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Washington correctional populations of Census 2020 vintage

We recommend using these addresses only for guidance in identifying prison populations in the Census data and warn against assuming that the prisons were in fact counted at that particular location.

Facility Name Prisoners Type Address City Zip County Survey Date
Aberdeen City Jail 22 Local 12/31/2013
Adams Co. Jail 19 Local 12/31/2013
Airway Heights Correctional Center 2,166 State 11919 W. Sprague Ave Airway Heights 99001 Spokane 6/30/2012
Anthanum Work Release 58 State 2009 S 64Th Street Yakima 98903 Yakima 6/30/2012
Asotin Co. Jail 50 Local 12/31/2013
Bellingham Work Release 23 State 1127 N Garden Bellingham 98225 Whatcom 6/30/2012
Benton Co. Jail 567 Local 12/31/2013
Bishop Lewis Work Release 60 State 703 8Th Ave Seattle 98104 King 6/30/2012
Brownstone Work Release 64 State 223 S Browne Spokane 99201 Spokane 6/30/2012
Cedar Creek Correctional Center 475 State 12200 Bordeaux Rd Littlerock 98556 Thurston 6/30/2012
Chehalis Tribal Jail 5 Indian Country 6/30/2016
Chelan Co. Regional Justice Ctr. 221 Local 12/31/2013
City of Kent Corr. Fac. 119 Local 12/31/2013
Clallam Bay Correctional Center 896 State 1830 Eagle Crest Way Clallam Bay 98326 Clallam 6/30/2012
Clallam Co. Corr. Fac. 123 Local 12/31/2013
Clark County Jail And Work Center 722 Local 12/31/2013
Clark County Work Release 24 State 5197 Nw Lowwer River Road Vancouver 98660 Clark 6/30/2012
Columbia Co. Jail 7 Local 12/31/2013
Colville Tribal Correctional Facility 36 Indian Country 6/30/2016
Cowlitz Co. Jail Annex 271 Local 12/31/2013
Coyote Ridge Corrections Center 2,531 State 1301 N Ephrata Ave Connell 99326 Franklin 6/30/2012
Elanor Chase House Work Release 16 State 427 W 7Th Ave Spokane 99204 Spokane 6/30/2012
Enumclaw City Jail 17 Local 12/31/2013
Ferry Co. Jail 30 Local 12/31/2013
Fife City Jail 27 Local 12/31/2013
Forks Police Department 36 Local 12/31/2013
Franklin Co. Jail 171 Local 12/31/2013
Garfield Co. Jail 7 Local 12/31/2013
Geiger Corr. Ctr. 273 Local 12/31/2013
Grandview City Jail 9 Local 12/31/2013
Grant Co. Jail 159 Local 12/31/2013
Grant Co. Work Release Ctr. 49 Local 12/31/2013
Grays Harbor Co. Jail 137 Local 12/31/2013
Helen B Ratcliff Work Release 41 State 1531 13Th Ave S Seattle 98144 King 6/30/2012
Hoquiam City Jail 18 Local 12/31/2013
Island County Jail 54 Local 12/31/2013
Issaquah City Jail 67 Local 12/31/2013
Jefferson Co. Jail 46 Local 12/31/2013
King County Correctional Facility 1,910 Local 12/31/2013
Kirkland City Jail 12 Local 12/31/2013
Kitsap Co. Sheriff's office Jail 428 Local 12/31/2013
Kittitas Co. Corr. Ctr. 99 Local 12/31/2013
Klickitat Co. Sheriffs office Jail 38 Local 12/31/2013
Larch Correctional Center 473 State 15314 Ne Dole Valley Road Yacolt 98675 Clark 6/30/2012
Lewis Co. Jail 203 Local 12/31/2013
Lincoln Co. Jail 22 Local 12/31/2013
Longview Work Release 59 State 1821 1St Ave Longview 98632 Cowlitz 6/30/2012
Lynnwood City Jail 40 Local 12/31/2013
Madison Inn Work Release 23 State 102 21St Ave E Seattle 98112 King 6/30/2012
Makah Public Safety-Adult Detention 4 Indian Country 6/30/2016
Marysville City Jail 83 Local 12/31/2013
Mason Co. Jail 115 Local 12/31/2013
Mission Creek Corrections Center For Women 296 State 3420 Ne Sand Hill Road Belfair 98528 Mason 6/30/2012
Monroe Correctional Complex 2,453 State 16700 177Th Avenue Se Monroe 98272 Snohomish 6/30/2012
Nisqually Adult Corrections 311 Indian Country 6/30/2016
Oak Harbor Jail 7 Local 12/31/2013
Okanogan Co. Corr. Ctr. 172 Local 12/31/2013
Olympia City Jail 24 Local 12/31/2013
Olympia Work Release Center 21 State 1800 11Th S.W. Olympia 98504 6/30/2012
Olympic Correctional Center 359 State 11235 Hoh Mainline Forks 98331 6/30/2012
Pacific Co. Jail 42 Local 12/31/2013
Pend Oreille Co. Corr. Fac. 30 Local 12/31/2013
Peninsula Work Release 58 State 1340 Lloyd Parkway Port Orchard 98367 Kitsap 6/30/2012
Pioneer Fellowship House 60 Private 220 11Th Ave Seattle 98122 King 6/30/2012
Progress House Work Release 70 State 5601 6Th Ave Tacoma 98406 Pierce 6/30/2012
Puyallup City Jail 49 Local 12/31/2013
Puyallup Tribal Law Enforcement And Adult Detention 7 Indian Country 6/30/2016
Quinault Nation Police Department And Holding Facility 11 Indian Country 6/30/2016
Rap/Lincoln Park Release 42 State 3704-06 S Yakima Tacoma 98418 Pierce 6/30/2012
Reynolds Work Release 89 State 410 4Th Ave Seattle 98104 King 6/30/2012
Seatac FDC 678 Federal 2425 South 200Th Street Seattle 98198 King 4/2/2020
Skagit Co. Jail 218 Local 12/31/2013
Skamania Co. Jail 28 Local 12/31/2013
Snohomish County Sheriff's office: Corrections Bureau 1,170 Local 12/31/2013
South Correctional Entity 428 Local 12/31/2013
Spokane Adult Detention Center 7 Indian Country 6/30/2016
Spokane Co. Jail 721 Local 12/31/2013
Stafford Creek Correctional Center 1,945 State 191 Constantine Way Aberdeen 98520 Grays Harbor 6/30/2012
Stevens Co. Jail 40 Local 12/31/2013
Sunnyside City Jail 50 Local 12/31/2013
Tacoma Progress House 23 Private 1119 S Altheimer St Tacoma 98405 Pierce 6/30/2012
Tacoma Residential Reentry Center - Pioneer Human Services 29 Private 922 South J Street Tacoma 98405 Pierce 6/30/2012
Thurston Co. Sheriffs office Corr. Fac. 394 Local 12/31/2013
Toppenish City Jail 27 Local 12/31/2013
Tri CIties Work Release 30 State 524 E Bruneau Kennewick 99336 Benton 6/30/2012
Wahkiakum Co. Jail 10 Local 12/31/2013
Walla Walla Co. Jail 73 Local 12/31/2013
Wapato City Jail 61 Local 12/31/2013
Washington Correctional Center 1,600 State W 2321 Dayton Airport Rd Shelton 98584 Mason 6/30/2012
Washington Correctional Center For Women 845 State 9601 Bujacich Road Nw Gig Harbor 98332 Pierce 6/30/2012
Washington State Penitentiary 2,153 State 1313 N 13Th Avenue Walla Walla 99362 Walla Walla 6/30/2012
Whatcom Co. Jail 258 Local 12/31/2013
Whatcom County Sheriff's office Jail Work Center 126 Local 12/31/2013
Whitman Co. Jail 35 Local 12/31/2013
Yakima City Jail 65 Local 12/31/2013
Yakima Co. Doc - Main Jail 721 Local 12/31/2013

