Stafford Creek Corrections Center (SCCC) is a

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state prison for men located in

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. The facility opened in 2000, has an operating capacity of 1936 inmates, and supports a mix of minimum, medium, and maximum security levels. Stafford is one of a number of Washington prisons with an environmental program developed in conjunction with

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. 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

Notable inmates

*Allen Christopher Ivanov, perpetrator of the 2016 Mukilteo shooting. *

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, serial killer originally incarcerated at

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*Jesus Mezquia, convicted in the 1993 murder of

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. Died in January 2021. *

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, serial arsonist and convicted murderer from Lynnwood, Washington.

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Notable inmates

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