Green Hill School Overview
Green Hill School is operated by the Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families, Juvenile Rehabilitation. It is located in Chehalis, inside Lewis County, but it is not run by the Lewis County Sheriff's Office and it is not an adult Washington Department of Corrections prison. That distinction controls almost every practical question about lookup, visitation, mail, and records access. The Lewis County Jail roster covers adults held in the county jail system. Green Hill School holds young men committed to state juvenile rehabilitation, generally in the late-teen through young-adult age range identified by DCYF materials.
DCYF identifies Green Hill as one of Washington's secure juvenile rehabilitation facilities. Research for Lewis County describes it as a medium and maximum secure facility for young men, generally ages 17 through 24 or 25 depending on the DCYF source wording. The official facility address is 375 SW 11th Street, Chehalis, WA 98532, and the public phone number is (360) 740-3400. A captured DCYF search snippet listed Harold Wright Jr. as superintendent. Because Green Hill is part of DCYF Juvenile Rehabilitation, readers should not use adult jail vendor pages, adult jail commissary instructions, or the county jail booking list as if they apply here.
The official DCYF Green Hill School facility page is the matching source for the facility image below.
The image is 1280 by 800 pixels and connects this facility page to DCYF's own Green Hill source rather than to the Lewis County adult jail roster.
Green Hill School Capacity and Population
DCYF lists Green Hill School with an operational capacity of 180. The Lewis County research also notes a safe operational capacity of 180 from DCYF safety-summary material. In July 2024, DCYF reported that Green Hill's population had risen from 150 in January 2023 to 240 in June 2024. That June 2024 count was above the safe operating level and led DCYF to suspend new entries at Green Hill and Echo Glen as an emergency population-management response. This population story should not be blended with the adult Lewis County Jail, whose 2024 average daily population was a separate county-jail statistic.
The 240-person figure came after growth from 150 in January 2023, according to DCYF's 2024 news release on suspended entries. The numbers matter because a person may hear "Lewis County facility" and assume the same public roster and release workflow used by the county jail. Green Hill instead sits in a state juvenile rehabilitation system, and the overcrowding response came from DCYF rather than the Lewis County Sheriff's Office.
How to Look Up Someone at Green Hill School
Green Hill School youth are not listed on the Lewis County adult jail roster at jail.lewiscountywa.gov/roster.html. They are also not adult prison inmates in the ordinary WA DOC adult-prison sense. Public lookup access is more restricted because juvenile records and juvenile rehabilitation information have privacy limits. Families and approved contacts should begin with the DCYF Green Hill School page, the facility phone number, and the juvenile-court or DCYF contact already involved in the case.
- Confirm that the person is believed to be in DCYF Juvenile Rehabilitation custody, not in the Lewis County Jail or Lewis County Juvenile Detention.
- Use DCYF Green Hill School channels or the assigned juvenile/DCYF contact to ask about approved family communication and status confirmation.
- Call Green Hill School at (360) 740-3400 when facility-level confirmation or visitor instructions are needed.
- If the person is an adult jail inmate instead, switch to the Lewis County Jail roster, bookings list, completed releases, or VINELink registration links.
The fallback path is different for each custody system. The county jail roster is for adult jail custody in Chehalis. Lewis County Juvenile Detention is a county juvenile court facility at 1255 SW Pacific Avenue, near Green Hill but separate from it. WA DOC's incarcerated search is for adult state prisoners. Federal and immigration locators are separate again. Green Hill should be treated as a DCYF juvenile rehabilitation facility first, even though it is physically located in Lewis County.
Green Hill School Address and Contact
Use the facility's direct contact information when a family member, attorney, or approved support person needs to ask how DCYF Green Hill rules apply to a specific young person. Public-facing county jail staff should not be expected to confirm Green Hill custody through the adult roster, and Lewis County Jail procedures do not control Green Hill visiting or mail.
Green Hill School
375 SW 11th Street
Chehalis, WA 98532
(360) 740-3400
DCYF Juvenile Rehabilitation secure facility
For comparison, the county juvenile detention facility is listed separately by Lewis County Juvenile Court at 1255 SW Pacific Avenue, Chehalis. The county FAQ describes that local juvenile detention building as separate from Green Hill School. The two facilities are neighbors in Chehalis, but they are not interchangeable agencies.
