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, August 23, 2025: AHCC Visit Room will be closed.
  • Saturday, December 13, 2025: AHCC Visit Room will be closed.

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.


  • Saturday, June 21, 2025: MSC Visiting will be closed in the morning. Regular visiting open 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
  • Saturday, June 21, 2025: MSU Visiting will be closed in the morning. Regular visiting open 5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.


  • Saturday, June 21, 2025: MCC SRTC visitation will be closed from 12:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
  • Saturday, June 28, 2025: MCC TRU visitation will be closed from 12:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
  • Sunday, June 29, 2025: MCC TRU visitation will be closed from 11:30 a.m. – 3:30 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, June 21, 2025: WCC Visit Room will be closed until 5:00 p.m.
  • Saturday, July 19, 2025: WCC Visit Room will be closed until 5:00 p.m.
  • Sunday, July 20, 2025: WCC Visit Room will be closed. until 5:00 p.m.
  • Saturday, August 9, 2025: WCC Visit Room will be closed until 3:00 p.m.
  • Saturday, August 16, 2025: WCC Visit Room will be closed until 5:00 p.m.
  • Saturday, August 30, 2025: WCC Visit Room will be closed until 5:00 p.m.
  • Saturday, September 20, 2025: WCC Visit Room will be closed until 5:00 p.m.
  • Saturday, October 25, 2025: WCC Visit Room will be closed until 5:00 p.m.
  • Sunday, October 26, 2025: WCC Visit Room will be closed until 5:00 p.m.
  • Saturday, November 22, 2025: WCC Visit Room will be closed until 5:00 p.m.
  • Saturday, December 13, 2025: WCC Visit Room will be closed until 5:00 p.m.

  • Saturday, June 21, 2025: Visiting will be closed for the morning session only and will resume at 4:15 p.m. for the afternoon session.


Community Facility & Office Alerts

No alerts at this time.

No alerts at this time.

None at this time

March 2025: 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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