Stafford Creek Corrections Center Explained

Stafford Creek Corrections Center (SCCC)
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Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Washington
Location:Aberdeen
Coordinates:46.9222°N -123.9206°W
Status:Operational
Classification:Minimum, Medium, Maximum
Capacity:1,936
Opened:2000
Managed By:Washington State Department of Corrections
Warden:Ron Haynes
Street-Address:191 Constantine Way
City:Aberdeen
County:Grays Harbor County
State:Washington
Zip:98520
Country:United States

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]

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

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DeWayne Lee Harris908867Serving a 94-year sentence.Convicted of murdering 3 women in the late 1990's.[3]
Paul Kenneth Keller709189Serving 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

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Stafford Creek Corrections Center . www.doc.wa.gov . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090723212202/http://www.doc.wa.gov/facilities/prison/sccc/ . 2009-07-23.
  2. News: Patrick Oppmann . Prisoners turn over a new leaf with eye on environment . . 2022-06-10.
  3. Web site: Triple Killer Chills Courtroom During His Sentencing -- Harris Gets 94 Years For 3 Women's Deaths The Seattle Times . 2024-02-15 . archive.seattletimes.com.
  4. Web site: 1993-08-07 . MAN GIVES AWAY REWARD FOR TURNING IN ARSONIST SON . 2024-02-15 . Orlando Sentinel . en-US.
  5. Web site: Profile Of Serial-Arson Suspect -- Family, Friends Describe Troubled Boy, Impulsive Adult The Seattle Times . 2024-02-15 . archive.seattletimes.com.
  6. Web site: Arsonist Pleads Guilty To First-Degree Murder -- Keller Set 1992 Fire That Killed Three At North Seattle Retirement Home The Seattle Times . 2024-02-15 . archive.seattletimes.com.
  7. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2003/09/14/seattle-set-example-for-serial-arson-probe/50b648a2-cd10-46fa-95f3-f384c9ae7d87/
  8. Web site: A SEATTLE YOUTH, 20, GETS LIFE SENTENCE IN CHINATOWN CASE.
  9. Web site: Inmate Search | Washington State Department of Corrections.