Clallam Bay Corrections Center
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Location | Clallam County, near Clallam Bay, Washington |
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Status | Operational |
Security class | Maximum, Close, Medium |
Capacity | 858 as of June 2008 |
Opened | 1985 |
Managed by | Washington State Department of Corrections |
Director | Ron Fraker, Superintendent |
Clallam Bay Corrections Center is situated on the Olympic Peninsula in Clallam County, two miles south of the community of Clallam Bay, Washington.
CBCC opened as a medium-custody 450-bed facility in 1985 and converted to a Closed Custody facility in 1991. In 1992, it expanded to house an additional 400 medium-custody inmates. Today, the facility can house 900 inmates.
The facility provides medium-, maximum-, and closed-custody housing for inmates who are serving sentences for crimes committed in Washington State. Currently, 68.4% of Clallam Bay's offenders were convicted of violent offenses, with an average age of 32.1 years old.
There are 400 full-time professional correctional employees at Clallam Bay. Five correctional industries staff members manage the on-site garment industry. Thirty members of the staff and faculty from Peninsula College serve at the facility, providing adult offender education and staff training programs.
See also
- List of law enforcement agencies in Washington
- List of United States state correction agencies
- List of U.S. state prisons
- List of Washington state prisons
References
- Clallam Bay Corrections Center - Official Site
- WA DOC Monthly Brochure
Confinement Statistics, as of May 31, 2008