pdf) 500-FS004 (R 3/2018)
• Incarcerated Individual Technology Services (IITS) (pdf) 200-DS300 (R 12/2019)

Hearings & Sentencing

• Drug Offender Sentencing Alternative (DOSA) (pdf) 500-FS003 (R 9/2017)

Human Resources

• Career Planning (pdf) 16-008-F1 (R 2009)
• Conflict Resolution (pdf) 16-008-F2 (R 2008)
• Coping with Stress (pdf) 16-008-F3 (R 2009)
• Managing Burnout (pdf) 16-008-F4 (R 2010)

Guides & Handbooks

Handbooks

• Community Parenting Alternative Handbook (pdf) 16-381-H1 (R 12/2015)
  • Comunidad Crianza Manual Alternativa (pdf) 16-381-H1s (R 12/2015)
• Guide for Family & Friends of Those Incarcerated (pdf) 500-HA002 (R 10/2018)
  • Servicios para Familias: Guía para familiares y amigos de personas encarceladas (pdf) 500-HA002s (R 06/2017)
• Health Services Orientation Handbook (pdf) 600-HA003 (R 10/2017)
• Washington DOC Health Plan (pdf) 600-HA001 (R 01/2020)
  • Plan de salud del interno (pdf) 600-HA001s (R 8/2014)
• Pharmaceutical Management and Formulary Manual (pdf) 600-HA002 (R 5/2019)
• Religious Beliefs and Practices Handbook (pdf) 500-HA001 (R 2013)
• Statewide Inmate Orientation Handbook (pdf) 400-HA002 (R 5/2017)
  • Manual Estatal de Orientacion Del Interno (pdf) 400-HA002s (R 10/2018)
• Transitional Housing Provider Orientation Packet (pdf) 400-HA017 (R 6/2018)

Guides

• Accountability Letter Bank: A Writing Guide (pdf) 500-IG005 (R 4/2017)
• Community Parenting Alternative (CPA) Sponsor Support Guide (pdf) 16-381-IG1 (R 9/2016)
• Depiction of Group Religious Property (pdf) 500-IG004 (R 2016)
• Grievance Program Handout (pdf) 400-IG001 (R 6/2017)
  • Hoja Informativa Sobre el Programa de Quejas (pdf) 400-IG001s (R 4/2017)
• Interview Panel Guide (pdf) 800-IG003 (9/2017)
• Physical Training and Control Tactics Descriptions (pdf) 800-IG002 (R 6/2017)
• Volunteer Guidebook (pdf) 500-HA003 (R 01/2015)

Periodicals

Correctional Industries Newsletters

(The newsletters were printed and disseminated to the incarcerated population. They are shared here in their original format.)

• Food Service Inmate Newsletter December 2019 (pdf) 700-NE002 (R 12/2019)
• Food Service Inmate Newsletter September 2019 (pdf) 700-NE002 (R 09/2019)
• Food Service Inmate Newsletter June 2019 (pdf) 700-NE002 (R 06/2019)
• Food Service Inmate Newsletter March 2019 (pdf) 700-NE002 (R 03/2019)
• Food Service Inmate Newsletter December 2018 (pdf) 700-NE002 (R 12/2018)
• Food Service Inmate Newsletter June 2018 (pdf) 700-NE002 (R 06/2018)

Posters & Infographics

Posters

• Parent-Teacher-Student Teleconferences (pdf) 500-PO001 (R 8/2017)
  • Teleconferencias Padre de familia-Maestro-Alumno (pdf) 500-PO001s (R 8/2017)
• Prison Rape Elimination Act (pdf) 005-P1 (R 7/2016)
  • Ley para la Eliminación de Violaciones en Prisón (pdf) 005-P1s (R 7/2016)
• Prison Rape Elimination Act Reporting Reminder – DNR Staff (pdf) 400-PO010 (R 10/2017)
• Service Animals & Visitation (pdf) 400-PO009 (R 4/2019)

