Sustainability in Prisons Project2022 Annual ReportTable of Contents
Executive Summary ....................................................................................................................................... 1
Background Information ............................................................................................................................... 5
Acknowledgements ................................................................................................................................... 5
SPP Mission ............................................................................................................................................... 6
SPP Vision .................................................................................................................................................. 7
COVID-19 Impact Statement ..................................................................................................................... 7
SPP Staff and Organization........................................................................................................................ 7
SPP Advisors .............................................................................................................................................. 9
Staff Development: training, safety, and security .................................................................................... 9Partnerships ................................................................................................................................................ 11
SPP Alignment with Evergreen’s Five Foci .............................................................................................. 14
SPP Alignment with WA Corrections’ Mission & Vision .......................................................................... 14
Budget ......................................................................................................................................................... 15
Education Programs .................................................................................................................................... 18
Conservation Programs ............................................................................................................................... 26
Conservation Nursery Programs ............................................................................................................. 27
Western Pond Turtle Rehabilitation ....................................................................................................... 28
Avian Acoustic Monitoring ...................................................................................................................... 30
Taylor’s Checkerspot Butterfly ................................................................................................................ 31
Composting ............................................................................................................................................. 32
Training and Education ................................................................................................................ 33
Restorative Nature .................................................................................................................................... 34
Community Contribution Programs ............................................................................................................ 36
Dog and Cat Programs ............................................................................................................................ 37
Reclaim, Repurpose or Restore, and Donate Programs ......................................................................... 38
Community Work Crews ......................................................................................................................... 43
Sustainable Operations ............................................................................................................................... 45
Capital Planning and Development ......................................................................................................... 45
Sustainable Job Programs ........................................................................................................................... 48
Research and Evaluation ........................................................................................................................... 50
Research with External Partners ............................................................................................................. 50
University of Washington ................................................................................................................... 50
Garden to Kitchen Project ................................................................................................................... 50
Student Theses ........................................................................................................................................ 51
SPP in Washington State ......................................................................................................................... 52
SPP Nationally and Internationally.......................................................................................................... 53
Dissemination ............................................................................................................................................. 55
Presentations .......................................................................................................................................... 55
SPP Tours................................................................................................................................................. 56
Media Coverage ...................................................................................................................................... 57
Outreach ................................................................................................................................................. 58
Appendix 1. SPP Programs by Facility ......................................................................................................... 59
Appendix 2. SPP Partners ............................................................................................................................ 62
Appendix 3. Abbreviations .......................................................................................................................... 65
02022 SPP Annual Report

Executive Summary
The first projects of the Sustainability in Prisons Project (SPP) started at Cedar Creek Corrections Centerin 2003. In 2023, we look forward to celebrating 20 years of doing this partnership work. SPP’s mission isto empower sustainable change by bringing nature, science, and environmental education into prisons.
Co-founded by Washington Department of Corrections (WA Corrections or DOC) and The Evergreen State
College (Evergreen), SPP includes many contributors. We are humbled by the work we get to do with
incarcerated people, scientists, corrections staff, academics, government agencies, and environmental
and community organizations. Together we learn, grow, and cultivate partnerships for people and theenvironment. The SPP annual report aims to describe all science, environmental education, andsustainability programs occurring in Washington prisons and to acknowledge all contributingorganizations and partners. With the information we were able to gather, we can report on 86 science,sustainability, and nature programs in Washington prisons and 79 SPP partner and ally organizations
statewide. Given partner capacity constraints, we suspect some programs and partnerships are notrecognized in this report.

Dr. Carri LeRoy signs the first round of Documents of Completion awarding
college credit to incarcerated students through SPP’s new Prior Learning
Experience education portfolios. Photo by Kelli Bush.

