Featured Stories
2012
- December 21: Department, Squaxin Island Tribe enter agreement on funerals, death bed visits
- December 6: Cheney Free Press: Offenders receive job training at Airway Heights
- December 4: Community Corrections Officer "Lolo" Tuivai becomes U.S. citizen
- November 29: Shelton Mason County Journal: Group helps prisoners
- November 28: Seattle Times: Monroe Prison inmates restoring bikes for the needy
- November 21: Bountiful gardens at Washington Corrections Center for Women
- November 9: Businesses honor veterans by offering discounts
- November 2: KEPR TV: Inmates trying for a comeback
- November 1: KEPRTV: Work Release Program Saves Tax dollars
- November 1: Institute for Applied Ecology: A Full Circle of Healing
- October 31: Union Bulletin: Corrections Officers put "dress" in addressing domestic violence
- October 12: Durable Medical Equipment Repair Program at Monroe Correctional Complex
- September 25: A role for community corrections officers in a sentencing alternative for parents
- September 6: A Calming Influence: DOC's Crisis Negotiation Teams Keep Prisons and Communities Safe
- August 17: Sustainability in Prisons National Conference Set for Sept. 12 -13
- August 10: The Columbian: Kittens help set free offenders' softer side
- July 13: Sustainable Growth at Monroe Correctional Complex
- July 12: Offenders Get Outfitted for Success
- June 29: DOC Partners with Dept. of Veterans Affairs to Help Incarcerated Vets
- June 19: Projects at DOC Prisons Save Energy, Create Jobs
- June 13: Larch Corrections Center Earns Energy-Savings Incentives
- June 1: Visitation Cancellation Information Now Available on Twitter
- May 31: First Dog Graduates from Cedar Creek Corrections Center's Veteran Service Dog Training Program
- May 18: Sentence Information for Latanya Clemmons
- May 3: The Olympian: Cedar Creek inmates help train service dogs for war veterans
- May 1: Follow DOC on Twitter
- April 19: First Group of Endangered Butterflies Hatches at Women’s Prison
- March 26: Seattle Times: Pressure Building at Jam packed State Prisons
- March 26: AP: Lawmakers Weigh Major Changes for Parole, Probation
- March 5: DOC Background on Robert Hitt
- March 5: Supervision Information for John Callahan
- February 29: DOC Reimbursed for Helping Injured Workers Stay on the Job
- February 10: Innovations in E-Learning Save Money, Enhance Training at DOC
- February 2: Washington Corrections Center for Women Donates Thousands of Items to Charity
- January 30: Homeless Offender Takes Opportunity to Change Life, Behavior
- January 27: DOC Staff to Honor Fallen Officer Jayme Biendl Sunday
- January 27: Bellingham Herald: Longtime Whatcom County Corrections Officer Gets National Award
- January 26: Even During Snowstorm, DOC Staff Finds a Way to Maintain Critical Operations
- January 24: Federal Agents Credit Pierce County CCOs for Arrest of Dangerous Offender
- January 12: DOC Wins National Competition to Bolster Green Prisons Programs
- January 10: DOC Prepares for Busy Legislative Session