Infographics

• A Second Chance at Education 100-PO034 (R 8/2018)
• Accountability Letter Banks 100-PO026 (R 2/2018)
• Aquaponics 100-PO044 (R 5/2019)
• Asian/Pacific American Heritage 100-PO045 (R 6/2019)
• Black History Throughout America 100-PO041 (R 3/2019)
• Computer-Aided Drafting and Design 100-PO028 (R 4/2018)
• Correctional Nurses 100-PO040 (R 5/2019)
• Crime Victims' Rights 100-PO019 (R 4/2019)
• Decorating the Governor's Mansion 100-PO009 (R 12/2016)
• Dressing for Success 100-PO015 (R 3/2017)
• End of Sentence Review Committee's Focus on Continuous Improvement 300-PO001 (R 12/2017)
• Evolution of the Braille Transcription Program 100-PO006 (R 3/2016)
• Fun Facts About Easter 100-PO042 (R 4/2019)
• Gemba Walks 100-PO037 (R 10/2018)
• Hispanic Education Trends 100-PO003 (R 9/2016)
• Hispanic Heritage Month 100-PO001 (R 10/2016)
• Incarcerated Parents 100-PO005 (R 3/2016)
• Learning to Parent from Behind Bars 100-PO022 (R 5/2017)
• McNeil Island Corrections Center: 136 Years of History 100-PO038 (R 01/2019)
• Paying Tribute, an Honor Guard Glossary 100-PO011 (R 1/2017)
• Pi Day 100-PO017 (R 3/2017)
• Reading Behind Bars 100-PO027 (R 4/2018)
• Relay for Life 100-PO046 (R 7/2019)
• Single-Use Plastics 100-PO032 (R 8/2018)
• Stay PAWsitive 100-PO029 (R 8/2018)
• Suicide Prevention 100-PO012 (R 2/2017)
• Sustainability in Prisons Project 100-PO043 (R 6/2019)
• Taking Care of the Environment from Behind Bars 100-PO018 (R 4/2018)
• Teacher Appreciation Week 100-PO007 (R 5/2017)
• The Pampered Pet 100-PO025 (R 12/2017)
• The Price of Beauty 100-PO031 (R 7/2018)
• Therapeutic Communities 100-PO022 (R 7/2017)
• Things to Know About K9 Police Dogs 100-PO002 (R 10/2016)
• Trades Related Apprenticeship Coaching 100-PO033 (R 8/2018)
• Traumatic Brain Injury 100-PO014 (R 3/2017)
• Veteran Friendly 100-PO035 (R 9/2018)
• Volunteers Make a Difference 100-PO020 (R 4/2017)
• Voting Restoration 100-PO051 (R 10/2019)
• Washington State’s Opioid Epidemic 100-PO036 (R 10/2018)
• Wastewater Treatment Plant Operators 100-PO030 (R 12/2017)
• Wastewater Treatment Process 100-PO024 (R 12/2017)
• Wicca, Druidry, Paganism, Asatru, What Are They? 100-PO047 (R 6/2019)
• What do you know about Islam? 100-PO050 (R 08/2019)
• Wheels for the World 100-PO004 (R 8/2016)
• Yoga Behind Bars 100-PO008 (R 1/2016)

Reports

General Reports

• Book Denial Report (pdf) 400-RE003 (R 06/2019)
• Correctional Industries Annual Report (pdf) 700-AR001
• End of Sentence Review Committee & Law Enforcement Notification Report (pdf) 300-SR001 (R 03/2019)
• Hope Café Report (pdf) 200-RE002 (R 04/2018)
• Ombuds Annual Report (pdf) 100-RE001 (R 12/2017)
• Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Annual Report (pdf) 400-RE004 (R 5/2019)
  • 2017 Report (pdf) (R 5/2018)
  • 2016 Report (pdf) (R 12/2017)
  • 2015 Report (pdf) (R 12/2016)
  • 2014 Report (pdf) (R 10/2015)
  • 2013 Report (pdf) (R 5/2014)
• Strategic Plan (pdf) 100-SP001 (R 10/2019)
  • Administrative Operations Division Business Plan (pdf) 100-SP010 (R 10/2019)
  • Community Corrections Division Business Plan (pdf) 100-SP011 (R 10/2019)
  • Health Services Division Business Plan (pdf) 100-SP012 (R 10/2019)
  • Prisons Division Business Plan (pdf) 100-SP013 (R 10/2019)
  • Reentry Division Business Plan (pdf) 100-SP014 (R 10/2019)

