Airway Heights Corrections Center

{{Short description|Men's state prison in Airway Heights, Washington}}

{{Infobox prison

| name = Airway Heights Corrections Center (AHCC)

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| pushpin_map = USA Washington

| pushpin_map_caption = Location in Washington

| location = Airway Heights

| coordinates = {{coord|47|39|12|N|117|34|42|W|type:landmark_region:US-WA|display=inline,title}}

| status = Operational

| classification = Minimum, Medium

| capacity = 2,258

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| opened = 1992

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| managed_by = Washington State Department of Corrections

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| warden = Ronald Haynes, Superintendent

| street-address = 11919 West Sprague Ave.

| city = Airway Heights

| county = Spokane County

| state = Washington

| postcode = P. O. Box 2049

| zip = 99001

| country = United States

| website = {{URL|http://www.doc.wa.gov/corrections/incarceration/prisons/ahcc.htm}}

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The Airway Heights Corrections Center is a state prison for men located in Airway Heights, Spokane County, Washington, owned and operated by the Washington State Department of Corrections.{{cite web|title=Airway Heights Corrections Center|url=http://www.doc.wa.gov/facilities/prison/ahcc/|website=Washington State Department of Corrections|accessdate=6 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160731174416/http://www.doc.wa.gov/facilities/prison/ahcc/|archive-date=31 July 2016|url-status=dead}}

The facility was first opened in 1992, and has a working capacity of 2258 at minimum and medium security levels.

Notable inmates

  • Gerald Friend, serial rapist and kidnapper.
  • Nick McDonald, McCleary murderer, along with Brian Bassett, known for killing Bassett's parents and younger brother in 1995.
  • Evan Savoie, Ephrata murderer, known for killing Craig Sorger in 2003.
  • Warren Forrest, serial killer.
  • David Lewis Rice, perpetrator of the 1985 Murder of the Goldmark family.{{Cite web|url=https://www.doc.wa.gov/information/inmate-search/default.aspx|title=922356 Inmate Search}}

References