Blog & Stories
Insights, updates, and stories from the Sustainability in Prisons Project—highlighting conservation programs, education, research, and community impact.
Saving frogs takes teamwork
Blog post by Graduate Assistant Liesl Plomski: Washington State inmates Harry and Al are not the only people raising endangered Oregon spotted frogs for the Washington Department of Fish and…
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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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The trouble with crickets
Blog post by Graduate Assistant Liesl Plomski: Folks love to see the endangered Oregon spotted frogs being raised by inmates at the Cedar Creek Corrections Center (CCCC). They look so…
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