Location | Clallam Bay, Washington |
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Coordinates | 48°14′24″N 124°17′16″W / 48.24000°N 124.28778°W |
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/province | Washington |
ZIP Code | 98326 |
Country | United States |
Website | www |
Clallam Bay Corrections Center is situated on the Olympic Peninsula in Clallam County, two miles (3.2 km) 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.