As COVID pandemic conditions improved throughout 2022, SPP was able to plan, restart, launch, andoperate more programs. We completed development and implemented a new credit-bearing education
model. Unfortunately, programs which rely on gathering people in large groups are still suspended,
including the SPP workshops series and special events. During this reporting period, some active programs
were periodically impacted by quarantines aimed at reducing the spread of COVID. As a result, there werestretches of time when SPP staff and partners could not directly deliver education and training. The year
also included significant successes, partnership building, and growth. We are grateful for the patience,
problem-solving, and adaptability of all partners. Posted below are highlights on select programs andpartnerships in 2022, plus goals for the 2023 calendar year.
1Highlights 2022
SPP Prior Learning Experience Model: SPP and Evergreen finalized development and awarded credit using
the new SPP Prior Learning Experience model. This model allows SPP to offer academic credit during
incarceration at no cost to the student. Education portfolios describe learning objectives, academic andexperiential education, training, and skills. Three education portfolios were approved for programs in
2022 and five new program portfolios were submitted for credit award in Summer of 2023.
Awarding Academic Credit: In this first year of implementation, SPP awarded incarcerated students credit
for our first two education portfolio programs. Nine Foundations in Gardening graduates earned 4 credits
and six Butterfly Technicians earned 21 credits. This is just the start of increasing access to college credit!
SPP uses donations to fund the administrative fees associated with this part of our work.
Foundations in Composting Course: Thanks to funding
provided by a generous donor and the expertise ofincarcerated people, SPP-Evergreen staff, academics,
Institute for Applied Ecology, community partners, and
DOC staff, completed development of a new, peer-led
composting curriculum called Foundations in
Composting. The 10-module course and a culminating
project have been evaluated for two college credits.
SPP plans to pilot the course in 2023.
Garden to Kitchen Project: Building on years ofinterest, SPP-Evergreen coordinated a project to gather
Evergreen Master of Environmental Studies
information on interactions between prison gardens
student Leah Randall visits WCC’s Black Soldier Fly
and kitchens. The team included SPP, a volunteer
program. Photo by Emily Passarelli.
consultant, students, DOC headquarters and prison
staff, and Washington Department of Health. Our shared goal is to improve incarcerated individuals’
access to fresh produce. We designed and implemented listening sessions with incarcerated gardeners
and DOC staff. Resulting information was compiled into a report summarizing successes, challenges,
education interests, and potential solutions.
Sagebrush Education and Training Program: With funding support from Washington Department of Fish
and Wildlife (WDFW), SPP and partners
advanced development a new SagebrushSteppe Education and Training program.
Throughout 2022, participants grew anddelivered nearly 35,000 sagebrush plants,
completed development of the new creditbearing education and training course, andadvanced planning for development of a newsagebrush seed orchard and nursery.
A sagebrush technician at Stafford Creek Corrections
Center working in the Conservation Nursery hoophouse.
Photo by Sarah Larson.

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Developing Education Module Resources: SPP continued to create new education modules that are short,
low barrier, print format lessons on various science, sustainability, and supporting topics. In 2022, SPP and
partners developed ten modules for the composting course and additional content including Introduction
to Ecology, Gardening, Wetlands, Turtles, and Collaborative Teamwork.
“After completing the [Foundations in Gardening] course, I became a facilitator to share some of mypassion with others. Now I’m in a position to help pass on these critically beneficial traditions,knowledge, and wisdom of this beautiful way of life in a way.”-

Foundations in Gardening course student and facilitator

Avian Acoustic Monitoring Program: Early in the pandemic, SPP-Evergreen was approached by an
Environmental Scientist specializing in passive acoustic monitoring proposing a new program. Throughthis citizen science and education project, participants are trained to recognize the calls and sonograms(visual representation of sound) of twelve species of birds. The pandemic delayed implementation, but in
2022 we completed planning and scheduled education and training workshops to begin January 2023.
DOC Clallam Bay Boiler Project: DOC successfully completed a major energy and resource conservation
project at Clallam Bay Corrections Center (CBCC). The project focused on replacing the entire fuel oil boiler
plant with new propane fired, fully condensing hydronic boilers. For more information, see the Sustainable
Operations Section.
Evergreen Prison Education Program: In July 2022, Evergreen received legislative funding to expand
access to prison education and reentry services. SPP staff worked with a core group of Evergreen
colleagues to build a team, conduct outreach with potential partners and students, and begin developing
a program proposal. Through this project, SPP-Evergreen also welcomed a new Education Development
Manager to the team!

Members of the Evergreen Prisons Education Program team at the Evergreen
Learning and Teaching Commons Summer Institute. Photo by Evergreen staff.

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Table 1. Anticipated Programs Highlights for 2023
Program/Project

Partners and facility

Planned outcomes

Develop Additional
Education Modules

All facilities

Work w/partners to develop education modules forFoundations in Gardening: Part 2 & for inclusion in
education portfolios for multiple SPP programs.

