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Washington Corrections Center
ReceptionMediummaleOvercrowded (128%)LowHigh
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Washington Corrections Center is a state prison located in Mason County, Washington. Rated capacity: 1,268. Reported population: 1,924. Security level: Maximum. Data sourced from the HIFLD Prison Boundaries open dataset.
Capacity
1,498
Current population
1,924
Occupancy
128%
Year opened
1964
Operational
Figures from official sources · verified 16 Jun 2026 · methodology
Facility profile
Population held
male
Opened
1964
Region
WA
Security level
Medium
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
12/100
Low concern12/100
- Overcrowding
- 12/30
- Oversight reports
- 0/30
- Structural flags
- 0/15
- Death signals
- 0/15
- Conditions text
- 0/10
What the score is responding to:
- · Operating at 128% of design capacity
This facility scores 12. The national average across 7,437 scored United States facilities is 2 — 10 points above national average.
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- Franklin County Detention FacilitySt. AlbansMaximumCounty jail660% occupancy
- Gallia County JailGallipolisCounty jail336% occupancy
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Compared to other facilities in United States
7436 peersOccupancythis: 128% · peers avg: 93% (+38%)
Capacity (beds)this: 1498 · peers avg: 547 (+174%)
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
- Wikidata (Q25001060)
- Wikipedia
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.
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World Prisons. (2026). Washington Corrections Center. Retrieved July 21, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/washington-corrections-center
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BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-washington-corrections-cent,
author = {{World Prisons}},
title = {Washington Corrections Center},
year = {2026},
url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/washington-corrections-center},
urldate = {2026-07-21}
}