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Washington Corrections Center For Women
Washington Corrections Center for Women (WCCW, originally the Purdy Treatment Center) is a Washington State Department of Corrections women's prison located in Gig Harbor, Washington. With an operating capacity of 740, it is the largest women's prison in the state and is surrounded by Washington State Route 16, and McCormick forest park. It opened in 1971, 82 years after statehood. Washington Corrections Center is located at 9601 Bujacich Rd NW Facilities and programs Washington Corrections Center for Women facilitates Educational and Offender Change programs, & Work and Vocational programs. *Educational and Offender Change programs include: GED programs, Information Technology programs, and a prison library. However, inmates must have enough time left on their sentence in order to enroll in education. Inmates sentenced to 18 months or less can not access education and are not eligible for most self improvement class. their intent is to teach incarcerated new skills, and help ...
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Gig Harbor, Washington
Gig Harbor is the name of both a bay on Puget Sound and a city on its shore in Pierce County, Washington,. The population was 12,029 at the 2020 census. Gig Harbor is one of several cities and towns that claim to be "the gateway to the Olympic Peninsula". Due to its close access to several state and city parks, and historic waterfront that includes boutiques and fine dining, it has become a popular tourist destination. Gig Harbor is located along State Route 16, about 6 mi (10 km) from its origin at Interstate 5, over the Tacoma Narrows Bridge. A $1.2 billion project to add a second span to the bridge was completed in 2007. History During a heavy storm in 1840, Captain Charles Wilkes brought the captain's gig (small boat) into the harbor for protection. Later, with the publication of Wilkes' 1841 map of the Oregon Territory, he named the sheltered bay Gig Harbor. In 1867, fisherman Samuel Jerisich came to the Gig Harbor area, along with many other immigrants from S ...
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1971 Establishments In Washington (state)
* The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events January * January 2 – 66 people are killed and over 200 injured during a crush in Glasgow, Scotland. * January 5 – The first ever One Day International cricket match is played between Australia and England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. * January 8 – Tupamaros kidnap Geoffrey Jackson, British ambassador to Uruguay, in Montevideo, keeping him captive until September. * January 9 – Uruguayan president Jorge Pacheco Areco demands emergency powers for 90 days due to kidnappings, and receives them the next day. * January 12 – The landmark United States television sitcom ''All in the Family'', starring Carroll O'Connor as Archie Bunker, debuts on CBS. * January 14 – Seventy Brazilian political prisoners a ...
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Prisons In Washington (state)
A prison, also known as a jail, gaol (dated, standard English, Australian, and historically in Canada), penitentiary (American English and Canadian English), detention center (or detention centre outside the US), correction center, correctional facility, lock-up, hoosegow or remand center, is a facility in which inmates (or prisoners) are confined against their will and usually denied a variety of freedoms under the authority of the state as punishment for various crimes. Prisons are most commonly used within a criminal justice system: people charged with crimes may be imprisoned until their trial; those pleading or being found guilty of crimes at trial may be sentenced to a specified period of imprisonment. In simplest terms, a prison can also be described as a building in which people are legally held as a punishment for a crime they have committed. Prisons can also be used as a tool of political repression by authoritarian regimes. Their perceived opponents may be impris ...
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Women's Prisons In The United States
The incarceration of women in the United States refers to the imprisonment of women in both prisons and jails in the United States. There are approximately 219,000 incarcerated women in the US according to a November 2018 report by the Prison Policy Initiative, and the rate of incarceration of women in the United States is at a historic and global high, with 133 women in correctional facilities per every 100,000 female citizens. The United States is home to just 4% of the world's female population, yet the US is responsible for 33% of the entire world's incarcerated female population. The steep rise in the population of incarcerated women in the US is linked to the complex history of the War on drugs and the US's Prison–industrial complex, which lead to mass incarceration among many demographics, but had particularly dramatic impacts on women and especially women of color. However, women made up only 10.4% of the US prison and jail population, as of 2015. The conditions of corr ...
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List Of Washington State Prisons
This is a list of state prisons in Washington housing adult inmates administered by the Washington State Department of Corrections (WADOC).Prison Facilities
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Current prisons

The department currently operates 12 adult prisons (10 male institutions and 2 female institutions). The department confines nearly 13,000 offenders in these facilities, with each varyi ...
