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Layoffs at Planned at Washington Jail

January 5, 2011 1919 Views Food service

YAKIMA, Wash.— Due to a large loss of contract to house inmates from another county at the Yakima County Jail, the county must lay off 34 Department of Corrections employees effective January 31.

Jail officials learned that they are losing about 200 inmates from King County, Wash., that are housed under contracts worth approximately $6 million.

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Historic Washington Prison to Close

November 30, 2010 2022 Views Food service, Mills-Peninsula Medical Center

McNEIL ISLAND, Wash. — The historic McNeil Island Corrections Center in Washington will close next April due to budget cuts.

The island prison will transfer its 515 offenders to other prisons in the state, according to reports. The Washington Department of Corrections announced it would work to find jobs elsewhere for its 245 staff members.

State lawmakers say the DOC has must also reduce its budget by nearly $53 million. Full closure of the McNeil Island prison is expected to save the agency $6.3 million a year.

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Bernard Warner

September 16, 2010September 17, 2016 Correctional News 3143 Views Food service, People in the News

OLYMPIA, Wash. — Former Washington Department of Corrections administrator Bernard Warner will return to the department in the fall to become director of prisons.

Warner succeeds Dick Morgan, retired from the DOC in July, in overseeing the more than 16,000 inmates housed in Washington’s 13 state prisons.

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Survey Indicates Wash. Green Jobs Are on the Rise

April 8, 2010April 15, 2010 1773 Views Food service, Ralph Kemp

OLYMPIA, Wash. – A survey produced by the state’s Employment Security Department identified 99,319 green jobs in Washington in 2009, about 3.3 percent of the state’s work force.

The survey, released in March, suggests green jobs grew by 33 percent, or 15,100 positions, for companies that were surveyed in 2008 and again in 2009.

“If Washington can see this kind of shift to green jobs during a recession, just think what will happen as our economy recovers,” says Gov. Chris Gregoire.

Boxing Clever: Coyote Ridge Corrections Center

December 1, 2009January 12, 2010 3901 Views Eagle Pass Border Patrol Station, Facility Spotlight, Food service, Ohio, Western U.S.

Washington Department of Corrections’ new $190 million Coyote Ridge Corrections Center, a hybrid-housing design-build project by Integrus, Rosser and Hunt/Lydig, could soon become the first LEED Silver prison campus in the United States.

The 2,048-bed project in the central Washington is part of the department’s long-term master plan to relieve system-wide overcrowding, end out-of-state inmate transfers and meet future population forecasts.

U.S. Courthouse, Seattle

March 1, 2006December 18, 2009 2343 Views Casa Grande Transitional Housing Center, Facility of the Month Sept/Oct 2006, Facility Spotlight, Food service, SC, Western U.S.

With a sleek symmetrical tower that stretches nearly 400 feet into Seattle’s skyline, the federal courthouse that opened in the city in 2004 is one of latest architectural gems created to improve the federal justice system aesthetically and functionally.

The $220 million facility, designed by Seattle-based architectural firm NBBJ and operated by the U.S. General Services Administration, covers a two-acre parcel in downtown Seattle. The courtroom tower has 23 floors with 18 courtrooms and 22 judicial chambers. An adjacent office building houses several federal agencies.

McNeil Island

December 9, 2005December 17, 2009 2835 Views Facility of the Month Mar/Apr 2001, Facility Spotlight, Food service, Golden Grove Prison, St. Croix, Western U.S.

The newest secure treatment facility for sex offenders is also the finest.