Clallam Bay Corrections Center (CBCC)
Hosts one of Washington State’s most extensive Sustainability in Prisons Project programs, integrating environmental stewardship with vocational training and community service. The facility features large-scale gardens—including a unique Diversity Garden—pollinator habitat, beekeeping, composting, and waste sorting that dramatically reduce waste and produce fresh food for kitchens and donation. Incarcerated technicians refurbish computers for schools, train service dogs, and create valuable compost and firewood for local partners. AHCC also supports innovative practices like worm farming.
Program Partners Highlights
Beekeeping
December 2025 highlights
2 thriving hives that received a covered patio in 2025, 9 certified Beginner graduates, and continuing produce of lip balm. No honey collection currently due to young hives.
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Cat Program
December 2025 highlights
The program currently has 22 cat handlers and cares for 18 cats total as of 2025
Partners:
Welfare for Animals Guild (WAG!), Safe Harbor
Dog Training and Adoption
December 2025 highlights
Program is seeking qualified handlers to continue program.
Partners:
Flower Gardens
December 2025 highlights
Continued upkeep of perennials, ornamental gardens in courtyard, access breezeway, MSC light yards; “worm tea” is only fertilizer
Food Drive
December 2025 highlights
The CBEA held a Food Drive in October- November 2025 that collected approx. 200 lbs. of dry and canned goods that were donated to New Hope Food Bank
Partners:
Clallam Bay Employees Association (CBEA), New Hope Food Bank
Foundations in Gardening
December 2025 highlights
In 2025, CBCC had 10 students enroll and studies the course textbook and applied course material in tending to the gardens and flower beds around the facility
Ozette Potato Program
December 2025 highlights
Program grows Ozette and Peruvian Purple seed potatoes for donation to local tribe to help replenish cultural staples: 88.5 lbs. given to Makah Tribe in 2023.
Vegetable Gardens
December 2025 highlights
More than 2,300 lbs. of produce was grown and donated to the New Hope Food Bank in 2025.
Partners:
Wastewater Treatment
December 2025 highlights
ODOE-recognized with Outstanding Performance Award; Water treated in wastewater lagoon exceeds gold standard! Commented [DW2]: Not listed on the report
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Water Catchment
December 2025 highlights
250-gallon water catchment inside the greenhouse that is used for irrigation.
“What does science mean to me? Science is the study of the world around us… I would not want to experience life without science.”
Morris Talaga
Program Participant
Stories & Reflections
We design and deliver hands-on programs that connect environmental education.
“I never did well in school and my skills were more on the manual labor side. While I was incarcerated at Cedar Creek Correction Center in 2015 thru…”
Darin Armstrong
Former SPP conservation technician
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What’s Possible
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