Research Reports

• Correctional Industries Employment Recidivism (pdf) 200-SR003 (10/2011)
• Housing Voucher Study (pdf) 200-SR006 (R 3/2011)
• Identifying Traumatic Brain Injury and Developmental Disability in Prison (pdf) 600-RE001 (1/2013)
• Offender Demographic Characteristics by Release and Recidivism 2009 (pdf) 200-CH001 (6/2013)
• Operation Place Safety – First Year in Review (pdf) 200-SR002 (6/2014)
• Prison Violence Preliminary Study (pdf) 200-SR008 (10/2009)
• Racial Disparity Executive Summary (pdf) 200-SR001 (R 7/2014)
• Racial Disparity Loss of Liberty (pdf) 200-SR009 (2/2009)
• Recidivism Rate Outcomes for 2007 (pdf) 200-SR004 (9/2011)
• Recidivism Revisited (pdf) 200-SR007 (8/2010)
• Tracking Offenders Pilot Study: Do Education Programs Affect Employment Outcomes? (pdf) 200-SR005 (3/2011)
• Washington State 3–Year Recidivism Rates (pdf) 200-CH002 (4/2012)

Statistical Reports

• Agency Fact Card (pdf) 100-QA001 (R 12/2019)
  • September 30, 2019 (pdf) (R 09/2019)
  • June 30, 2019 (pdf) (R 06/2019)
  • March 31, 2019 (pdf) (R 12/2018)
  • December 31, 2018 (pdf) (R 12/2018)
• Average Daily Population of Incarcerated Individuals in Prisons (pdf) 400-RE002 (R 11/2019)
  • Fiscal Years 2009-2018 (pdf) (R 6/2018)
• Cost per Incarcerated Individual per Day (pdf) 200-AR001 (R 12/2019)
• Incarcerated Population and Supervision Caseload Compared to Forecasts (pdf) 400-RE001 (R 11/2019)
• Prison Admissions and Releases by County – Fiscal Years 2006-2019 (pdf) 200-RE001 (R 08/2019)
• Prison Admissions and Releases by County – Fiscal Years 2006-2019 (excel spreadsheet) 200-RE001 (R 08/2019)

Third-Party Requested Audits & Reports

• Department of Justice Larch Corrections Center Culture Assessment (pdf) (R 10/2017)
• Department of Justice Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) Audit Reports
• Washington State University Second Chance Act Report (pdf) (R 12/2017)

Statutorily Required Reports

Reports to the Legislature

Below is a list of currently relevant reports submitted by the Department of Corrections to the legislature. All of the Department's current and previously submitted reports can be found using the Reports to the Legislature application at the Washington State Legislature website. (To easily find specific reports, select the applicable statute or bill from the RCW or Bill dropdown filters. Use the Organization Name filter to browse all reports submitted by the Department.)

