Blog & Stories
Insights, updates, and stories from the Sustainability in Prisons Project—highlighting conservation programs, education, research, and community impact.
Earth Day, Sustainable Prisons Project Style
Posted by undergraduate research associate Sarelle Caicedo. Earth Day is here! People are often very creative in the ways they celebrate, and there seems to be no exception with Washington…
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Bird Ecological Conservation Project Taking Flight at Stafford Creek Corrections Center
Blog post by undergraduate research assistant Sarelle Caicedo. Purple Martins and Western bluebirds are two of the most charismatic birds of the Pacific Northwest. As the newest hands-on project of…
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Women offenders gather for health conference inside prison
Blog post by Graduate Assistant Sarah Clarke: In September more than 100 offenders, correctional staff and guest scientists participated in the annual health conference at the Washington Corrections Center for…
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Sustainable Prisons Project on YouTube
Blog post by Project Manager Jeff Muse: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQ3Mt-8IjYE[/youtube]
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Beekeeping prisoners: Science inside the fence
Blog post written by Michael Nelson, an inmate at the Stafford Creek Corrections Center (posted by Project Manager Jeff Muse as Washington State offenders do not have Internet access): In…
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Beekeeping at the Stafford Creek Corrections Center
Blog post by Project Manager Jeff Muse: In the summer of 2009, more than a dozen offenders at the Cedar Creek and Stafford Creek corrections learned skills in beekeeping. Led…
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