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OCO Monitoring Visits: The practice of routinely inspecting all correctional institutions to assess and report on the facility conditions and treatment of people who are incarcerated. All facilities are inspected, not just those with known problems. Monitoring is critical for ensuring the safety of all people inside. It is a proactive process meant to provide early identification of concerns about conditions and ill-treatment.

Reentry Center 

OCO Monitoring Visit 

Completed in 2024

1. Ahtanum View  
2. Bellingham  Yes
3. Bishop Lewis   
4. Brownstone Yes
5. Eleanor Chase  Yes
6. Helen B. Ratcliff  
7. Longview Yes
8. Olympia  
9. Peninsula Yes
10. Progress House Yes
11. Reynolds Yes
12. Tri-Cities Yes
13. Wenatchee  Yes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OCO Staff: OCO Director Caitlin Robertson, Zak Kinneman, and Stella Spracklin

OCO Action: OCO staff members met with residents, toured the facility and met with facility leadership. 

OCO Staff: OCO Director Dr. Caitlin Robertson, Zak Kinneman and Stella Spracklin

OCO Action: OCO staff members met with residents, toured the facility and met with facility leadership. Staff members  also attended the regular quarterly meeting of the Statewide Reentry Council, in person. The meeting was  held in the City of Airway Heights. 

OCO Staff: Zak Kinneman

OCO Action: OCO staff member Zak Kinneman visited the Peninsula Reentry Center to meet with staff and incarcerated individuals. One of the men's bathrooms at Peninsula is just beginning a major renovation/capital project and the population at Peninsula has been restricted because of the facility renovations.  The OCO is planning to attend a future house meeting (schedule pending) to be available for those residents working or attending classes during normal business hours. 

OCO Staff: Zak Kinneman & Sara Appleton

OCO Action: OCO staff members met with the Reentry Center Manager and residents and discussed the positive effects of normalization and how the Washington Way is helping residents transition to the community sucessfully. 

OCO Staff: Zak Kinneman & Sara Appleton

OCO Action: OCO staff members attended a training session with reentry center staff and members of the Washington Way Program. OCO met with several residents and toured the newly reopened facility. 

OCO Staff: Zak Kinneman

OCO Action: OCO staff met with several residents and with facility management. 

OCO Staff: Caitlin Robertson

OCO Action: The OCO Director attended the Statewide Reentry Council Meeting held at the REentry Center. After the meeting, she toured the facility with DOC staff and met with several residents. 

OCO Staff: Zak Kinneman

OCO Action: OCO staff met with Progress House staff to discuss issues raised during discussions with residents at the house meeting held on 3/26/2024.

OCO Staff: Caitlin Robertson

OCO Action: The OCO Director met with the residents and staff of the Reentry Center, and toured all areas of the new center.   

OCO Staff: Zak Kinneman 

OCO Action: OCO staff met with Progress House Residents in an early evening meeting timed to give ALL residents an opportunity to meet and discuss issues with the OCO without DOC staff being present during the meeting. 

OCO Staff: Zak Kinneman 

OCO Action: OCO staff met with residents and DOC staff at the facility While there is construction work underway at the site, some areas are not accessible. However, OCO staff are planning a return visit to meet with residents in the evening. 

OCO Staff: Zak Kinneman 

OCO Action: OCO staff member Zak Kinneman met with reentry center staff members and toured the facility. Zak also met with individuals not at work, or who had just arrived at the facility from full confinement. Zak is working with the center's leadership and residents to plan an evening meeting in to provide a majority of the working residents access to OCO staff members. 

OCO Staff: Zak Kinneman 

OCO Action: OCO staff member Zak Kinneman met with facility management and residents. Zak is working with the center's leadership and residents to plan an evening meeting in March in order to provide a majority of the working residents access to OCO staff members. 

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