Blog & Stories
Insights, updates, and stories from the Sustainability in Prisons Project—highlighting conservation programs, education, research, and community impact.
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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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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