Olympic Corrections Center Explained

Olympic Corrections Center (OCC)
Pushpin Map:USA Washington
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Washington
Location:Forks
Coordinates:47.7192°N -124.1364°W
Status:Operational
Classification:Minimum
Capacity:381
Opened:1968
Managed By:Washington State Department of Corrections
Warden:Scott Speer, Superintendent
Street-Address:11235 Hoh Mainline
City:Forks
County:Jefferson County
State:Washington
Zip:98331
Country:United States

The Olympic Corrections Center is located in Jefferson County, west of Olympic National Park. It is within the service area of the Forks, Washington, 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[1] 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 Clearwater, Washington.

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 105 inmates picking apples in Grant County. Seattle Times. 2012-04-14.