Develop New Credit
Bearing Education
Portfolios

All facilities

SPP 20 Year CelebrationAll

Garden to Kitchen
Collaboration

Several facilities, incarcerated
people, DOC staff, garden &kitchen staff, SPP-Evergreen,
Dept. of Health (DOH)

Increase # of students awarded credit for education
portfolios, complete credit assessment for 5 new
portfolios, & build new Avian Acoustic Monitoring,
Butterfly Technician, & Foundations in Gardening: Part
2 portfolios.
Celebrate SPP founders, contributors, incarcerated &previously incarcerated people & all partners.
Work w/DOH, DOC, incarcerated people & others topurchase gardening supplies, & to develop gardening,
nutrition, & case study educational materials toimprove access to fresh produce.

Peer-Led Composting
CourseWCC & MCCCW staff,
incarcerated students, & SPP

Pilot class at WCC & MCCCW in 2023; based on input,
make course updates.

Expanding Evergreen
Education in Prisons

2 WA prisons

Sagebrush Education& Training

WA State Penitentiary (WSP)

Conservation Nursery

SCCC & WCC

Work w/Evergreen team to complete prison education
program development; include SPP education in
proposed education programs.
Hire new SPP staff & work w/WSP & other partners to
implement the new sagebrush program; award credit
for the education portfolio.
Restart conservation nursery programs at Stafford
Creek & Washington Corrections Centers; offer new
credit eligible, education & training.

Conclusion
We are deeply grateful to everyone who contributes to
SPP. Through this human- and ecosystem-centered work,
we are continually growing. We appreciate theopportunity to learn with and from so many different
people and programs. As impacts of the global pandemic
have eased, we are emerging rededicated totransformational change, with improved and expanded
education and training resources, and having grown our
team and partnerships. Together with countless otherorganizations and individuals, we are working acrossdifferences to create change. We also recognize ourhumanity and the humanity of others as we strive to givethe complex collaborations that define the SPP
partnership our absolute best. We remain committed tolearning, adapting, and continuing to improve our work
while fostering a culture of mutual respect andconsistent compassion for all people. Thank you for the
many ways you show your support for SPP.

A sagebrush technician at SCCC weighs sagebrushplants using a custom tray holder – complete with
SPP logo courtesy of the maintenance department
sign shop. Photo by Sarah Larson.

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Background Information

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The primary objective of this report is to acknowledge all contributors to programs involving science andsustainability education and work with living organisms occurring in Washington prisons from January –December 2022. Washington Department of Corrections (WA Corrections) considers all the above
program in Washington (WA) prisons to be part of the Sustainability in Prisons Project (SPP). SPP is apartnership co-founded by WA Corrections and The Evergreen State College (Evergreen) with many otherpartners and contributors. The SPP staff at Evergreen lead the reporting effort for the SPP partnership.
They aim to include all program types described above, regardless of which partner(s) leads and/or
operates the program. This report represents the most complete information available from partners
through current reporting mechanisms.
Scientists, incarcerated people, students, prison staff, and community partners in all 12 Washington
prisons work together to make positive contributions to people and the environment. During thisreporting period, partners reported 86 programs and 79 partner organizations. Working lists of all SPPWA programs (Appendix 1) and partners (Appendix 2) are included to recognize the impressive diversity
and number of opportunities offered. Appendix 3 lists common abbreviations.

Sagebrush Technician Cougar and Sagebrush Liaison Ed Baldwin at SCCC. Photo by Sarah Larson.

Acknowledgements
Incarcerated people are at the center of SPP programs. Their day-to-day input, work, leadership,planning, teamwork, and dedication are critical to successful learning exchanges. SPP programs aim tosupport positive benefits including education, academic credit, professional development, job training,
and therapeutic values through work with nature. Incarcerated and previously incarcerated people
advise SPP and provide their input in program planning and operation whenever possible. They are also5invited to author education content, help identify
program priorities, and present their experience inprograms for conferences, tours, and media. To hearmore from current and former program participants, seelinks to interviews included in media pieces in Section 12:
Dissemination.
Corrections staff provide key contributions to the SPP
partnership. In many cases corrections staff initiate andoperate sustainability programs with incarcerated people
without support from other partners. For programs that
include external partners, corrections staff provide
crucial support for planning, security, communication,corrections expertise, and program supervision. Oftencorrections staff make these contributions in addition totheir other primary duties.

WCC Custody Officer supporting a Garden to
Kitchen listening session. Photo by WCC Staff.

Many programs also include other partners. These external partners typically provide education,
training, certifications, program/topic expertise, supplies, and materials. Through partnerships we build

Ecological Education Coordinator Marissa Scoville and WDFW partners weighing
and measuring western pond turtles before their release after being cared for bytechnicians at CCCC. Photo by DOC Staff.

networks which focus on positive social and environmental outcomes.

