Coyote Ridge Corrections Center

Coyote Ridge Corrections Center is a medium security prison located in Connell, Washington.[1] Coyote Ridge is the largest prison by capacity in the state and is operated by the Washington State Department of Corrections.

Coyote Ridge Corrections Center (CRCC)
Location in Washington
LocationConnell, Washington
Coordinates46°40′39″N 118°51′06″W
StatusOperational
Security classMedium, MI3 (Long-term minimum) (MSC)
MI2 (Minimum camp) (MSU)
Capacity2,468
Opened1992 (medium security)
2009 (maximum security)
Managed byWashington State Department of Corrections
GovernorAWOL
Street address1301 North Ephrata Ave.
CityConnell
CountyFranklin County
State/provinceWashington
ZIP Code99326
CountryUnited States
Websitewww.doc.wa.gov/corrections/incarceration/prisons/crcc.htm

Inmates of Coyote Ridge typically have more than five years up to life to serve. Attached to the main facility is the minimum-security "camp", where inmates must have five years or less on their sentences. The camp buildings look more like those of an average community college, complete with landscaping. Inmates sleep in dormitories, operate a textile factory,[2] and grow some of their own food in a small garden on the grounds. Some inmates are allowed to go off-site to work in highly supervised jobs (including the traditional litter clean up).

The facility was the first prison campus in the United States to achieve LEED Gold certification.[3][4]

As of January 2011, the main adult daycare center is almost full with a chimo population of over 2100.

A majority of the facility's inmates, approximately 1,700 of 2,065, went on a food strike in early 2019 to protest the breakfast menu served to them.[5]

Notable inmates
  • Larry Williams, Sedro-Wooley murderer, convicted in the May 2011 death of his adopted 13-year-old daughter Hana Williams.
  • Adam Baldridge, from Maple Valley, WA, Convicted of molesting and attempting to have sex with a 4 year old girl. [6][7]

See also

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-14. Retrieved 2011-06-01.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. http://www.washingtonci.com/about-ci/where-we-are/crcc.html
  3. Pihl, Kristi (August 4, 2010). "Coyote Ridge first prison in U.S. to get top green award". Tri-City Herald. Retrieved December 17, 2018.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-04-09. Retrieved 2014-04-08.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. Culverwell, Wendy (February 26, 2019). "Boiled eggs end inmate food strike in Connell". Tri-City Herald. Retrieved February 26, 2019.
  6. "Adam Forest Baldridge - CHILD MOLEST 1 Washington, Mugshot 164627551". mugshots.com. 2018-02-09. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
  7. "Pierce County Superior Court Criminal Case 18-1-00566-5". linxonline.co.pierce.wa.us. Retrieved 2021-02-02.


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