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List Of U
A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to: People * List (surname) Organizations * List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America * SC Germania List, German rugby union club Other uses * Angle of list, the leaning to either port or starboard of a ship * List (information), an ordered collection of pieces of information ** List (abstract data type), a method to organize data in computer science * List on Sylt, previously called List, the northernmost village in Germany, on the island of Sylt * ''List'', an alternative term for ''roll'' in flight dynamics * To ''list'' a building, etc., in the UK it means to designate it a listed building that may not be altered without permission * Lists (jousting), the barriers used to designate the tournament area where medieval knights jousted * ''The Book of Lists'', an American series of books with unusual lists See also * The List (other) * Listing (di ...
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List Of United States State Correction Agencies
This is a list of corrections agencies in the states of the United States. State adult prison agencies * Alabama Department of Corrections * Alaska Department of Corrections * Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry * Arkansas Department of Correction * California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation * Colorado Department of Corrections * Connecticut Department of Correction * Delaware Department of Correction * District of Columbia Department of Corrections * Florida Department of Corrections * Georgia Department of Corrections * Hawaii Department of Public Safety * Idaho Department of Correction * Illinois Department of Corrections * Indiana Department of Correction * Iowa Department of Corrections * Kansas Department of Corrections * Kentucky Department of Corrections * Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections * Maine Department of Corrections * Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services * Massachusetts Department o ...
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List Of Law Enforcement Agencies In Washington (state)
This is a list of law enforcement agencies in the US state of Washington. According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2008 ''Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies,'' the state had 260 law enforcement agencies employing 11,411 sworn police officers, about 174 for each 100,000 residents. The state has the lowest ratio of police officers to residents of any state, compared to a national average of 251 per 100,000 residents. State agencies * Washington State Attorney General's Office *Washington State Department of Corrections *Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife *Washington State Department of Labor and Industries *Washington State Department of Natural Resources * Washington State Gambling Commission *Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board *Washington State Parks *Washington State Patrol County agencies * Adams County Sheriff's Office * Asotin County Sheriff's Office * Benton County Sheriff's Office * Chelan County Sheriff's Office * ...
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Michelle Knotek
Michelle Knotek is an American convicted murderer from Raymond, Washington. She was convicted in 2004 of second degree murder and first degree manslaughter for her role in the torture and deaths of Kathy Loreno and Ronald Woodworth, who were both boarders in Knotek's home. Her husband, David Knotek, was also convicted of the murder of her 17-year-old nephew Shane Watson, who lived with the Knoteks. Michelle is also suspected of possible involvement in the death of James McClintock, an 81-year-old whose assets she inherited after he died of head trauma incurred while Knotek was employed as his caregiver on February 9, 2002. The Knoteks' crimes made national headlines due to allegations of abuse and torture. Michelle Knotek was sentenced to 22 years in prison. She served approximately 18 years at the Washington Corrections Center for Women in Gig Harbor and was released on November 8, 2022. Her husband David Knotek was sentenced to 15 years in prison. He served approximately 13 yea ...
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Treva Throneberry
Treva Joyce Throneberry (born May 18, 1969), also known as Brianna Kenzie, Brianna Stewart, Cara Leanna Davis, Cara Lewis, Cara Williams, Emily Kara Williams, Keili T. Throneberry Smitt, Stephanie Lewis, and Stephanie Williams, is an American woman who spent most of her twenties pretending to be a teenager and engaging in other forms of con artistry for which she was eventually convicted and imprisoned. Throneberry made numerous false claims of sexual abuse, including that she was a victim of satanic ritual abuse, to gain money. She traveled across the United States, residing in foster homes, colleges and with any family that would take her in, using false identities. Her father, Carl Throneberry, said, "She's just going cross-country and using different names and receiving welfare." After she was arrested in 2001 and charged with fraud and perjury, Throneberry's true identity was established by DNA testing. Some observers of her post-arrest behavior have speculated that her as ...
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Donna Perry (serial Killer)
Donna R. Perry (born Douglas R. Perry) is an American serial killer. Assigned male at birth, she was charged with three counts of first-degree murder in 2014 for killing three women in 1990. Perry underwent gender-affirming surgery in 2000; her gender identity formed a portion of the defense's argument. Early life Perry was sexually abused by her father from age four until her father's death three years later, according to her attorney. Crimes Perry's criminal record lists various charges dating back to 1974. In 1987, Perry was charged with reckless endangerment. In 1988, Perry was arrested for possessing a pipe bomb and was subsequently found to have 49 guns and 20,000 rounds of ammunition. In 1989, Perry was arrested for soliciting a prostitute. In the late 1990s, Perry spent 18 months in jail after being pulled over in Oregon's red light district with a gun and knife. During this prison sentence, Perry allegedly confessed to her cellmate to killing nine prostitutes. Perry ...
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