SPP Mission
The Sustainability in Prisons Project (SPP) is a partnership founded by WA Corrections and The
Evergreen State College (Evergreen). Our mission is to empower sustainable change by bringing nature,science, and environmental education into prisons.

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SPP Vision
In response to the dual crises of ecological degradation and mass incarceration, we aim to reduce
recidivism while improving human well-being and ecosystem health. SPP brings together incarcerated
individuals, scientists, corrections staff, students, and program partners to promote education, conserve
biodiversity, practice sustainability, and help build healthy communities. Together, we reduce theenvironmental, economic, and human costs of prisons.

COVID-19 Impact Statement
The on-going coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has had unprecedented local and global impacts. These
impacts have been especially hard for the people living and working in prisons.
The health and safety of SPP staff, incarcerated people, and WA Corrections staff is our top priority.
Therefore, the on-going COVID-19 pandemic has required that we continue to adapt implementationand operation of SPP programs. Many programs have restarted over the past year, and a few remainsuspended (e.g., Science and Sustainability Workshop Series). It has been especially difficult to restart
those programs previously gathering large groups of participants in indoor spaces. In addition toadapting and restarting programs, SPP-Evergreen continues to focus on education development. Moreinformation is provided in Section 4: Education Programs of this report.

SPP Staff and Organization
The organization chart below in Figure 1 includes staff as of January 2023. This chart is limited to core
staff at WA Corrections and Evergreen (SPP-Evergreen), only hinting at the many corrections staff
involved; there are many more corrections, academic, conservation, and community organization staff
contributing to program success.
During this reporting period, the Evergreen side of the SPP partnership continued to be co-directed by
Kelli Bush. Former Operations and Sagebrush Coordinator Sarah Larson promoted within the SPP-

Figure 1. SPP Organizational Chart as of January 2023.

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Evergreen team as the new Education Development Manager in November 2022. Carl Elliott and Emily
Passarelli continued their roles as Conservation Nursery Manager and Program & Outreach Manager,
respectively. Former SPP Co-Director and Evergreen faculty member, Carri LeRoy continues to play a
critical role in overseeing SPP program certificates and education portfolios. Numerous additional
Evergreen personnel contributed to SPP including but not limited to Kristina Ackley, Karen Gaul, Tina
Pearson, Michelle Bartlett, James Jackson, David McAvity, Katherine Sackmann, John McLain, Paul
Rudnick, John Carmichael, Dexter Gordon, Evergreen Prison Education Program (EPEP) and Evergreen
Education Coalition for Justice Involved Student members.
Mike Obenland supported SPP as the Co-Director for the WA Corrections side of the partnership until
October 2022. We are grateful to Mike for all his contributions to the SPP partnership. In October 2022,
WA Corrections Secretary Cheryl Strange and Deputy Secretary Sean Murphy appointed Assistant

The 2022 SPP team collage card. Pictured left to right from top: Ray Dunning, Emily Passarelli,Keira Jensen, Carl Elliott, Jen Bass, Derek Thedell, Marissa Scoville, Sarah Larson, and Kelli Bush.

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Secretary of Prisons Donald Holbrook as SPP Co-Director for WA Corrections. SPP-Evergreen leadership
met with Don on various SPP initiatives throughout 2022. Eric Jackson, Jeffery Uttecht, Julie Vanneste,
Chris Idso, and Kristen Morgan also served as part of the SPP leadership team. WA Corrections Women’s
Division members were added in 2023.
Program Coordinator positions are staffed by Evergreen graduate students typically working 20 hours
per week. Student-staff are most often recruited from the Evergreen Master of Environmental Studies
graduate program, and work for two-year terms. Each summer, several students complete their workwith SPP and train new students for their positions. During this reporting period, several program
coordinators and temporary staff transitioned out of their roles. During the reporting period, 10
Program Coordinators worked for SPP: Savannah Richard, Sarah Larson, Michelle Klim, Jennifer Bass,
Derek Thedell, Keira Jensen, Carly Boyd, Marissa Scoville, Ray Dunning, and Courtney Murphy. As ofJanuary 2023, SPP staffed six student coordinator positions.

