Airway Heights Corrections Center Overview
Airway Heights Corrections Center, often abbreviated AHCC, is operated by the Washington State Department of Corrections. It is located at 11919 W Sprague Avenue, Airway Heights, WA 99001-1899, with a listed phone number of 509-244-6700. WADOC describes it as a men's prison that opened in 1992 and holds sentenced adult men, not pretrial Spokane County jail detainees.
The custody levels listed by WADOC are Minimum, Minimum MI3, and Medium. Living-unit custody levels in the research include K/L/M as Minimum MI3, N/R/T as Medium, and C-4/C-5 as Minimum. Because AHCC is a prison, lookup, visit approval, facility alerts, and family services are handled by WADOC. The county roster may show a Spokane County arrestee before sentencing, but it should not be used to find a person who has moved into WADOC prison custody.
Spokane County has a separate county detention system operated by Spokane County Detention Services. That system covers Spokane County Jail and Geiger Corrections Center. AHCC adds a state-prison layer to the local custody map, and it needs different routing for every major user task.
The official WADOC Airway Heights Corrections Center page gives the prison's capacity, custody levels, visiting information, units, programs, and alert area.
That facility page is the source to check before a prison visit because WADOC schedules, units, alerts, and approval rules can control whether a visit is available.
Airway Heights Corrections Center Capacity and Population
WADOC lists Airway Heights Corrections Center capacity as 2,258 incarcerated individuals. The research did not locate an official current housed population for AHCC in the facility page text, so the page should not invent one. Use the capacity figure, custody levels, and WADOC facility information as the sourced population context.
AHCC should also be kept separate from Spokane County Jail crowding figures. County sources discuss a two-facility Detention Services system with a combined average daily population of more than 700 inmates, but that county figure applies to the jail and Geiger, not to AHCC. AHCC is part of the statewide prison system and appears in WADOC search results, not Spokane County Detention Services roster totals.
How to Look Up an Inmate at Airway Heights Corrections Center
The correct lookup for AHCC is the WADOC incarcerated search. WADOC's search fields include DOC Number, First Name, and Last Name. Public results inspected in the research showed DOC Number, linked Name, Age, and Location. A person held at AHCC should be confirmed by the WADOC location field or profile details, not by the Spokane County roster.
- Open the WADOC incarcerated search rather than the Spokane County Detention Services roster.
- Search by DOC number if known, or enter first and last name. WADOC notes that special characters other than hyphens and apostrophes cannot be used.
- Review the results table for the person's DOC number, linked name, age, and current location.
- Open the profile or linked details when available and verify that the location is Airway Heights Corrections Center.
If a person was recently arrested in Spokane County and is still awaiting court action, start with the county roster instead. If the person has been convicted and transferred to state prison, WADOC becomes the controlling lookup. For federal sentenced custody use the BOP locator, and for immigration custody use the ICE Online Detainee Locator. WA VINE can also be used for custody notification, including through the VINE Mobile App, but Spokane County warns users not to depend solely on VINE for safety planning.
The WADOC incarcerated search page is the statewide search tool for sentenced people in Washington prison custody.
This search is the key distinction for AHCC because a sentenced state prisoner may no longer appear in the county jail roster after transfer from Spokane County custody.
Airway Heights Corrections Center Address and Contact
Use the WADOC facility page for current facility alerts, visit calendar details, and prison-specific instructions. The address below is the official facility address from the research. Because AHCC is not a county jail, do not call Spokane County Detention Services for prison housing, sentence, visit approval, or WADOC locator questions.
Airway Heights Corrections Center
11919 W Sprague Avenue
Airway Heights, WA 99001-1899
509-244-6700
Washington State Department of Corrections facility
Visiting Someone at Airway Heights Corrections Center
WADOC prison visits are different from county jail video visitation. Visitors must complete the WADOC visitor application process, and that approval process applies to both prison visits and video visits. The AHCC facility page should be checked before travel because alerts, calendars, housing unit schedules, and special-management rules can change availability.
| Visit Item | AHCC Rule or Detail | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Main and Minimum Security Unit | Friday through Monday, 12:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. | Rotating schedule, calendar checks required |
| Infirmary | Sunday through Saturday as needed | Medical approval required |
| SMU | Space available by scheduling call | Call 509-244-6723 Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. for the following week |
| Video visits | Securus, 30-minute increments | May not exceed one hour, schedule at least 24 hours ahead |
On the AHCC page inspected during research, the facility alerts section said none at that time. That was a research snapshot from July 2026, not a permanent guarantee. Check WADOC public alerts and the AHCC page before travel.
Mail, Phone, and Money at Airway Heights Corrections Center
The research confirmed that WADOC has statewide pages for prison visits, video visits, phone calls, mail, and family support, but it did not capture a detailed AHCC-specific deposit fee table. For that reason, AHCC money and mail instructions should point users back to WADOC rather than applying Spokane County jail commissary rules. County rules for Securus Video Connect, photocopied jail mail, jail lobby kiosks, and county commissary deadlines belong to Spokane County Jail and Geiger, not to AHCC.
| Service | Provider or Detail |
|---|---|
| Lookup | WADOC incarcerated search by DOC number, first name, or last name |
| Visit approval | WADOC visitor application process for prison and video visits |
| Video visits | Securus video visits scheduled by approved visitors at least 24 hours ahead |
| Mail and money | Use current WADOC mail, phone, and family-support instructions for prison custody |
Do not use the Spokane County Detention Services inmate-accounting address for a WADOC prisoner unless WADOC specifically directs it. The county's 1100 West Mallon mailing and accounting instructions are for county jail and Geiger inmates.
Prison Admission and Classification at AHCC
AHCC does not perform street-arrest booking for Spokane County cases. A person may start in Spokane County Jail after arrest, move through court, and only later enter WADOC custody if sentenced to state prison. Once custody transfers to WADOC, the person is managed under state prison classification, facility placement, visit approval, mail, phone, and program rules.
This distinction prevents a common lookup mistake. A recent arrestee, pretrial detainee, or short county sentence generally belongs in Spokane County Detention Services data. A sentenced state prisoner at Airway Heights belongs in WADOC data. If a search fails in one system, use the person's case posture to decide the next system rather than assuming the record does not exist.
About Airway Heights Corrections Center Programs
WADOC's AHCC program list is broad. Research identified adult basic education, GED, dog training and adoption, Sustainability in Prisons Project work, sex-offense treatment, substance-abuse treatment, Thinking for a Change, bindery, business technology, computer refurbishing, Department of Natural Resources work crews, food service, job search, maintenance trades, optical lab, and teacher's aides.
The facility also has family and community involvement features, including family events, volunteer-led AA and NA, Toastmasters, yoga, faith-based programs, and local or statewide family councils. Those programs do not change the basic lookup rule: AHCC is a WADOC prison facility for sentenced adult men, so the statewide WADOC locator and prison visit rules control.
Note: Confirm WADOC location, visitor approval, and facility alerts before traveling to Airway Heights Corrections Center.
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