Editing Walla Walla, Washington (section)

===Corrections industry===
{{Main|Washington State Penitentiary}}
The second-largest prison in Washington, after nearby [[Coyote Ridge Corrections Center]] in [[Connell, Washington|Connell]], is the Washington State Penitentiary (WSP) located in Walla Walla, at 1313 North 13th. Originally opened in 1886, it now houses about 2,000 offenders.<ref>{{cite web|title=Washington Department of Corrections, WSP page|url=http://www.doc.wa.gov/facilities/prison/wsp/|access-date=January 2, 2014|archive-date=June 13, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613041936/http://www.doc.wa.gov/facilities/prison/wsp/|url-status=dead}}</ref>  In addition, there are about 1000 staff members. In 2005, the financial benefit to the local economy was estimated to be about $55 million through salaries, medical services, utilities, and local purchases. In 2014, the penitentiary underwent an extensive expansion project to increase the prison capacity to 2,500 violent offenders and double the staff size.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Pioneer (Whitman College) article on the initial expansion|url=http://whitmanpioneer.com/news/2008/04/10/walla-walla-state-penitentiary-undergoes-major-expansion/|access-date=January 2, 2014|newspaper=The Pioneer (Whitman College)|archive-date=January 3, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140103032431/http://whitmanpioneer.com/news/2008/04/10/walla-walla-state-penitentiary-undergoes-major-expansion/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Until October 11, 2018, Washington was a [[death penalty]] state, and occasional executions took place at the state penitentiary; the last execution took place on September 10, 2010.<ref>{{cite news|title=Seattle Times article, execution of Cal Cobrun Brown|url=http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2012856652_execution10m.html|newspaper=The Seattle Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Clarridge |first1=Christine |last2=Kamb |first2=Lewis |title=Death penalty struck down by Washington Supreme Court, taking 8 men off death row |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/death-penalty-opponents-cheer-washington-supreme-court-ruling-that-struck-punishment-down/ |website=The Seattle Times |access-date=October 15, 2018|date=October 11, 2018 }}</ref> Washington was also one of the last two states to allow hanging as a choice when sentenced to death<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/rsa/html/lxii/630/630-5.htm | title=Section 630.5, Procedures in Capital Murder | access-date = April 27, 2006 }}</ref> (the other being [[New Hampshire]]); there has not been a hanging since May 1994 (the default method of execution was changed to lethal injection in 1996). Washington was the last state with an active [[gallows]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2014-feb-11-la-na-death-penalty-20140212-story.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310233731/http://articles.latimes.com/2014/feb/11/nation/la-na-death-penalty-20140212 |url-status=live |archive-date=March 10, 2014 |title=Washington state governor declares moratorium on death penalty |newspaper=LA Times |date=February 11, 2014 |author=Maria L. La Ganga}}</ref> 80 [[Capital punishment in Washington (state)|executions]] were carried out at the prison between 1904 and 2010.<ref>{{cite web |title=Persons Executed Since 1904 in Washington State |url=http://doc.wa.gov/docs/publications/reports/100-SR002.pdf |access-date=January 27, 2017 |publisher=Washington State: Department of Corrections}}</ref>

The most notable inmate has been [[Gary Ridgway]], a [[serial killer]] known as the "[[Green River (Duwamish River tributary)|Green River]] killer", who was still incarcerated there as of November 2021.<ref>{{cite web |last=Ponti |first=Crystal |date=November 21, 2021 |title=What Is Gary Ridgway's Life Like In Prison Today? |url=https://www.aetv.com/real-crime/green-river-killer-today |access-date=March 6, 2022 |website=A&E |language=en}}</ref>