SPP Advisors
The Advisory Panel provides expertise, creative thinking, advice, and assistance with SPP initiatives andprogram development. During this reporting period, SPP did not convene a meeting of our Advisory
Panel. Instead, we regularly consulted individuals to advise and guide our work. We frequently
consulted previously incarcerated people, SPP co-founders, faculty, and leadership of multiple
organizations. The guidance provided was critical and very valuable as we worked to continually adapt
to changing circumstances. SPP intends to rebuild and restructure our advisory panel. As in previous
years, panel members will include formerly incarcerated people, corrections staff, conservation
specialists, and academics.

Staff Development: training, safety, and security
Programs are operated in compliance with WA Corrections safety and security rules, SPP-Evergreen
protocols for working in the prison environment, and partner protocols for work with plants andanimals.
All SPP-Evergreen staff complete the required WA Corrections training. Security is a topic included on
every SPP-Evergreen staff meeting agenda, held every two weeks. SPP-Evergreen staff have maintained
our commitment to be adaptable to changing safety and security needs. Posted below are trainings SPPEvergreen staff completed during this reporting period.
Table 1. SPP-Evergreen Staff Training for 2022.
Name of Training

WA Corrections:
Security Training

Trainer

Description

WA Corrections
OnlineProper Use of PPE, Initial Safety Orientation, Policy &General Info, WA State Sexual Harassment Prevention,
Mandatory Reporting, Confidentiality, WA State
Ethics, Infectious Disease Prevention, Office ofOmbuds, ADA Reasonable Accommodations, Slips,
Trips & Falls I & II, Outdoor Heat Exposure, Fire
Extinguisher, Asbestos Awareness I & II, Public
Disclosure, WA State IT Security Awareness, Naloxone

Hrs./Staff
Person13

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WA Corrections: Federal
Prison Rape Elimination
Act (PREA) Training

Online; Annual
requirement

PREA Training

COVID-19 Safety
Training

Online; SPP
staff

Evergreen & WA Corrections COVID-19 Training & Safe
Reentry Planning

SPP-Evergreen: Working
in PrisonsAnti-racism & Antioppression Training
New Employee
Orientation

Carl Elliot
w/other SPP
staff; online
Prita Lal & Alice
NelsonEmily Passarelli
w/other SPPEvergreen staff

Extensive training utilizing common scenarios
encountered by SPP staff working in prisons
A two-part training on structural racism andoppression in American history and the justice system
Welcome to SPP, Program Operation/Admin., Taking
Care of Yourself at SPP, Communication, and TimeManagement2
10 (ongoing)
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Partnerships

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Partnerships and collaboration are essential components of SPP. We continually work to identify new
partners and mutually beneficial programs. A working list of SPP partnerships, allies, and contributors is
included as Appendix 2; during this reporting period, more than 79 different organizations contributedor connected to SPP programs in WA.
At the program level, SPP founding partners are often joined by one or more additional organizations or
individuals who bring vital expertise, resources, and/or skills to the program. We aim to recognize eachcontributor for their role. Figure 2 offers an illustration.

Figure 2. SPP generalized program structure.

Partners play varying roles to fit the needs of different types of programs. The SPP partnership includes
five general program types including environmental education, ecological conservation, sustainable
operations, restorative nature, and community contributions. Many programs fit more than one
program type. In general, WA Corrections and partner organizations provide primary leadership forsustainable operations and community contribution programs, and the SPP-Evergreen team leads
environmental education and ecological conservation programs. Both founding partners support various
restorative nature programs. Despite these general leadership areas, input and expertise from allparticipants (including incarcerated people) is critical to program success—the partnership is the
program!
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Tacoma Community College (TCC) Program Manager for Corrections Education and former SPP coordinator,
Shohei Morita, gives a tour of the TCC horticulture program at WCCW. Photo by Derek Thedell.

SPP is continually investing in new partnerships to increase access to nature, science, and environmental
education. We aim to learn from, grow with, celebrate, and share our experience with collaborators tobetter serve currently and previously incarcerated people. Working collectively, we are much more likely
to create positive change!
Developing Partnerships
Much of the work we do with partners and allies is highlighted in various sections throughout thisreport. A few notable collaborations we cultivated during this reporting period are described below.
Evergreen Prison Education Project (EPEP)
In July 2022, Evergreen received legislative funding to expand access to prison education and reentry
support. This work builds on years of effort including Evergreen faculty led teaching and learning, SPP,
Gateways for Incarcerated Youth, Reentry Scholars, Justice Involved Student Group, and the Evergreen
Education Coalition for Justice Involved Students. Throughout 2022 we built a team, focused on learning
about new prison education program requirements, and met with potential partners. Partner meetings
included internal collaborators at Evergreen, the State Board of Community and Technical Colleges,
multiple individual community colleges, Freedom Education Project of Puget Sound, and staff acrossmultiple divisions of DOC headquarters and prison facilities. Sustainability in Prisons Project staff arecore members of the new EPEP team. Through this project, we were able to add a new Education
Development Manager position to SPP to focus on increasing access to science and sustainability
education. As we develop our proposal for education and reentry services, we will continue to prioritize
opportunities to collaborate with others to provide increased and complementary services.

