aerial view of Airway Heights Corrections Center

Airway Heights Corrections Center

11919 W Sprague Ave [Driving Directions]
Post Office Box 1899
Airway Heights, WA 99001-1899
(509) 244-6700

Superintendent: Maggie Miller-Stout

Airway Heights Corrections Center (AHCC) opened in 1992 and is located on 160 acres approximately 10 miles west of Spokane.  The prison consists of a main facility that houses medium- and long-term minimum-custody offenders.  A separate perimeter adjacent to the main facility accommodates a minimum-security unit for offenders with minimum-custody or lower.  AHCC employs approximately 600 staff members.

Visiting an Offender

Need assistance with transportation? Contact Matthew House

Calendar of events: Aug 08 - Dec 08 and programs by institution.

Sending a Quarterly Package?

The following is the approved Vendor List for purchasing personal property items as authorized in DOC Policy 440.000, Personal Property for Offenders. Personal property items purchased by family and friends are not authorized, except as allowed in a Quarterly Package.

Approved Clothing and Shoe Vendors

Access SecurePak
 King Size Big Men Walkenhorst
Bust The Move LL Bean Mike's Better Shoes
J L Marcus Sierra Trading Post  
JC Penney Union Supply  

Books are NOT considered property. Books are considered publications (mail) and are authorized as long as they arrive directly from any publishing company (like Barnes & Noble, Amazon, Borders, etc.)  and meet the guidelines per DOC Policy 450.100, Mail for Offenders.

For music, recreation or religious approved vendors - see attached list.

Offender Population

Current statistics on Offender Population are found in DOC's monthly brochure.

Programs

AHCC offers basic educational programs as well as offender change programs including: Right Living, Job Readiness, Anger/Stress Management, Victim Awareness, Moral Reconation Therapy, and Chemical Dependency Treatment. Offender work and vocational programs include Food Services, Bindery, Optical Lab, Maintenance, Custodial, Laundry, Upholstery, Recreation, Teacher Aides, Homebuilders, Computer Refurbishing, Painters, Plumbers, Department of Natural Resources fire suppression and reforestation crews, and off-site security crews.

Correctional Industries Programs

Correctional Industries employs offenders in the food factory, bindery and optical lab.

Community Involvement

The Community Partnership Program at AHCC and volunteers from the community are dedicated in providing events, projects, and programs to offenders and their families. These include Words Travel Literacy Program, Handmade Outreach Prison Exchange (H.O.P.E.) Stamps for Cancer, Nurturing Fathers Program, Mentoring Children of Promise, fundraisers, and Keiki Cards for Children.  Prison crews are a way offenders can give back to the community.

This facility is accredited  ACA logo

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