Airway Heights Corrections Center

aerial view of 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

Offender Mailing Address

Include the Unit Assignment with the name and DOC number

For USPS
P.O. Box 2049
Airway Heights, WA 99001

For UPS/FedEx/DHL/etc.
11919 W Sprague
Airway Heights, WA 99001

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.

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.

AHCC utilizes community resources and encourages supervised interaction between community members and offenders. Volunteers are instrumental in assisting in the development of programs aimed at developing positive changes in personal growth and successful reintegration to society. Volunteer led programs include the following:  African American Literature Program, Alcoholics Anonymous, Keiki Cards for Children, Little Bus That Could Transportation Program, Locks for Love, Mentoring Children of Promise, Narcotics Anonymous, Marriage and Relationship Programs, Stamp Out Cancer, Toastmasters International, Eastern Washington University Writer's in the Community, Poetry Workshops, Words Travel - Family Literacy Program - partnered with Volunteers of America, and multiple faith based programs.

Family Friendly Events are also provided at AHCC -  Electronic Holiday Greeting Card Program, Back to School Event, Family Craft Events, Quarterly Book Fairs, and Day with Dad.  For the past several years, AHCC offenders have participated in quarterly fundraisers to help support the community.  All profits are donated to a local charity or non-profit organization in the Spokane area.

This facility is accredited  ACA logo

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