Coyote Ridge Corrections Center

coyote ridge corrections

Post Office Box 769 [Driving Directions]
Connell, WA 99326-0769
(509) 543-5800

Superintendent: Jeffrey A. Uttecht

Coyote Ridge Corrections Center (CRCC) is located on 40 acres within the city limits of Connell. CRCC is a minimum-custody facility and currently employs over 200 facility and contract staff members.

Visiting an Offender

Visitation Days and Times

Location Days Hours
CRCC Main Institution Friday through Monday 12:30 - 3:30 pm and
6:00 - 8:30 pm
CRCC Minimum Camp Saturday and Sunday 12:30 - 3:30 pm
CRCC Minimum Camp Friday through Monday 6:00 - 8:30 pm

Note: Visitors must leave the facility between 4:00 and 5:45pm if they wish to continue their visit later on the same day.

Visitors are no longer able to bring cash into the visitation room. Visitors may purchase a Debitek card to use in the vending machines. To purchase the card the visitor must have a five dollar bill, the machine will not accept any other bill for purchase. Once the card is purchased they can put up to 75 dollars on the card using one, five, ten or twenty dollar bills.

Lockers are provided for visitors in the Main Facility.

Need assistance with transportation? Contact Matthew House Read our news story about Matthew House here

Need assistance with Lodging? Gideon Lutheran Church has a program, Room at the Inn, offering reduced rate guest rooms.

Facility History

Construction on the 132,000-square foot facility in the City of Connell began in October 1991, and the first offenders arrived in May 1992. The facility was built at a cost of $15,635,000, including land acquisition, construction and equipment.

Programs

Walla Walla Community College provides basic educational classes as well as vocational programming in Information Technology and Building Maintenance.  Other offender change programs include Stress and Anger Management, and Inside Outside Dads.  Employment Security also provides Job Hunter and Getting It Right courses for offenders to prepare them for employment upon release.

Religious programs include MSU: Religious Activities and MSC: Religious Activities

Correctional Industries Programs

A production plant operated by Correctional Industries (CI) employs 40 offenders who manufacture sheets, towels, knit socks and related items.  Offenders also assemble metal filing cabinets in the metal fabrication plant.  CI materials and operating costs are paid from sales revenue.

Community Involvement

More than 100 offenders are involved in jobs that provide services to surrounding communities at a reduced cost.  Public agencies and non-profit organizations hire offender crews to maintain properties, buildings, parks, roads, water lines, and sewage systems.

This facility is accredited ACA logo

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