Stafford Creek Corrections Center

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Stafford Creek Corrections Center (SCCC)
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Location in Washington
Location Aberdeen
Coordinates 46°55′20″N123°55′14″W / 46.92222°N 123.92056°W / 46.92222; -123.92056
StatusOperational
Security classMinimum, Medium, Maximum
Capacity1,936
Opened2000
Managed by Washington State Department of Corrections
Warden Ron Haynes
Street address191 Constantine Way
City Aberdeen
County Grays Harbor County
State/province Washington
ZIP Code98520
CountryUnited States
Website www.doc.wa.gov/corrections/incarceration/prisons/sccc.htm

Stafford Creek Corrections Center (SCCC) is a Washington State Department of Corrections state prison for men located in Aberdeen, Washington. The facility opened in 2000, has an operating capacity of 1936 inmates, and supports a mix of minimum, medium, and maximum security levels. [1]

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Stafford is one of a number of Washington prisons with an environmental program developed in conjunction with The Evergreen State College. Inmates plant gardens (though health code restrictions are still being reviewed, preventing the food from being utilized in the institution kitchen), help restore protected wetlands by raising seedlings in prison greenhouses, and similar programs. Results include an annual cost savings of $200,000 at Stafford from recycling trash, which decreased the amount of trash being hauled away [2]

Notable inmates

Inmate NameRegister NumberStatusDetails
DeWayne Lee Harris 908867Serving a 94-year sentence.Convicted of murdering 3 women in the late 1990's. [3]
Paul Kenneth Keller 709189Serving a 107-year sentence.Convicted arsonist and murderer. [4] [5] [6] [7]
Benjamin Ng280999Serving a life sentence.One of the perpetrators of the 1983 Wah Mee massacre. [8]

See also

References

  1. "Stafford Creek Corrections Center". www.doc.wa.gov. Archived from the original on 2009-07-23.
  2. Patrick Oppmann. "Prisoners turn over a new leaf with eye on environment". CNN . Retrieved 2022-06-10.
  3. "Triple Killer Chills Courtroom During His Sentencing -- Harris Gets 94 Years For 3 Women's Deaths | The Seattle Times". archive.seattletimes.com. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
  4. "MAN GIVES AWAY REWARD FOR TURNING IN ARSONIST SON". Orlando Sentinel. 1993-08-07. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
  5. "Profile Of Serial-Arson Suspect -- Family, Friends Describe Troubled Boy, Impulsive Adult | The Seattle Times". archive.seattletimes.com. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
  6. "Arsonist Pleads Guilty To First-Degree Murder -- Keller Set 1992 Fire That Killed Three At North Seattle Retirement Home | The Seattle Times". archive.seattletimes.com. Retrieved 2024-02-15.
  7. "Seattle Set Example for Serial Arson Probe - The Washington Post". The Washington Post . Archived from the original on 2021-01-25. Retrieved 2024-12-18.
  8. Turner, Wallace (26 August 1983). "A SEATTLE YOUTH, 20, GETS LIFE SENTENCE IN CHINATOWN CASE". The New York Times .
  9. "Inmate Search | Washington State Department of Corrections".