This table draws data from four sources:

  • Federal prisons on April 2, 2020: The Prison Policy Initiative downloaded the weekly population list from the Bureau of Prisons for that date.
  • State and federal correctional facilities on June 30, 2012 were extracted from: United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Census of State and Federal Adult Correctional Facilities, 2012. ICPSR37294-v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2020-02-06. doi:10.3886/ICPSR37294.v1. County data retrieved from postal service database.
  • Local jails' average daily populations from January 1, 2013 to December 31, 2013 were extracted from: United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Census of Jail Facilities, 2013. ICPSR36128-V4. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2018-04-25. doi:10.3886/ICPSR36128.v4
  • Jails in Indian Country populations on June 30, 2016 were extracted from: United States Department of Justice. Office of Justice Programs. Bureau of Justice Statistics. Annual Survey of Jails in Indian Country, 2016. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2018-05-23. doi:10.3886/ICPSR37006.v1

Military prisons and state halfway houses are not included in the above table as we were not able to locate an appropriate national database of these types of facilities. Juvenile facilities are not included in the above because the Census Bureau counts these facilities separately from the adult correctional institutions that are the focus of our work. Where necessary, state-specific sources will be more useful for identifying juvenile facilities.

We do, however, have a list (without population information) of all federal halfway houses as of April 2, 2020 [XLSX].

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