Statutorily Required to be Reported to the Legislature

• Class III Correctional Industries Quarterly Detail Statements | RCW 72.09.100 | 700-SR001
  • Fourth Quarter 2019 Report (pdf) (R 01/2020)
  • First Quarter 2019 Report (pdf) (R 03/2019)
  • Fourth Quarter 2018 Report (pdf) (R 02/2019)
  • Third Quarter 2018 Report (pdf) (R 02/2019)
  • Second Quarter 2018 Report (pdf) (R 02/2019)
  • First Quarter 2018 Report (pdf) (R 02/2019)
  • Fourth Quarter 2017 Report (pdf) (R 01/2018)
  • Third Quarter 2017 Report (pdf) (R 10/2017)
  • Second Quarter 2017 Report (pdf) (R 7/2017)
  • Fourth Quarter 2016 Report (pdf) (R 1/2017)
• Class IV Community Work Industries Quarterly Detail Statements | RCW 72.09.100 | 700-SR002
  • Fourth Quarter 2019 Report (pdf) (R 01/2020)
  • First Quarter 2019 Report (pdf) (R 03/2019)
  • Fourth Quarter 2018 Report (pdf) (R 02/2019)
  • Third Quarter 2018 Report (pdf) (R 02/2019)
  • Second Quarter 2018 Report (pdf) (R 02/2019)
  • First Quarter 2018 Report (pdf) (R 02/2019)
  • Fourth Quarter 2017 Report (pdf) (R 01/2018)
  • Third Quarter 2017 Report (pdf) (R 10/2017)
  • Second Quarter 2017 Report (pdf) (R 7/2017)
  • Fourth Quarter 2016 Report (pdf) (R 1/2017)
• Copayment Data | RCW 72.10.020
  • Fiscal Year 2015 (pdf) (R 1/2016)
  • Fiscal Year 2012 (pdf) (R 6/2013)
  • Fiscal Year 2011 (pdf) (R 11/2011)
  • Fiscal Year 2009 (pdf) (R 4/2010)
  • Fiscal Year 2008 (pdf) (R 3/2009)
• Extraordinary Medical Placement Report | RCW 72.09.620
  • CY 2018 Report (pdf) (R 8/2019)
  • CY 2017 Report (pdf) (R 11/2018)
  • 2016 Report (pdf) (R 11/2017)
• Staff Safety | RCW 72.09.680
  • 2018 Report (pdf) (R 12/2018)
  • 2017 Report (pdf) (R 12/2017)
  • 2016 Report (pdf) (R 11/2016)
  • 2015 Report (pdf) (R 12/2015)

Senate and House Bill Reports

• Body Scanner Pilot: An Alternative to Strip Searches of Incarcerated Individuals, 2019 Report (pdf) (R 12/2019) | ESSB 6032 (2018)
• Custody Staff: Health Care Delivery (pdf) (R 11/2019) | ESHB 1109
• Domestic Violence Perpetrator Treatment Advisory Committee Report (pdf) (R 6/2018) | E2SHB 1163 (2017-18)
• Domestic Violence Risk Assessment Work Group Report (pdf) (R 6/2018) | E2SHB 1163 (2017-18)
• Nurse Staffing (pdf) (R 12/2019) | ESHB 1109
• A Review of Full Body Scanners (pdf) (R 12/2017) | SSB 5883 (2017)
• Prison Capacity, 2015 Report (pdf) (R 2/2016) | ESSB 6052 (2015-16)
• Prison Overtime Usage 2015 Report (pdf) (R 12/2015) | ESSB 6052 (2015-16)
• Felony Drug Grid Sentencing Comparison, 2015 Preliminary Report to the Legislature (pdf) (R 8/2015) | 2ESSB 5892 (2013-14)
• Program Categorization and Implementation Updates
  • 2018 Update (pdf) (R 12/2018) |3ESSB 5034 (2013-14)
  • 2015 Second Update (pdf) (R 6/2015) |3ESSB 5034 (2013-14)
  • 2015 First Update (pdf) (R 1/2015) | 3ESSB 5034 (2013-14)
• Statutory Correctional Facility Siting List (pdf) (R 7/2019) | RCW 72.09.290
• Swift and Certain Sanctioning (pdf) (R 1/2018) | SSB 5583 (2017)
• Use of Secured-Internet to Expand Postsecondary Education Opportunities to Enhance Public Safety (pdf) (R 12/2019) | 2SSB 5433
• Work Release Expansion - Implementation Plan (pdf) (R 9/2019) | ESSB 1101
• Yakima Jail Therapeutic Community Program, 2019 Report (pdf) (R 12/2019) | ESSB 1109