Blog & Stories
Insights, updates, and stories from the Sustainability in Prisons Project—highlighting Ecological Conservation programs, education, research, and community impact.
Support for the SPP from Diverse Sources
By Graduate Research Associate Alicia LeDuc The Sustainable Prisons Project (SPP) recently received two unsolicited donations from non-profit foundations. In October, 2010 the SPP received a $2,000 donation from a…
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Inmates Restore Prairie, Make Video to Teach Others
By Graduate Research Associate Carl Elliott The end of the growing season brings a lot of clean up and preparation for the Sustainable Prisons Project. This year’s native prairie plants,…
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Cedar Creek’s Captive Crickets
By Graduate Research Associate Jill Cooper This past spring, Cedar Creek Corrections Center and the Sustainable Prisons Project began experimenting with a new captive rearing project to raise crickets. The…
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Farewell Frogs!
By Graduate Research Associate Jill Cooper It has been another successful season rearing Oregon Spotted Frogs at Cedar Creek Correction Center. A total of 1,346 were released into a wetland…
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Opportunity to Support the Sustainable Prisons Project
Nearly a month has passed since the announcement of the deep state budget cuts that terminated the Sustainable Prisons Project’s two-year contract with the Washington State Department of Corrections. The…
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