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The Washington State Department of Corrections (WADOC) is a department of the government of the state of Washington. WADOC is responsible for administering adult corrections
programs operated by the State of Washington. This includes state correctional institutions
and programs for offenders supervised in the community.
transferred the administration of adult correctional institutions from the Washington Department of Social and Health Services
(DSHS) to the newly created Washington State Department of Corrections. From 1955 to 1981, correctional and mental health facilities were managed by DSHS.
Each division has an Assistant Secretary who oversees the division's operations.
The Secretary of Corrections is the executive head of the Department. The Secretary is appointed by the Governor with the consent of the state Senate.
facilities. All but one of these facilities is operated by contractors, who manage the daily safety and security and have oversight of the facilities full-time (24-hours a day, 7-days per week). Department staff are located on-site to assist in supervision, monitoring, and case management of the offenders and monitoring of the contracts.
Offenders housed in work release facilities have progressed from full confinement to partial confinement, and are required to seek, secure and maintain employment in the community, and contribute to their cost of room and board. This model is designed to ensure offenders have employment and housing plans when they are released to communities.
(COP) Shops and outstations. Offender’s activities in the community are monitored by a Community Corrections Officer
to ensure compliance with court, Indeterminate Sentence Review Board
(ISRB) and Department conditions of supervision.
Web site, since the inception of what is currently the Washington State Department of Corrections, 6 employees have been killed in the line of duty.
in Walla Walla
. Procedures for conducting executions are supervised by the Penitentiary Superintendent.
Washington utilizes two methods of execution: lethal injection
and hanging
. Lethal injection is used unless the inmate under sentence of death chooses hanging as the preferred execution method.
Within 10 days of a trial court entering a judgment and sentence imposing the death penalty, male defendants under sentence of death are transferred to the Penitentiary, where they remain in a segregation unit pending appeals and until a death warrant is issued setting the date for the execution. Female defendants under sentence of death are housed at the Washington Corrections Center for Women before being transferred to the Penitentiary no later than 72 hours prior to a scheduled execution.
Since 1904, 78 persons have been executed in Washington, the most recent occurring in 2010.
Corrections
In criminal justice, particularly in North America, correction, corrections, and correctional, are umbrella terms describing a variety of functions typically carried out by government agencies and involving the punishment, treatment, and supervision of persons who have been convicted of crimes....
programs operated by the State of Washington. This includes state correctional institutions
Prison
A prison is a place in which people are physically confined and, usually, deprived of a range of personal freedoms. Imprisonment or incarceration is a legal penalty that may be imposed by the state for the commission of a crime...
and programs for offenders supervised in the community.
History
In May 1981, the Washington State LegislatureWashington State Legislature
The Washington State Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Washington. It is a bipartisan, bicameral body, composed of the lower Washington House of Representatives, composed of 98 Representatives, and the upper Washington State Senate, with 49 Senators.The State Legislature...
transferred the administration of adult correctional institutions from the Washington Department of Social and Health Services
Washington Department of Social and Health Services
The Department of Social and Health Services, or DSHS is Washington's social services department The agency has its headquarters in Office Building Two in Olympia...
(DSHS) to the newly created Washington State Department of Corrections. From 1955 to 1981, correctional and mental health facilities were managed by DSHS.
Organizational structure
The Department’s organizational structure includes five major divisions:- Prisons
- Community Corrections
- Administrative Services
- Health Services
- Government, Community Relations and Regulatory Compliance.
Each division has an Assistant Secretary who oversees the division's operations.
The Secretary of Corrections is the executive head of the Department. The Secretary is appointed by the Governor with the consent of the state Senate.
