Press Releases
2008
- December 12: Pine Lodge Corrections Center Passes Audit with High Marks
- November 10: DOC Appoints Jane Parnell as Ahtanum View Superintendent
- October 13: K-9 Units to be Centralized at Two Washington Prisons
- October 9: DOC Appoints Patrick Glebe as Stafford Creek Superintendent
- October 1: DOC to Expand of GPS Locators on Level 3 Sex Offenders Use
- October 1: DOC to Expand of GPS Locators on Level 3 Sex Offenders Use
- September 30: DOC Transfers 110 Inmates Back from Private Prison in Arizona
- September 9: DOC Releases Statement on Pheasant Care
- August 5: New Superintendents Appointed to Two Eastern Washington Prisons
- August 5: Correctional Industries Seeks Business to Operate Inside Prisons
- July 18: Offenders Find Something Positive With McNeil Island Fire Department
- July 18: DOC Work Release Work Group to Host Public Meeting in Port Orchard
- July 18: New Superintendents Appointed to Two Eastern Washington Prisons
- July 11: DOC Announces New Deputy Secretary For Correctional Operations
- June 25: New Prison Administrator & Stafford Creek Management Changes Announced
- June 23: Ahtanum View Corrections Center on Track for National Accreditation
- June 02: Two DOC Prisons Honored by Dept. of Ecology for Environmental Efforts
- May 30: DOC Working to Ensure Public Safety Employees Receive Proper Overtime
- May 22: DOC Reaches Settlement in Americans with Disabilities Act Claim
- May 22: Assaults by Washington Offenders Under Investigation in Oklahoma
- May 19: DOC Work Group to Host Public Meeting in Tacoma
- May 12: 2008 Annual Agency Award Winners Announced
- April 28: DOC Seeks Information from Work Release Contractors
- April 28: DOC's Melanie Roberts to Retire in June
- April 24: Work Group to Begin Planning DOC Re-Entry Centers
- April 21: Cedeño to retire as director of Washington’s prisons
- April 18: DOC Pays $107,500 To Settle Prison Inmate Cases
- April 17: DOC Announces Temporary Prison Command Assignments
- April 15: DOC Reaches Settlement with Car Crash Victims
- March 28: Sex Offender Released to Mason County Following Arrest for Violation
- March 14: Washington Corrections Center Passes Audit with High Marks
- March 12: DOC Pays $2.25 Million to Settle 1999 Shooting Lawsuit
- March 5: DOC Collaboration Improves Security for College Campus
- February 29: DOC Settles Inmate Property Lawsuit
- February 29: Level 3 Sex Offender Arrested Hours after Being Released from Jail
- February 22: Corrections Department to Host Reunion for Past Employees
- February 20: New DOC Program Strengthens Families and Improves Public Safety
- February 7: Restitution and Prison Work Crews Help with Snowstorm Recovery
- January 23: Coyote Ridge Expansion Ahead of Schedule and within Budget
- January 23: DOC to Hold Forum on Electronic Disclosure Rules
- January 17: DOC Statement on WUTC Action Against AT&T
- January 17: Work Release Siting Advisory Committee Completes Work
- January 16: New DOC Executive Post to Focus on Community Relationships
- January 9: Gov. Gregoire names Eldon Vail to lead Department of Corrections