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Stafford Creek Corrections Center

Coordinates: 46°55′20″N 123°55′14″W / 46.92222°N 123.92056°W / 46.92222; -123.92056
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Stafford Creek Corrections Center (SCCC)
Stafford Creek Corrections Center is located in Washington (state)
Stafford Creek Corrections Center
Location in Washington
LocationAberdeen
Coordinates46°55′20″N 123°55′14″W / 46.92222°N 123.92056°W / 46.92222; -123.92056
StatusOperational
Security classMinimum, Medium, Maximum
Capacity1,936
Opened2000
Managed byWashington State Department of Corrections
WardenRon Haynes
Street address191 Constantine Way
CityAberdeen
CountyGrays Harbor County
State/provinceWashington
ZIP Code98520
CountryUnited States
Websitewww.doc.wa.gov/corrections/incarceration/prisons/sccc.htm

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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Inmate Name Register Number Status Details
DeWayne Lee Harris 908867 Serving a 94-year sentence. Convicted of murdering 3 women in the late 1990's.[3]
Paul Kenneth Keller 709189 Serving a 107-year sentence. Convicted arsonist and murderer.[4][5][6][7]
Benjamin Ng 280999 Serving a life sentence. One of the perpetrators of the 1983 Wah Mee massacre.[8]

See also

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References

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