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The OCO is committed to creating and maintaining respectful and courteous conversations at our public meetings. We expect all participants to refrain from engaging in hostile, intimidating, and offensive activities or behaviors that may amount to discrimination, harassment, sexual harassment, or bullying. OCO Quarterly community meetings are held in the Helen Sommers Building using a hybrid format where both in person and online attendance is allowed. Community members may attend the meeting in person, join via Zoom, or watch on TVW.  The OCO provides opportunities for public comment in person, remotely, or by submitting written comments/questions. During Community Members Time, individual community members may speak for three (3) minutes or less, depending on the number of people wishing to speak. If more than 10 people want to speak each speaker will be allocated two (2) minutes. If time is available, the OCO may call for additional in-person and remote comments. Persons speaking shall identify themselves. An OCO staff member shall be the time keeper for all public meetings. Time cannot be donated by one speaker to another.

 

 

                

Date

Location

Documents

1/06/2023 

11-12:30p 

In Person

inside the

Washington Corrections Center

PDF icon Presentation Slides 

1/26/2023

4-5:30 p

Helen Sommers Building

106 11th Ave SW 

Olympia, WA 98501

4/26/2023

In Person

inside the

Monroe Correctional Complex -TRU

Presentation 

4/28/2023   

4:30-6PM 

Hybrid Meeting

In Person in the Ground Floor Conference Room in the Helen Sommers Building  

Streaming on TVW 

Virtual on Zoom

Agenda 

 

Presentation 

 

 

 

7/06/2023

4:30-6 PM 

Hybrid Meeting 

 In Person in

Walla Walla, WA  at the   

Walla Walla Community College Map 

Virtual on Join Zoom Meeting

and Streaming on TVW 

 

Submit a comment/question HERE 

Agenda 

Presentation

7/07/2023

In Person

inside the

Washington State Penitentiary 

Agenda 

Presentation

10/06/2023

In Person 

inside the 

Clallam Bay Corrections Center 

 

11/01/23  

4:30-6 PM 

Hybrid Meeting 

In Person in the Ground Floor Conference Room in the Helen Sommers Building  

Streaming on TVW

Virtual on ZOOM 

https://ofm-wa-gov.zoom.us/j/85753298523?pwd=Y0dSeGdnTWVWMHRXWHR5cHIrdktQUT09

Meeting ID: 857 5329 8523
Passcode: 885481

 

Date

Location

Documents

9/30/2022

WCCW and Online

Presentation

* TVW removed the video of the OCO Quarterly Public Meeting from the streaming archive because a portion of the recording includes profanity. Two external stakeholders unmuted themselves by accident, and their conversation had multiple profane words. Regrettably, this means that the meeting, which included, for the first time, the voices of incarcerated people asking unmediated questions directly to the staff of the OCO, is no longer available for the public to view. Moving forward, the OCO staff will more actively manage attendees, and our meeting management will include a request that participants should have their audio muted unless unmuted for their public comment period. 

Pre-Submitted Questions/Comments

Answers to Questions/Comments

06/29/2022

Online

Presentation  

Watch Recording on TVW

03/24/2022

Online

Presentation

 

Date

Location

Documents

12/16/2021

Online

 

9/16/2021

Online 

Presentation

7/1/2021

Online

Presentation

3/25/2021

Online

Presentation

 

Date

Location

Documents

12/17/2020

Online

Presentation

10/1/2020

Online

Presentation

Notes

6/25/2020

Online

Presentation

3/20/2020

Online

Notes

Date Location Documents
12/7/2019 Tacoma, WA Presentation

9/12/2019

9/13/2019

Olympia, WA

Richland, WA

Presentation
5/22/2019 Spokane, WA Presentation

Date Location Documents
12/13/2018 Tukwila, WA Presentation

Per RCW 43.06C.040, the Office of the Corrections Ombuds is required to establish procedures to gather stakeholder input into the Ombuds' activities and priorities, which must include at a minimum quarterly public meetings.

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