Prisons
The Department currently operates 12 adult prisons, of which 10 are male institutions and 2 are female institutions. The Department confines nearly 16,000 offenders in these facilities, with each varying in size and mission across the state.Work releases
The Department currently has 15 work releaseWork release
In prison systems, work release programs allow a prisoner who is sufficiently trusted or can be sufficiently monitored to leave confinement to continue working at his or her current place of employment, returning to prison when his/her shift is complete...
facilities. All but one of these facilities is operated by contractors, who manage the daily safety and security and have oversight of the facilities full-time (24-hours a day, 7-days per week). Department staff are located on-site to assist in supervision, monitoring, and case management of the offenders and monitoring of the contracts.
Offenders housed in work release facilities have progressed from full confinement to partial confinement, and are required to seek, secure and maintain employment in the community, and contribute to their cost of room and board. This model is designed to ensure offenders have employment and housing plans when they are released to communities.
Field offices
Community Supervision of offenders occurs at varied locations in the community to include: field offices, community justice centers, Community Oriented PolicingCommunity Oriented Policing Services
The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services is an agency within the United States Department of Justice. COPS was established through a provision in the 1994 Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act. Since 1994, COPS has provided $11.3 billion in assistance to state and local law...
(COP) Shops and outstations. Offender’s activities in the community are monitored by a Community Corrections Officer
Probation officer
Parole officers and probation officers play a role in criminal justice systems by supervising offenders released from incarceration or sentenced to non-custodial sanctions such as community service...
to ensure compliance with court, Indeterminate Sentence Review Board
Parole Board
A parole board is a panel of people who decide whether an offender should be released from prison on parole after serving at least a minimum portion of their sentence as prescribed by the sentencing judge. Parole boards are used in many jurisdictions, including the United Kingdom and the United...
(ISRB) and Department conditions of supervision.
Line of duty deaths
According to the Officer Down Memorial PageOfficer Down Memorial Page
The Officer Down Memorial Page, Inc. is a non-profit organization that maintains a website listing American, Canadian, central European, Australian, and New Zealander law enforcement officers and prison officers who have died in the line of duty....
Web site, since the inception of what is currently the Washington State Department of Corrections, 6 employees have been killed in the line of duty.
Death row
Washington’s capital punishment law requires that capital punishment imposed by the state’s courts be carried out at the Washington State PenitentiaryWashington State Penitentiary
Washington State Penitentiary is a Washington State Department of Corrections men's prison located in Walla Walla, Washington...
in Walla Walla
Walla Walla
Walla Walla can refer to:*Walla Walla people, a Native American tribe after which the county and city of Walla Walla, Washington, are named-Places:Washington state, United States*Walla Walla River, the river along which the Walla Walla tribe lived...
. Procedures for conducting executions are supervised by the Penitentiary Superintendent.
Washington utilizes two methods of execution: lethal injection
Lethal injection
Lethal injection is the practice of injecting a person with a fatal dose of drugs for the express purpose of causing the immediate death of the subject. The main application for this procedure is capital punishment, but the term may also be applied in a broad sense to euthanasia and suicide...
and hanging
Hanging
Hanging is the lethal suspension of a person by a ligature. The Oxford English Dictionary states that hanging in this sense is "specifically to put to death by suspension by the neck", though it formerly also referred to crucifixion and death by impalement in which the body would remain...
. Lethal injection is used unless the inmate under sentence of death chooses hanging as the preferred execution method.
Within 10 days of a trial court entering a judgment and sentence imposing the death penalty, male defendants under sentence of death are transferred to the Penitentiary, where they remain in a segregation unit pending appeals and until a death warrant is issued setting the date for the execution. Female defendants under sentence of death are housed at the Washington Corrections Center for Women before being transferred to the Penitentiary no later than 72 hours prior to a scheduled execution.
Since 1904, 78 persons have been executed in Washington, the most recent occurring in 2010.
See also
- List of law enforcement agencies in Washington
- List of U.S. state prisons
- List of United States state correction agencies
- PrisonPrisonA prison is a place in which people are physically confined and, usually, deprived of a range of personal freedoms. Imprisonment or incarceration is a legal penalty that may be imposed by the state for the commission of a crime...