Monroe Corrections Complex
 Location in Washington
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| Location | Monroe |
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| Coordinates | 47°50′37″N 122°0′7″W / 47.84361°N 122.00194°WCoordinates: 47°50′37″N 122°0′7″W / 47.84361°N 122.00194°W |
| Status | Operational |
| Security class | Minimum, medium, close, maximum |
| Capacity | 2,400 |
| Opened | 1910 |
| Managed by | Washington State Department of Corrections |
| Warden | Mike Obenland, Superintendent |
| Street address | 16550 177th Ave. SE |
| City | Monroe |
| County | Snohomish County |
| State | Washington |
| Postal code | P. O. Box 777 (WSR/IMU) P. O. Box 7001 (MSU) P. O. Box 514 (SOU) P. O. Box 888 (TRU) |
| Country | United States |
| Website | www |
Monroe Correctional Complex is a Washington State Department of Corrections men's prison located in Monroe, Washington, United States. With an operating capacity of 2,500, it is the second largest prison in the state. It opened 107 years ago in 1910, 21 years after statehood.
Monroe Correctional Complex is located at 16550 177th Avenue Southeast.
Monroe Correctional Complex is located on a 365-acre campus in Monroe, Washington. On campus are six housing units:
These vary from minimum to maximum security.
A segregation unit (Cell Block 3) provides about 80 beds for inmates who need to be temporarily removed from the general population.
MCC has an inpatient hospital that can also be used by other correctional facilities within the state. Major medical care can often be performed here, but serious surgical procedures are performed in community hospitals.
Vocational classes offered at MCC include printing, information technology and personal computer support specialist, and inmates can earn a GED while incarcerated. An independent non-profit, University Beyond Bars (UBB), offers college courses as a volunteer organization, and some people incarcerated at MCC have earned associate degrees despite the prohibition of state funding for post-secondary education.
A staff-supervised youth program is offered to high school and middle school students. It is designed to deter students from becoming involved in a criminal lifestyle by meeting selected inmates who tell them about the choices they made which led to their incarceration.
Class II and III jobs are located within MCC. Class III jobs provide essential services to the facility such as maintenance, janitorial, clerical warehouse workers, and kitchen work. Class II jobs are designed to reduce the cost of goods and services to state agencies and other tax-supported entities. These include laundry services, a print shop, a license tab shop, and the panel program. Class I industries were once housed at MCC, but were eliminated in July 2004 as a result of a Washington Supreme Court decision that held that inmates cannot be employed by private commercial enterprises.
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