The Olympic Corrections Center is located in
Jefferson County, west of
Olympic National Park. It is within the service area of the
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, post office, even though it is not close to that city. It is a minimum security facility. Inmates there often work fighting forest fires during the summer, assisting the Department of Natural Resources in clearing and
planting trees.
Speciality Inmate crews supervised by Custody and Corrections Officers also help the local communities by providing yard work at senior centers, paint schools (during summer when the children are absent), and other services in the vicinity of the facility.
On October 31, 2011, authorities at Olympic CC entered into a contract with McDougall & Sons orchard
in Quincy, Grant County to use 105 inmates to pick apples for that company. McDougall agreed to pay corrections officials $22.00 per hour per inmate for the labor.
The camp is located in
Jefferson County, on Hoh Mainline Road north of
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See also
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List of law enforcement agencies in Washington (state)
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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
* Ark ...
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List of U.S. state prisons
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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).
References
External links
Olympic Corrections Center
Buildings and structures in Jefferson County, Washington
Prisons in Washington (state)
1968 establishments in Washington (state)
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