Washington Corrections Center for Women
9601 Bujacich Rd. NW
Gig Harbor, WA 98332-8300
(253) 858-4200
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Facility at a Glance
Superintendent: Jane Parnell
Custody Levels: Minimum, Medium and Close
Units and Custody levels
WCCW Prison Fact Sheet
Operating Capacity: 738 offenders
Year Opened: 1971
Visiting Information
Visit the Friends and Family website for great information including how to prepare for visiting with children.
Original birth certificates and a completed, notarized original of the form DOC 20-446 Parent⁄Guardian Approval for Visiting must be submitted prior to a minor’s visit application being processed.
Visitor’s Application: Please fill out either the Online Application, or the Hard Copy Application not both. Submitting multiple visit applications for an individual visitor will cause a delay in processing.
Visiting Guidelines and Schedule
2013 Family Events Calendar
Programs
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Community Involvement
More than 600 community volunteers serve Washington Corrections Center for Women in many capacities, including academic internships, chemical dependency counseling, transition planning, tutoring, creative writing, diversity awareness, HIV⁄AIDS education, speech classes, theatrical movement, meditation, and staff aids. Girl Scouts of Western Washington offers the Girl Scouts Beyond Bars Program, where offender mothers act as leaders to provide craft and educational projects for their daughters.
Nationally known groups such as Toastmasters International, Alcoholics, Anonymous, and Narcotics Anonymous also provide volunteer services.
Community service crews conduct grounds maintenance, light repairs, and planting and harvesting tasks. In addition, more than 40 female offenders work on outside crews for facility–related tasks such as general facility and grounds maintenance, and sundries store operations to include stocking, order fulfillment and inventory tasks.