Editing Monroe, Washington (section)

===Correctional centers===
{{main|Monroe Correctional Complex}}

The [[Washington State Department of Corrections]] operates several [[prison]] facilities in the city, which have been consolidated into the [[Monroe Correctional Complex]] since 1998.<ref name="Corrections">{{cite web |date=October 15, 2008 |title=Monroe Correctional Complex |url=http://www.doc.wa.gov/facilities/monroe.asp |publisher=[[Washington State Department of Corrections]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081015034153/http://www.doc.wa.gov/facilities/monroe.asp |archive-date=October 15, 2008 |access-date=November 7, 2008}}</ref> It is the largest prison in the state, with capacity for 2,500 inmates and detainees, and is divided into five units across a  {{convert|365|acre|ha|adj=mid}} campus that is staffed by 1,185 workers.<ref name="Herald-MCC">{{cite news |last=Stevick |first=Eric |date=January 22, 2012 |title=Monroe Correctional Complex is state's biggest big house |url=http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20120122/BLOG48/701229955 |work=The Everett Herald |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120126054222/http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20120122/BLOG48/701229955 |archive-date=January 26, 2012 |access-date=October 2, 2019}}</ref> The Washington State Reformatory opened in 1908 and expanded with a unit for mentally-ill prisoners in 1981 and the 500-bed Twin Rivers medium-custody facility in 1984.<ref name="HistoryLink"/> The 467-inmate minimum-security unit opened in 1997 and an intensive management unit was opened in 2007 to house 144 inmates at higher security levels.<ref name="Corrections"/><ref name="Herald-MCC"/> The state legislature's proposal to close the complex in 2009 due to its high costs was withdrawn and replaced with cuts to capacity at other facilities.<ref>{{cite news |last=Cornfield |first=Jerry |date=October 14, 2009 |title=Monroe prison dodges closure |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/monroe-prison-dodges-closure/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=October 2, 2019}}</ref>