Blog & Stories
Insights, updates, and stories from the Sustainability in Prisons Project—highlighting conservation programs, education, research, and community impact.
Roots of Success Gains Momentum at Airway Heights
Note: Roots of Success is an environmental program led by incarcerated instructors in 10 of 12 prisons in the state, and in many other corrections institutions statewide. In Washington, more than…
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Celebrating another flight season for butterfly technicians
Text and photos by Keegan Curry, SPP Taylor’s Checkerspot Butterfly Program Coordinator Inmates at Mission Creek Corrections Center for Women (MCCCW) continue to amaze us. Each year, a group of…
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Cedar Creek Turtle Release 2017
By Turtle Technician, William Anglemyer Photos by Sadie Gilliom On the morning of April 17th, ten turtles from the SPP Cedar Creek Turtle Program were released onto a Washington Department…
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Prairie technicians visit the prairie
Text by Jeanne Dodds, SPP Prairie Ecological Conservation Nursery Coordinator for Washington Corrections Center for Women Photos by Ricky Osborne In May, Sustainability in Prisons Project (SPP) created a first-time…
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Building the pool of environmental instructors for the women’s prisons
Text by Emily Passarelli, SPP Green Track Coordinator, and Joslyn Rose Trivett, SPP Education & Outreach Manager Photos by Ricky Osborne On April 28th, Dr. Raquel Pinderhughes trained and certified 22…
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Clallam Bay Corrections Center – First Beekeeping Graduates!
Text and photos by Emily Passarelli, SPP Green Track Program Coordinator With the help of Mark Urnes from North Olympic Peninsula Beekeepers Association, Clallam Bay Corrections Center has graduated 12 new…
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