News Archive
2023
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03/22/2023 | New Water Source Supplies McNeil Island
Representatives from DOC, DOH, DSHS and KPFF Consulting cut the ribbon outside of the new well pump house on McNeil Island (Emily Boone, Communications Office)
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After seven years of planning, drilling and testing, McNeil Island has a new water…
03/15/2023 | Detection Dog Training to Keep Drugs Off Streets
(Brendan Baptiste, Communications Office)
Keeping illegal drugs out of our community is tough task that takes a lot of effort from law enforcement to keep our communities safe. Whether it's your local neighborhood, prison, or airport, additional help may be needed to find and remove these…
03/08/2023 | Amend: Creating Better Neighbors
(Danielle Jimenez, Communications Office)
In 2020, the department partnered with Amend at the University of California San Francisco to bring a health-focused approach to transforming the culture inside Washington's prisons and reentry centers, with an emphasis on increasing staff wellness…
Tribal Relations Director Colleen Cawston (Photo courtesy of Communications Office)
OLYMPIA - Washington State Department of Corrections (DOC) Secretary Cheryl Strange has appointed Colleen Cawston as the agency's Tribal Relations Director.
Colleen comes to the…
February
Officer Jay Miller (Photo courtesy of Communications Office)
OLYMPIA - A memorial service will be held next week to honor Washington State Department of Corrections Correctional Officer Jay Miller. Miller passed away on Feb. 11 after a long battle with COVID-19…
Therapeutic Communities Assistant Meghan Rose leads a class on Therapeutic Community training. (Photo courtesy of Brendan Baptiste, Department of Corrections)
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The Therapeutic Community Training program has made its return to prisons across…
02/08/2023 | Trauma–Informed Training at DOC
Washington State Department of Corrections' (DOC) is excited to share news about upcoming Trauma Informed Training that focuses on interactions with families impacted by incarceration. This training will be provided by Community Resilient Initiative which is a trauma-informed Signature Certified…
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To date, we have completed the full implementation and Go–Live of Securus phone service at all Prisons facilities. We continue to work through technical issues with vendor transition and implement new services as they occur.
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On December 7, 2022, the…
TUMWATER – Correctional Industries, the Washington Department of Corrections' division focused on vocational education and job readiness of the incarcerated population, is seeking three representatives on its advisory committee.
The Correctional Industries Advisory Committee makes recommendations…
January
(DOC Communications)
The Department of Corrections is proud to launch a new supervisory model for our Community Corrections Division called iCoach (individualized, community-oriented, accountability, collaborative help), with plans to launch the program March 10, 2023.
This new model is…
01/18/2023 | Pro-Equity Anti-Racism (PEAR) Initiative WADOC
Transcripts available in: Russian, Somalian, Spanish, Tagalog, Ukrainian, and Vietnamese
Since Secretary Cheryl Strange joined the Department of Corrections in 2021, one of her top priorities has been developing a human-centered organization that is fair, just, equitable, inclusive and…
Photo courtesy of Brendan Baptiste, Department of Corrections
The Amend Project has once again returned to Washington State as corrections officers from Oslo, Norway came to visit our prisons in the Pacific Northwest. One of their stops was at Mission Creek…