Larch Corrections Center counselor Robert Stricker, blue suit from left, takes a moment to talk with colleagues Sidney Clark and Shawn Piliponis before an injunction hearing concerning the closure ...

Larch would be the first prison to be shuttered since McNeil Island, according to Corrections, though several units at Monroe Correctional Center closed in 2021, in addition to Larch’s Elkhorn unit.

Located in Yacolt, Larch Corrections Center is a minimum-security facility with 240 beds. The DOC said the 115 staff members there will be offered jobs at other facilities.