Olympic Corrections Center

olympic corrections center

11235 Hoh Mainline [Driving Directions]
Forks, WA 98331-9492
(360) 374-6181

Superintendent: John Aldana

Olympic Corrections Center (OCC) is located in the middle of a 120,000-acre block of Department of Natural Resources (DNR) trust land, which is about 25 miles south of Forks. OCC is a minimum-security facility that includes three living units, laundry, warehouse, kitchen facilities, maintenance shop, a wastewater treatment plant and water supply system. OCC employs 109 staff members.

Visiting an Offender

Need assistance with transportation? Contact Matthew House for services.

Read our news story about Matthew House from December 2008.

Important Notice for Visitors

Beginning September 4, 2009 all prisons in Washington State are taking extra precautions to lower the risk of influenza and other illnesses entering our facilities. Because of the unique nature of prisons and the special risks posed by the spread of illnesses we will deny entrance to visitors who have flu-like symptoms.

Symptoms of flu include: fever or chills and either cough or sore throat. Additional symptoms of flu can include runny nose, body aches, headache, fatigue, diarrhea, or vomiting.

Visitors who display these symptoms will be denied for that day and visiting may resume after the person has been symptom-free for 24 hours. This measure is necessary to prevent the virus' spread and to ensure the safety of all visitors, staff and offenders - especially those in high-risk categories.
We appreciate your cooperation and understanding.

H1N1 Precautions

Due to the recent spread of the novel H1N1, or swine flu, virus the Department of Corrections encourages visitors who have flu symptoms to stay home. These symptoms include runny nose, nasal congestion, sore throat, cough and fever.

Please remember that the best way to prevent the spread of infectious diseases is by practicing the following precautions:

  • Cover your nose and mouth with a tissue when you cough or sneeze. Throw the tissue in the trash after you use it;
  • Wash your hands with soap and water frequently, especially after you cough or sneeze;
  • Try to avoid close contact with sick people;
  • If you get sick, stay home and limit contact with others to keep from infecting them;
  • Avoid touching your eyes, nose or mouth.

These are the same precautions that should be taken to stop transmitting all influenza viruses.

Sending a Quarterly Package?

Holiday 2009 Package Information
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.

Programs

Peninsula College provides basic education to offenders as well as information technology classes. Offender change programs include Long Distance Dads, Moral Reconation Therapy, Relapse Prevention, Anger Stress Management, Thinking for a Change, MRT Domestic Violence, Partners in Parenting, Job Readiness - Industrial Safety, Human Relations, Job Hunter, Chemical Dependency Counseling and preparing for release.

Correctional Industries Programs

OCC work programs include kitchen, janitorial, camp maintenance, recreation, community service crews, and waste treatment operator.

Community Involvement

Almost half of OCC’s offenders work on crews with DNR that perform fire suppression, pre-commercial tree thinning and planting and restore trails and camp sites. OCC also provides three offender crews to work on special community service projects to include cutting firewood for distribution to senior citizens, assisting the Department of Fish and Wildlife, maintaining grounds at the Forks Timber Museum, the Forks Visitor Center, the baseball parks at Forks and Beaver, and painting schools at Forks and Lake Quinault. The Toy Shop at OCC produces many wood products such as replicas of logging trucks, tables, cabinets, cribs, rockers, and many other items that are auctioned for the Forks High School Scholarship program. These items are very popular in the community and bring in almost $10,000 in scholarship dollars every year.

Facility History

Clearwater Honor Camp opened in August 1968, and Governor Dan Evans officially dedicated it in June 1969. The facility initially housed 100 inmates. Partnering with DNR, offenders reforested land as the timber was harvested. In addition, various phases of road construction, pre-commercial thinning, and the production of cedar products for use by the DNR districts were carried out at the new Honor Camp. In the early 1980’s, there were two separate facilities, Clearwater Correction Center (formally known as Clearwater Honor Camp), and the newer Olympic Correction Center. In July 1991, Clearwater and Olympic Corrections Center became one facility with the addition of the Hoh Unit and was re-named Olympic Corrections Center.

This facility is accredited ACA logo

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