Monroe Correctional Complex
Monroe Correctional Complex (MCC) is one large complex consisting of four separate facilities located between Everett and Wenatchee. It can house up to 1,779 maximum, close, medium, and minimum custody incarcerated men. Class II operations are as follows:
Bulk Sales
Statewide commissary expanded its operations to serve county, city, and tribal jails and provide more training opportunitites for incarcerated individuals. CI developed a standardized product offering that is sold in case lot quantities. Customers are smaller jails and/or jails running in-house commissary programs on the west side of the state. The commissary fulfillment center utilizes space in the warehouse to provide bulk sales to local jails. The same program also supplies all the bulk hygiene products for restricted housing to various prisons west of the Cascades.
The centralized commissary is one of two distribution centers that employs full time civilian staff and incarcerated individuals who process, pick, package and distribute orders. The commissary serves the incarcerated population from eight facilities west of the Cascade Range. The commissary maintains a menu of over 480 products and processes approximately 20,000 orders per month with an average rate of 16 seconds per order. Individuals learn valuable skills as packers and package handlers, stock and material movers, and clerks, all of which can earn certificates of proficiency in these areas.
Incarcerated individuals pick, pack, and distribute bi-monthly food packages to 12 facilities throughout the state. Food items are ordered directly through a vendor by the incarcerated themselves, friends, or family members. Individuals learn valuable skills as packers and package handlers, stock and material movers, and clerks, all of which can earn certificates of proficiency in these areas.
CI food services represents one of five food service operations under CI management. CI food services vertically integrates with CI's food factory production by serving CI produced foods accompanied by non-CI produced products. The centralization of purchasing and use of a statewide standard 4-week cycle menu has stabilized facility food service budgets. The 4-week cycle menu provides for nationally recommended allowances for basic nutrition, which are reviewed annually by dietitian, and are aligned with the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA’s). While working for CI food services, incarcerated workers receive a full scope of food service skills and can earn ServSafe® food manager certification, a nationally recognized food safety certification. CI food services operates two shifts, seven days per week.
Laundry
Civilian staff supervise incarcerated individuals who process on average 167 thousand pounds of linen and clothing per month, which equates to 2 million pounds per year. Incarcerated workers can earn certificates of proficiency in various laundry skills. Individuals meeting specific criteria can attain Association of Linen Management certifications as Washroom Technicians and/or Linen Technicians.
License Tabs
The license tab shop which employs civilian staff and incarcerated individuals, prints, and processes approximately 8.5 million vehicle and 270,000 vessel tabs per year for DOL and other governments. Incarcerated workers can earn certificates of proficiency as printing machine operators and production workers.
Monthly Property Program
This program employs civilian staff and incarcerated individuals who pick, pack, and distribute monthly property packages to 12 facilities throughout the state. Personal property items are ordered directly through a vendor by the incarcerated themselves, friends, or family members. Individuals learn valuable skills as packers and package handlers, stock and material movers, and clerks, all of which can earn certificates of proficiency in these areas.
Site Services
Civilian staff supervise incarcerated individuals who provide clerical support for the laundry, shops, recycling, and business office combined. They process purchase orders, invoicing, payables, shipping and receiving, and schedule production, perform data entry as well as inventory management. They can earn certificates of proficiency for data entry, accounting, or as shipping and procurement clerks.