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Monroe Correctional Complex
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Monroe Correctional Complex is a state prison located in Snohomish County, Washington. Rated capacity: 2,436. Reported population: 2,499. Security level: Maximum. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.
Capacity
2,428
Current population
2,499
Occupancy
103%
Year opened
1910
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 16 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
male
Opened
1910
Region
WA
Security level
Maximum
Death-row facility
No
Conditions
No conditions summary available yet.
Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
No mailing information available.
Practical info
Contact the operator's website for inmate-specific procedures.
Known issues
No major issues documented in our database.
Contact & address
Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
5/100
Low concern5/100
- Overcrowding
- 5/30
- Oversight reports
- 0/30
- Structural flags
- 0/15
- Death signals
- 0/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
What the score is responding to:
- · Operating at 103% of design capacity
This facility scores 5. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 3 points above national average.
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Compared to other facilities in United States
7436 peersOccupancythis: 103% · peers avg: 93% (+11%)
Capacity (beds)this: 2428 · peers avg: 547 (+344%)
Reports
- marshall-project21 May 2021
n 2011, I was sentenced to 65 years behind bars for charges including murder, attempted murder and assault. At my current facility, the Washington State Reformatory Unit (WSRU) of Monroe Correctional Complex, “behind bars” is not just a figure of speech. I'm literally sitting in a concrete box behind worn out, yet impenetrable bars. Life Inside Perspectives from those who work and live in the
- marshall-project18 Mar 2020
News & Awards Impact People Supporters Jobs Contact Us Investigate This! Newsletters Events Donate Feedback? [email protected] A recreation yard at the Monroe Correctional Complex in Monroe, Wash., in 2016. Elaine Thompson/Associated Press Filed 6:00 a.m. EDT 03.18.2020 Life Inside What Coronavirus Quarantine Looks Like in Prison “I cannot help but linger on the faces of the elderly
Data completeness
74%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Washington DOC — Prisons
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- HIFLD Prison Boundaries — US Department of Homeland Security â HIFLD Open Data
- Washington DOC — Prisons — Washington State Department of Corrections
- OpenStreetMap — OpenStreetMap Contributors
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- USGS National Map structures — U.S. Geological Survey
- Wikidata (Q6902145)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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APA
World Prisons. (2026). Monroe Correctional Complex. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/monroe-correctional-complex
Chicago
"Monroe Correctional Complex." World Prisons. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/monroe-correctional-complex.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-monroe-correctional-complex,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Monroe Correctional Complex},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/monroe-correctional-complex},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}