Washington State Department of Corrections

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government agency state corrections department

The Washington State Department of Corrections is the state-level agency responsible for managing prisons, supervising offenders, and overseeing correctional programs in Washington.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Washington State Department of Corrections canonical	7
Washington State prisons	1
Washington state prison system	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8245822 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Washington State Department of Corrections
Context triple: [Government of Washington (state), executiveAgency, Washington State Department of Corrections]

A. Oregon Department of Corrections
The Oregon Department of Corrections is the state agency responsible for operating prisons and managing adult offenders in Oregon’s correctional system.
B. Oregon State Correctional Institution
Oregon State Correctional Institution is a state-run prison facility in Oregon that houses adult inmates under the supervision of the Oregon Department of Corrections.
C. Alaska Department of Corrections
The Alaska Department of Corrections is the state agency responsible for overseeing prisons, supervising offenders, and managing correctional programs within Alaska.
D. Oregon State Penitentiary
Oregon State Penitentiary is a maximum-security prison in Salem, Oregon, and the oldest correctional institution in the state.
E. Columbia River Correctional Institution
Columbia River Correctional Institution is a state-run prison facility in Oregon that houses adult inmates under the supervision of the Oregon Department of Corrections.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Washington State Department of Corrections
Target entity description: The Washington State Department of Corrections is the state-level agency responsible for managing prisons, supervising offenders, and overseeing correctional programs in Washington.

A. Oregon Department of Corrections
The Oregon Department of Corrections is the state agency responsible for operating prisons and managing adult offenders in Oregon’s correctional system.
B. Oregon State Correctional Institution
Oregon State Correctional Institution is a state-run prison facility in Oregon that houses adult inmates under the supervision of the Oregon Department of Corrections.
C. Alaska Department of Corrections
The Alaska Department of Corrections is the state agency responsible for overseeing prisons, supervising offenders, and managing correctional programs within Alaska.
D. Oregon State Penitentiary
Oregon State Penitentiary is a maximum-security prison in Salem, Oregon, and the oldest correctional institution in the state.
E. Columbia River Correctional Institution
Columbia River Correctional Institution is a state-run prison facility in Oregon that houses adult inmates under the supervision of the Oregon Department of Corrections.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	government agency ⓘ state corrections department ⓘ
abbreviation	DOC ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Washington State ⓘ linked to: Washington State, United States
cooperatesWith	Washington State Patrol ⓘ Washington State courts ⓘ county sheriffs in Washington ⓘ local law enforcement agencies in Washington ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
employs	administrative staff ⓘ community corrections officers ⓘ correctional officers ⓘ counselors ⓘ healthcare staff ⓘ
follows	Washington State laws ⓘ court orders from Washington State courts ⓘ
hasMission	to improve public safety by positively changing lives ⓘ
hasObjective	to confine convicted offenders in secure facilities ⓘ to provide rehabilitation and reentry programs ⓘ to supervise offenders in the community ⓘ
hasPart	Washington State prisons ⓘ linked to: Washington State Department of Corrections community corrections offices ⓘ correctional industries programs ⓘ work release facilities ⓘ
hasPolicyFocus	offender accountability ⓘ public safety ⓘ recidivism reduction ⓘ rehabilitation ⓘ victim services ⓘ
hasResponsibility	community supervision of offenders in Washington ⓘ correctional programs in Washington ⓘ probation and parole supervision for certain offenders in Washington ⓘ reentry services for offenders in Washington ⓘ state prisons in Washington ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Thurston County, Washington ⓘ Tumwater, Washington ⓘ
jurisdiction	State of Washington ⓘ linked to: Washington State, United States
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Washington State ⓘ linked to: Washington State, United States
locatedInTimeZone	Pacific Time Zone ⓘ
officialName	Washington State Department of Corrections ⓘ
operatesInSector	corrections ⓘ criminal justice ⓘ
partOf	Executive branch of the government of Washington State ⓘ linked to: Executive branch of Washington (state)
shortName	WA DOC ⓘ
subordinateTo	Government of Washington State ⓘ linked to: Government of Washington (state)
website	https://www.doc.wa.gov ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Government of Washington (state) → executiveAgency → Washington State Department of Corrections ⓘ

Coyote Ridge Corrections Center → operator → Washington State Department of Corrections ⓘ

Executive branch of Washington (state) → includesBody → Washington State Department of Corrections ⓘ

Washington State Department of Corrections → officialName → Washington State Department of Corrections ⓘ

Washington State Department of Corrections → hasPart → Washington State prisons ⓘ

linked to: Washington State Department of Corrections

Washington State agencies → hasComponent → Washington State Department of Corrections ⓘ

Monroe Correctional Complex → operatedBy → Washington State Department of Corrections ⓘ

Monroe Correctional Complex → managedBy → Washington State Department of Corrections ⓘ

Monroe Correctional Complex → partOf → Washington state prison system ⓘ