{"id":1018,"date":"2010-07-27T13:01:23","date_gmt":"2010-07-27T20:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lewiscountysirens.com\/?p=1018"},"modified":"2010-07-27T13:49:25","modified_gmt":"2010-07-27T20:49:25","slug":"news-brief-top-post-at-littlerock-prison-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lewiscountysirens.com\/?p=1018","title":{"rendered":"News brief: Top post at Littlerock prison changes"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Sharyn\u00a0 L. Decker
\nLewis County Sirens news reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n

Cedar Creek Corrections Center at Littlerock is getting a new superintendent next month, a man who also has been tapped to assist in finding a spot to build a new 1,000-bed prison for Washington state.<\/p>\n

Doug Cole’s appointment takes effect August 15, according to the Washington State Department of Corrections.<\/p>\n

Cole is currently the superintendent at the women’s prison at Purdy and previously served as an associate superintendent at McNeil Island Corrections Center, according to Belinda Stewart, a spokesperson for DOC. He has extensive experience in security management, Stewart said.<\/p>\n

“He has been in corrections for a long time, he came up through the custody ranks,” Stewart said.<\/p>\n

Cedar Creek’s current superintendent Jane Parnell will move to take Cole’s post at the Washington Corrections Center for Women near Gig Harbor.<\/p>\n

Cedar Creek is a minimum security prison that houses offenders within four years of their release. The Bordeaux Road facility holds 480 inmates.<\/p>\n

In addition to being in charge of Cedar Creek, Cole – a Mason County resident – will serve as the prison division’s liaison for the siting and design of a new facility.<\/p>\n

DOC plans to construct a what it calls a new male reception center, in part because Washington Corrections Center in Shelton was never built for that purpose, which is currently serves, according to Stewart. A decision hasn’t yet been made about where it will go.<\/p>\n

“We want it on the I-5 corridor,” Stewart said. “That just makes it easier for families to visit.”<\/p>\n

Prisons Director Dick Morgan said in a news release Cole a good fit for his new duties.<\/p>\n

“Doug has extensive experience with prison construction and his expertise will ensure progress is efficient and meets the needs of the agency,” Morgan stated. “This project is a huge undertaking and it’s critical that we have the right person heading up the effort for our division.”<\/p>\n

DOC reports the prison population has changed drastically in the past year. The state agency has reduced 1,056 beds this year in response to a decreased offender population and a projected decline of incoming offenders in the future, according to the news release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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