Visiting Someone at Green Hill School
DCYF facility-specific rules control Green Hill School visitation. The Lewis County research located the official Green Hill facility page and DCYF news, but it did not capture a full public visitor schedule for this facility. For that reason, visitors should not rely on the adult Lewis County Jail HomeWAV schedule, lobby-station hours, or county jail minor-visitor rules when planning a Green Hill visit. Call Green Hill or follow instructions from the young person's DCYF case contact before traveling.
| Topic | Green Hill Guidance | Why It Matters |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduling | Confirm through Green Hill School or DCYF contacts. | No complete Green Hill public schedule was captured in the research. |
| Approval | Expect facility approval and identity rules before a visit. | Juvenile rehabilitation access is more restricted than a public adult roster lookup. |
| Facility | Use Green Hill School, 375 SW 11th Street, Chehalis. | Do not arrive at Lewis County Jail for a DCYF Green Hill visit. |
| Before travel | Call (360) 740-3400 or follow DCYF instructions. | Status, visit rules, and allowed contact can change by case and facility conditions. |
Mail, Phone, and Money at Green Hill School
Green Hill School mail, phone, and money rules should be confirmed through DCYF or Green Hill staff. The adult Lewis County Jail uses HomeWAV for phone and video, SmartJailMail for scanned mail and electronic messaging, and JailATM for inmate money deposits, but those county jail vendors were documented for the adult jail only. The Green Hill research did not document those services for DCYF juvenile rehabilitation, so they should not be applied to Green Hill by assumption.
| Service | Provider / Detail |
|---|---|
| Mail Address | Confirm current DCYF Green Hill addressing instructions before sending mail. |
| Phone / Video | Use DCYF or Green Hill guidance, not the adult jail HomeWAV page unless DCYF specifically directs it. |
| Money Deposit | No Green Hill JailATM rule was captured; ask DCYF or facility staff about approved support channels. |
This conservative approach protects families from using the wrong system. A county jail money deposit, scanned-mail account, or adult jail video account may not reach a young person in state juvenile rehabilitation. The correct first step is to confirm the Green Hill procedure for the specific resident and relationship.
Admission and Intake at Green Hill School
Green Hill School is not a street-arrest booking facility. A person arrested by the Lewis County Sheriff's Office, Centralia, Chehalis, Washington State Patrol, or a municipal agency is generally processed through the adult Lewis County Jail if the person is in adult local custody, or through the county juvenile system if the matter is handled as a juvenile court detention issue. Green Hill School is different: it is for young men committed to DCYF Juvenile Rehabilitation after juvenile justice processing.
That difference explains why a Green Hill lookup does not behave like the county jail roster. The county adult booking process creates public roster and booking-list rows with booked-at times, charge rows, courts, bond fields, and VINELink registration links. Green Hill's residents are in a state juvenile rehabilitation setting where public access is more limited. If a family member is unsure whether the person is in county juvenile detention, Green Hill, adult county jail, or adult DOC custody, the safest sequence is to check the known court or case contact, call the correct facility, and avoid relying on one public roster for every custody type.
Records, Privacy, and Public Access Limits
Washington public-record rules allow many adult jail-register details to be public, but juvenile information is more restricted. The Lewis County research cites RCW 13.50.050 and RCW 13.50.100 for juvenile records that can be confidential or restricted, and the Sheriff's records page cites juvenile-information limits as a reason information may not be released publicly except by court order. That is why Green Hill School should not be treated as a public jail roster search with the same fields as adult bookings.
Public adult jail records in Lewis County can show a name, inmate number, booking time, charge rows, bond details, court codes, warrant or citation numbers, and release information. Those fields were observed in the Lewis County Jail roster and bookings pages. Green Hill records are tied to DCYF Juvenile Rehabilitation and juvenile case restrictions. Families, legal guardians, counsel, and approved contacts may have routes that general public searchers do not have. Anyone needing official records should use the agency or court connected to the case rather than scraping adult jail tools for juvenile rehabilitation information.
About Green Hill School
Green Hill School's public profile is shaped by both secure custody and education programming. DCYF news from June 2026 reported that 49 young people had obtained college degrees while at Green Hill since the college program began, including bachelor's degrees. That detail belongs on the Green Hill facility page because it shows the institution is not ordinary county jail custody. It is a state juvenile rehabilitation campus with secure housing and programming for young men under DCYF authority.
Recent conditions reporting in the research also points to population pressure. DCYF suspended entries in 2024 after Green Hill's population rose above the 180-person operational capacity. The June 2024 population was reported at 240, following growth from 150 in January 2023. Those figures are important for Green Hill, but they should not be used to describe the adult Lewis County Jail. The adult jail and Green Hill are separate systems, with different agencies, different residents, different lookup tools, and different public-access limits.
Note: Confirm custody, approved contact, and visit instructions with Green Hill School or DCYF before traveling to Chehalis.