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Inmates at the Airway Heights Corrections Center

A National Library Week look at institutional libraries

April 10, 2018 Secretary of State's Office

This week, April 8-14, is National Library Week. Through a partnership between the Washington State Library and the state Department of Corrections, we operate nine institutional libraries for inmates and state hospital patients across the state. Institutional libraries are located inside Airway Heights Corrections Center, Clallam Bay Corrections Center, Coyote Ridge Corrections Center, Stafford Creek Corrections Center, Washington Corrections Center, Washington Corrections Center for Women, and Washington State Penitentiary. There are also libraries located in the Twin Rivers Unit and Washington State Reformatory at the Monroe Correctional Complex. Additionally, interlibrary loan services…

State employees pledge over $5.3 million through Combined Fund Drive

February 5, 2013 Secretary of State's Office

Despite yet another tough year, state employees in Washington proved once again that they could come together and help their community. The volunteers and donors of the Combined Fund Drive raised more than $5.3 million in 2012 for local, national and global charities through payroll contribution and agency fundraising events, nearly matching the total they generated in 2011. Once again, the University of Washington topped all higher education institutions by bringing in more than $2.1 million in pledges, eclipsing the…