About CI

Correctional Industries (CI) 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 incarcerated individuals gain work experience and training as they produce high quality, competitively priced products, which translates into enormous benefits for taxpayers, the incarcerated individuals who work and learn in CI, and for you, our customers.

You can become part of this positive process by purchasing from Correctional Industries and provide incarcerated individuals with a chance to change their lives forever. Contact customer service or find your Account Executive to get started.

Mission Statement

CI is committed to maintain and expand work training programs which develop marketable job skills, instill and promote positive work ethics, and reduce the tax burden of corrections.

Vision Statement
Transform lives and increase successful reentry through training and mentoring.

CI in prison ranks 7th out of 45 reentry programs for benefit to cost ratio, but ranks #2 behind post-secondary education for programs not specifically targeting drug treatment or intensive management. (see report)

Program Publications

CI Overview Brochure

CI Fact Sheet

CI Annual Report

CI Market Share Report

Tim Lang
DOC Secretary

The Secretary of DOC is a Cabinet–level position appointed by the Governor to administer state adult correction facilities, Correctional Industries, and community supervision programs. Tim Lang served for 16 years working on corrections issues with the Attorney General’s office as the department’s chief legal counsel and head of the Attorney General’s Corrections Division.  As chief legal counsel to DOC, Lang has been instrumental in addressing legal issues and implementing reforms that promote rehabilitation and reduce recidivism.

Danielle Armbruster
DOC Assistant Secretary
Reentry Division

The Assistant Secretary for Reentry is responsible for administrating a holistic approach to successfully reintegrate people back into the community. The Reentry Division is responsible for providing transition resources such as case management, including classification and cognitive interventions, education and vocational programming, housing voucher program, family services, Strength in Families program, and Correctional Industries.

Jamie Dolan
Correctional Industries Director

The Correctional Industries (CI) Director ensures operational and workforce development success with a commitment to strategic, creative, and fiscally sound business practices, while maintaining focus on the mission, vision, and values of CI. Jamie joined CI in 2014 and has served as food services administrator, assistant director, and deputy director. She has a bachelor’s degree in culinary arts and hospitality management from the Culinary Institute of America and a master’s degree in organization leadership from Gonzaga University.

RCW 72.09.70 establishes a CI advisory committee that shall make recommendations to the secretary regarding the implementation of the program (RCW 72.09.100). The committee shall consist of nine voting members appointed by the secretary who shall serve a three-year staggered term. The speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate shall also each appoint one member from each of the two largest caucuses in their respective houses who shall serve two-year terms (RCW 72.09.80). For a list of current Committee members or meeting details, please visit the Department of Corrections website.

Correctional Industries (CI) is a part of the Reentry Division of the Washington State Department of Corrections (DOC), and operates businesses within Prisons throughout Washington State. Correctional Industries operates Classes I and II, while The Department of Corrections operates Classes III, IV, and V.

• Class I - Private Sector Partnership: 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 incarcerated individuals 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, producing goods and services for tax-supported and non-profit organizations. These elective programs provide job training and work experience for incarcerated individuals. 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. incarcerated individuals 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 DOC's 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.

• 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 crimes. The purpose of this class of industries is to enable incarcerated individuals whom are placed on community supervision to work off all or part of a community restitution order as ordered by the sentencing court.

Correctional Industries offers eligible customers quick and easy access to quality products and services through various authorities provided under the Revised Code of Washington (RCW).

• PURCHASING RCW's: 39.26.251, 72.60.160, 39.26.102, 28B.10.029
• CI ADVISORY COMMITTEE RCW's: 72.09.070, 72.09.080
• CI PROGRAM RCW's: 72.09.090, 72.09.100, 72.09.115, 72.09.460, WAC 200-310-055
• WORKER WAGE RCW's: 72.09.095, 72.09.110, 72.09.111, 72.09.480
• OTHER RCW's: 72.09.101, 72.09.104, 72.09.106, 72.09.116, 72.09.120, 72.09.130