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Mission Statement
As a business, Correctional Industries is committed to maintain and expand offender work training programs which develop marketable job skills, instill and promote positive work ethics, and reduce the tax burden of corrections.
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Correctional Industries is a unique blend of business and government, using private industry tools and techniques to provide a public service. Operations within the state correctional facilities are supported by sales to state agencies, county and local governments, and not-for-profit organizations. Thousands of offenders gain work experience and training as they produce high quality, competitively priced products, which translates into enormous benefits for taxpayers, the offenders who work and learn in CI, and for you, our customers. |
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Washington State Department of Corrections
The Department of Corrections (DOC) is responsible for administering adult corrections programs operated by the State of Washington. This includes state correctional institutions and programs for offenders supervised in the community. |
Bernie Warner - Secretary
Secretary is a cabinet-level position appointed by the Governor to administer state adult correction facilities, community supervision programs and CI. Bernie Warner started his prisons career at the Washington State Penitentiary, and has held high-ranking positions at state corrections agencies in Arizona, Florida, California, and most recently, as Prisons Director at the Washington State Department of Corrections. |
Dan Pacholke - Director, Prisons Division
The Prisons Division Director implements safety initiatives in prisons through changes in policy, practice, technology, and training for the entire Department of Corrections, including Correctional Industries. |
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Correctional Industries Program
Correctional Industries (CI) operates within the Washington State Department of Corrections' Administrative Services Division. The program operates Class II businesses
within statewide institutions under the direction of an independent
board of directors. |
Lyle Morse - Director
Lyle Morse oversees the Correctional Industries work programs,
maintains legislative, executive, and Board of Directors relations.
He also represents the program in various venues within the state
and nationally, and ensures that the program complies with statutory
mandates. |
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Class I - Private Sector Partnerships
Class I industries allow private sector companies to operate within state correctional facilities. The company provides management, on-site supervision, on-the-job training, and all machinery and equipment. Private industry staff interview and hire offenders at wages comparable to those in the community. The Department of Corrections provides industrial space, vocational training, a CI representative to coordinate the program, and custody supervision according to the needs of the institution and the employer.
Class II - Tax Reduction Industries
Class II industries are businesses owned and operated by the state. They produce goods and services for tax-supported and non-profit organizations. The programs provide job training and work experience for offenders. Class II manufacturing and service operations generate funds from the sale of their goods and services to support their activities.
Class III - Institutional Support Industries
Class III operations are directed by the Prisons Division personnel at each institution. Offenders who work in Institutional Support Industries may be assigned jobs in food service, grounds keeping, laundry, maintenance, or as office clerks.
Class IV - Community Work Industries
Community Work Industries are supervised by Department of Corrections' personnel. The Class IV program is designed to provide services to institutions' host communities at a reduced cost. Public and non-profit agencies may hire Class IV workers. The CI Board of Directors sets policy for these Class IV offender work crews.
Class V - Community Restitution Programs
The Community Restitution Program arose from the Sentencing Reform Act of 1981 to allow for alternatives to confinement for nonviolent offenders. The purpose of this class of industries is to enable an offender, placed on community supervision, to work off all or part of a community restitution order as ordered by the sentencing court. |
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