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Ecologies of JusticeIn 2019, SPP-Evergreen began working with a national network of organizations and individuals doing
similar work inside prisons and jails and for returning community members. We originally planned togather in March of 2020 and the conference was delayed due to the COVID pandemic. After several
virtual gatherings, a smaller group of network members was able to meet in-person in summer 2022.
The in-person gathering had been scheduled for Yale University. Unfortunately, Yale was unable to hostour group with relatively short notice. SPP was pleased to invite about 50 members of the Ecologies ofJustice Network to the Evergreen campus. We gathered in the House of Welcome over two days to learn
about each other’s work and build community. SPP has deep gratitude for those participants who wereable to attend, share their knowledge, and for the work they are doing.

Ecologies of Justice conference attendees facilitating a workshop. Photo by Sarah Larson.

Foundations in Composting Course
SPP recently created a Foundations in Composting curriculum with the help of multiple partners insideand outside of prisons. Partners helped fund, write, edit, and pilot this new curriculum. For more
information, look to Section 4, Education.
Garden to Kitchen
During this reporting period, the SPP team coordinateda special project aimed at increasing access to fresh
produce and improving the connections between
prison gardens and kitchens. For more information on
this partnership, please see Section 10, Research and
Evaluation.
Sagebrush-Steppe Education Training Program
With support from several partners including the WA
Dept. of Fish and Wildlife, SPP launched a new
Sagebrush-Steppe Conservation Nursery education and
A day’s harvest. Photo by Derek Thedell.

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training program in 2022. For more information on this new program, see Section 5 Conservation
Programs.

SPP Alignment with Evergreen’s Five Foci
Evergreen’s approach to education is best illustrated by The Five Foci of Learning:
1. Interdisciplinary Study: Students learn to pull together ideas and concepts from many subject
areas, which enables them to tackle real-world issues in all their complexity.
2. Collaborative Learning: Students develop knowledge and skills through shared learning,rather than learning in isolation and in competition with others.
3. Learning Across Significant Differences: Students learn to recognize, respect, and bridge
differences—critical skills in an increasingly diverse world.
4. Personal Engagement: Students develop their capacities to judge, speak, and act on the basisof their own reasoned beliefs.
5. Linking Theory with Practical Applications: Students understand abstract theories by applying
them to projects and activities and by putting them into practice in real-world situations.
SPP engages incarcerated students and technicians, enrolled Evergreen students and faculty, corrections
staff, state and federal agencies, and non-profit organizations in collaborative, interdisciplinary learning
across differences. Our science and sustainability education programs are aligned with the social justice,diversity, environmental stewardship, and public service elements of Evergreen’s mission.
SPP’s Environmental Education and Conservation programs are coordinated by Evergreen graduate
students whose experiences encompass and exemplify all five foci. Since 2009, SPP-Evergreen has
employed over 70 Evergreen students in long-term positions and provided honoraria or internshipstipends to dozens more. Through SPP, the incarcerated participants of education and conservation
programs also gain access to the Evergreen learning model. An increasing number of former SPP
program participants are contributing to SPP or attending Evergreen post-release—sharing theirvaluable experiences, assets, and skills directly to our campus learning communities. Formerly
incarcerated people are compensated for any work to acknowledge their expertise, time, and lived
experience.

SPP Alignment with WA Corrections’ Mission & Vision
From WA Corrections’ website:
Mission: To improve public safety by positively changing lives
Vision: Working together for safer communities
The Department of Corrections is committed to operating a safe and humane corrections system andpartnering with others to transform lives for a better Washington. A key value of WA Corrections is
supporting people's success: understanding individuals, instilling hope, embracing change, and providing
opportunities. Through the SPP partnership, WA Corrections brings science, nature, and environmental
education into the state’s correctional facilities. These programs create a safer and more humanecorrectional environment, provide opportunities for incarcerated individuals to achieve academic andvocational goals, and contribute to their successful reentry to our communities.
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Budget3This section addresses budget resources specifically available via the SPP team at The Evergreen State
College (SPP-Evergreen). Washington Department of Corrections (WA Corrections) and other partners
dedicate substantial, additional personnel time, funding, and materials support for SPP programs. Those
critical contributions are not detailed here. While Evergreen does not provide direct operating funding
for SPP, they make important contributions by supporting education development personnel andproviding office space, payroll processing, access to students and faculty, human resource services, andbudget management support.

