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
Attention Visitors:
Parking on Sprague Avenue is no longer authorized per local law enforcement effective immediately.
You may enter the facility grounds via visitor parking at 11:15 am and 4:15 pm. You must remain in your car until 11:45 am or 4:45 pm prior to entering Public Access.
Thank you for your patience. Be advised , parking on Sprague could result in a ticket by Airway Heights Police Department.
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?
Updates have been made to 450.120 Packages for Offenders and is the policy that outlines quarterly gift packages. Please note there have been significant changes to the quarterly gift package guidelines effective March 1, 2009.
Take the time to review the DOC Policy 440.000, Personal Property for Offenders before sending items to offenders. Personal property items purchased by family and friends are not authorized, except as allowed in a Quarterly Package. Quarterly Gift packages may include new shoes only.
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.
This facility has additional AHCC specific information.
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.
