Clallam Bay Corrections Center

Clallam Bay Corrections Center (CBCC)
Location in Washington
Location Clallam Bay, Washington
Coordinates 48°14′24″N 124°17′16″W / 48.24000°N 124.28778°W / 48.24000; -124.28778Coordinates: 48°14′24″N 124°17′16″W / 48.24000°N 124.28778°W / 48.24000; -124.28778
Status Operational
Security class Medium, Close, Maximum
Capacity 858
Opened 1985
Managed by Washington State Department of Corrections
Warden Jeri Boe, Superintendent
Street address 1830 Eagle Crest Way
City Clallam Bay
County Clallam County
State Washington
ZIP Code 98326
Country United States
Website www.doc.wa.gov/corrections/incarceration/prisons/cbcc.htm

Clallam Bay Corrections Center is situated on the Olympic Peninsula in Clallam County, two miles south of the community of Clallam Bay, Washington.

CBCC opened as a medium-custody 450-bed facility in 1985 and converted to a Close Custody facility in 1991. In 1992, it expanded to house an additional 400 medium-custody inmates. Today, the facility can house 900 inmates.

The facility provides medium-, maximum-, and close-custody housing for inmates who are serving sentences for crimes committed in Washington State. Currently, 68.4% of Clallam Bay's offenders were convicted of violent offenses, with an average age of 32.1 years old.

There are 400 full-time professional correctional employees at Clallam Bay. Five correctional industries staff members manage the on-site garment industry. Thirty members of the staff and faculty from Peninsula College serve at the facility, providing adult offender education and staff training programs.

Notable inmates

  • George Russell - Serial killer.
  • Paul Kenneth Keller - Serial arsonist.
  • Barry Loukaitis - School shooter

See also

References

Confinement Statistics, as of May 31, 2008

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