Press & Media Room
The Sustainability in Prisons Project has received worldwide attention in numerous newspapers, magazines, scientific journals and other media. We feature some favorites here.
Featured Media Highlights
Science Journal Publication
Dr. Carri LeRoy, SPP’s Director for Evergreen, was published in Science, one of the best-regarded journals in the world! She describes her…
TEDx Talk by SPP Co-Founder
TED (Technology, Education and Design), a nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas, featured our co-founder Dan Pacholke’s talk on the future of prisons.…
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PBS NewsHour Feature
In 2016, PBS NewsHour visited SPP’s butterfly greenhouse and a release on a nearby prairie. The 8-minute piece captures the beauty and…
Avian Acoustic Monitoring (Summer 2023)
New! Summer 2023: SPP’s newest program, Avian Acoustic Monitoring, is featured on BirdNote’s June 21, 2023 episode.
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The Rise of Green Prison Programs
Journalists in 2015 published several stories on garden programs in prisons and the benefits they bring.
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Popular Media
Anthropology News: New Terrain for Engaged Environmental Anthropology?
Frogs, butterflies, bees, flowers and vegetable gardens. These are generally not forms of life one includes when pondering…
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First Impressions
Stafford Creek Correctional Center in Washington state participates in the Sustainability in Prisons Project.
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Artillery fire, butterflies coexist on Army range
JOINT BASE LEWIS-MCCHORD, Wash. — An undeveloped stretch of native prairie in south Puget Sound offers one of…
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Prisoners pitch in to save endangered butterfly
At the Mission Creek Corrections Center for Women in Belfair, Washington, inmates are helping to save the endangered…
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Prisoners do science, help to save endangered butterfly
Ecological Conservation work usually involves restoring wildlife and natural habitats. For the people behind the Sustainability in Prisons…
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Prison Inmates Save Endangered Species At Cedar Creek Corrections Center
LITTLEROCK, Wash. (AP) — Taylor Davis has dedicated himself to saving endangered Oregon spotted frogs.
New York Times: Raising Frogs for Freedom, Prison Project Opens Doors
LITTLEROCK, Wash. — The birdman of Alcatraz became famous. But the frogmen of Cedar Creek are still anonymous…
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Wall Street Journal: Prisons Give Unruly Rescue Dogs a Second Chance
The penitentiary here holds more souls than it was ever designed for. Some of the residents are loud…
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KING 5 News: Washington prison program gives neglected dogs second chance
A program at an Eastern Washington prison trains abandoned and neglected dogs so they can be adopted out…
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Seattle Met Magazine – CCCC – Dog Program
Washington state was the first to give pets to prisoners. Now an inmate at Cedar Creek Corrections Center…
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KING 5 News: State prisoners nurture endangered turtles
The program called the Sustainability in Prisons Project joins the Department of Corrections, the Evergreen State College and…
Seattle Times: Inmates feel better, too, after helping ill turtles
Prison inmates are nursing ailing, endangered pond turtles back to health in a program that appears to be…
