Blog & Stories
Insights, updates, and stories from the Sustainability in Prisons Project—highlighting conservation programs, education, research, and community impact.
Gardens take root at McNeil Island prison
Blog post by Project Manager Jeff Muse: The McNeil Island Corrections Center (MICC) is digging into the Sustainable Prisons Project with inspiring results. This summer, MICC Gardens Supervisor Scott Skaggs…
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Beekeeping: More than honey
Blog post by Graduate Assistant Sarah Clarke: There are opportunities that come along only once in a lifetime, and I experienced one this week. Project Manager Jeff Muse and I…
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Green-collar kites: Inmates share their ideas for sustainability
Blog post by Project Manager Jeff Muse: Inmates often communicate through “kites,” traditionally a slang term for any hand-written note passed among offenders or to the outside world. What used…
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How do we evaluate our programs?
Blog post by Graduate Assistant Sarah Clarke: In addition to coordinating the lecture series at the women’s prison, I help conduct the formal evaluation of our wider educational efforts in…
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Health conference for incarcerated women
Blog post by Graduate Assistant Sarah Clarke: Last week, I met with staff at the Washington Corrections Center for Women (WCCW) to help plan the prison’s annual conference for female…
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