Starts at the WCCW Conservation Nursery. Photo by Keira Jensen.

During this reporting period, SPP had approximately $600,000 in funds available from 12 sources.
Available funding included one contract per fiscal year with WA Corrections provided throughinteragency agreement. SPP-Evergreen spent WA Corrections funds on WA prison programs inaccordance with contract requirements. Other funding sources include state and federal contracts,
grants, legislative funding, and foundation and private donations.
We are pleased to report that once again, an anonymous donor provided a generous gift through the
Seattle Foundation. These funds were awarded for general use and have served as critical support for
SPP education and training programs. In 2022, this gift supported fees for the first cohort of students
receiving college credit for completion of select SPP programs, purchased supplies for the butterfly,
gardening, and beekeeping programs, funded portions of the on-going garden to kitchen project toimprove access to fresh produce, and purchased books for prison libraries and program areas.

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In 2021, SPP received a significant donationfrom an individual to support thedevelopment of a new Foundations in
Composting course over two years. This
donation has broad and enduring impacts.
The resulting credit-eligible compostingcourse is available to prisons throughout
Washington, will be piloted in other states(Nevada), and is readily accessible via the SPP
website for use by other organizations. Many
thanks to the donor and all the collaborators
who made this new course possible.
Additional individual donors continued tocontribute to SPP at all levels. These
donations are commonly used to purchaseprogram supplies, fund previously
incarcerated advisors, trainers, and guest
speakers; and to purchase, develop and print
education materials. We appreciate andmake positive use of every dollar of every
contribution!
Available funding resources vary from month
to month as sources become available orclose throughout the year. SPP-Evergreen staff continuously pursue funding to develop new programs
and partnerships and to sustain on-going work. During this reporting period, SPP-Evergreen staff were
responsible for stewarding funds from the sources described below (see Table 3).
CBCC’s indoor garden. Photo by DOC Staff.

Table 3. SPP-Evergreen Grant and Contract Funding (see Appendix 3 for abbreviations)

SPP Funding Sources January 2022 – December 2023
SourceProgram Area

Funding Period

Grants, Contracts, & Legislative Proviso
DOC SPP General Operating

Program Operation (Bees, Gardening, Turtles, etc.),
Training, Org Planning, etc.

07/01/21–06/30/22

DOC SPP General Operating

Program Operation (Bees, Gardening, Turtles, etc.),
Training, Org Planning, etc.

07/01/22–06/30/23

JBLM

Conservation Nursery Education & Training

09/28/20–03/28/22

JBLM

Conservation Nursery Education & Training

09/28/21–03/28/23

WDFW – Butterfly

Taylor's Checkerspot Butterfly Recovery Education &Training

01/01/22–12/31/22

WDFW – Sagebrush

Shrub-Steppe Conservation Nursery Education andTraining

11/01/21–06/30/23

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WDFW – Turtle

Western Pond Turtle Education & Training

Evergreen Prison Education SPP Education Development and Prison Education
Project (EPEP)
Program Planning

09/01/21–06/23/23
07/01/22–06/30/23

Small Service Contracts
US Forest Service – Olympic

Conservation Nursery Education & Training

01/01/22–10/31/22

Individual Donations

Gardening, Beekeeping, Ed. Materials, Org Planning,
Training, Program Supplies, etc.

01/01/22–12/31/22

Seattle Foundation

Student Fees for Academic Credit, Education Materials,
Program Supplies, Peer-Led Education Resources, SPP
Advisor Support

01/01/22–12/31/22

Composting Course
Development Donation

Course Development, Printing, and Pilot Implementation

05/01/21–02/28/23

WA State Parks

Donations

The majority of SPP-Evergreen's budget is dedicated to personnel expenses. A smaller, but significant
portion goes to program materials such as education supplies, small infrastructure projects, scientificequipment, printed education and outreach materials, and prison libraries.

