Ahtanum View Corrections Center

Ahtanum View Corrections Center (AVCC)
Location	Yakima, Washington
Coordinates	46°34′09″N 120°35′38″W / 46.56908°N 120.59376°W / 46.56908; -120.59376
Status	Closed
Security class	Assisted Living, Minimum
Capacity	120 as of June 2008
Opened	1997
Closed	2010
Managed by	Washington State Department of Corrections

Ahtanum View Corrections Center was Washington's Convalescent Hospital for Convicts until the Dept. of Corrections closed the facility in 2010 due to budget cuts. It was where inmates with long-term care issues were incarcerated. These can be issues relating to age or long-term health-care needs. Since this facility closed, the inmates were relocated to a new medical housing unit at Coyote Ridge Corrections Center in Connell, Washington, as well as other prison facilities in the state depending on the level of medical care the individual inmates required at the time of transfer.

Located in Yakima, Washington, Ahtanum View is no longer open, except for the work release next door to the closed facility.

Coordinates: 46°34′08″N 120°35′38″W / 46.569°N 120.594°W / 46.569; -120.594

Washington State Department of Corrections prisons

State prisons	Airway Heights Corrections Center Cedar Creek Corrections Center Clallam Bay Corrections Center Coyote Ridge Corrections Center Larch Corrections Center Mission Creek Corrections Center for Women♀ Monroe Correctional Complex Olympic Corrections Center Stafford Creek Corrections Center Washington Corrections Center Washington Corrections Center for Women♀ Washington State Penitentiary

Closed	Ahtanum View Corrections Center McNeil Island Corrections Center Pine Lodge Corrections Center for Women♀

Above facilities are male-only unless noted by ♀(female) or ♂♀ (unisex)

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