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Education Programs

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Education continues to be SPP-Evergreen’s central focus. Though COVID-19 continued to impact accessand classroom size, we enhanced current programming and successfully awarded college credit for two
SPP-Evergreen programs using the new SPP Prior Learning Experience model. In the sections below, wereport on the exciting progress we made on education in 2022.

The detailed notes on seed cleaning taken by a Conservation Nursery
Technician at WCC. Photo by Michelle Klim.

SPP’s Prior Learning Experience Program – Portfolios
The SPP Prior Learning Experience (SPP PLE) Program is a new education model developed by SPP and
The Evergreen State College. The program is designed to allow students in SPP programs to earn college
credit during incarceration by completing coursework that culminates in a program education portfolio.
SPP education portfolios are standardized education programs that include a course syllabus, portfolio
checklist, and templated course evaluation. Student learning includes both academic and experiential
learning and a final reflective writing assignment. Upon completion of all requirements, SPP submits
portfolios to The Evergreen State College for processing, with SPP covering administrative expenses forregistering students and awarding academic credit. Students receive a course evaluation and Documentof Completion after processing, which represents their course achievements and college credit.
In this inaugural year of the SPP PLE program, credits were awarded for the Taylor’s Checkerspot
Butterfly program and Foundations in Gardening course. The table below highlights students whoearned credit through the SPP PLE program in 2022.

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Table 4. Number of students awarded college credit in 2022 through the SPP PLE Program.
Credits

Total Credits
AwardedStudents
AwardedCreditFoundations in
Gardening

Introduction to Gardening and Ecological Horticulture

49

Butterfly Specialist

Introduction to butterfly biology – 4 credits
Introduction to conservation biology – 4 credits
Introduction to restoration ecology – 4 credits
Introduction to endangered species biology – 4 credits
Introduction to animal husbandry with laboratory – 5
credits

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Program

Butterfly Captive Rearing Specialist Atalani Tili proudly displays her Documentof Completion. Photo by Ray Dunning.

Further Portfolio Development
SPP-Evergreen continues to build new education portfolios for most of our environmental education andecological conservation programs. Evergreen faculty of record, Dr. Carri LeRoy, provides guidance on
education development, credit recommendations, and portfolio components. The table below describes
the new SPP portfolios developed in 2022 and potential course equivalency and credit value.
Development includes creation of education and workshop resources, course syllabi, portfolio
checklists, templated course evaluations, Documents of Completion, and in some cases a work plan. SPP
plans to have these portfolios reviewed for credit equivalency in 2023.

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Table 5. Education Portfolios in development from January – December 2022.
Program

Anticipated Course Equivalency and Credit Value (Pending Final
Review)

Foundation in Composting

Introduction to Composting and Soil Science - 2 credits

Turtle Rehabilitation Specialist

Introduction to Wetland Ecology and Turtle Biology – 4 credits
Introduction to Animal Husbandry with Laboratory – 6 credits

Salish Lowland Conservation Nursery
Technician

Introductory Botany – 4 credits
Introduction to Native Plant Ecology – 4 credits
Ecological Horticulture Practicum – 10 credits

Sagebrush-Steppe Conservation
Nursery Technician

Introduction to Botany – 4 credits
Wildlife Conservation on the Sagebrush-steppe – 4 credits
Ecological Horticulture Practicum – 10 credits

Butterfly Captive Rearing Specialist

Introduction to butterfly biology – 4 credits
Introduction to conservation biology and endangered species
restoration – 4 credits
Introduction to Animal Husbandry with Laboratory – 8 credits

SPP Manager Carl Elliott delivers education content to the MCCW butterfly crew. Photo by Sarah Larson.

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SPP also focused on developing education modules, or free-standing lessons, on topics that do not
require technology or large group gatherings. Modules are typically 8-20 pages of print materials andinclude learning activities, visual aids, discussion questions, and interdisciplinary art, cultural, or
historical context information. Some modules are offered in more than one program or education
portfolio. Below is a table of modules created by SPP and partners in 2022.
Table 6. Education modules developed in 2022.
Main Program

Module Title

Butterfly

Plant and Pollinator Interactions
Why Compost?
Food Waste Environmental Impact
Compost, post-consumer good waste, and the environment
Composting Regulations and Testing

Foundations in Composting

Growing with Compost
Alternative Composting
Commercial Scale Composting
Small Scale Composting
Science of Composting
Climate and Geology South Salish Prairies
Vegetation of South Puget Prairies

Salish Lowland Conservation Nursery

Ecological Horticulture
Intro to Study Area: South Salish Prairies
Introduction to Study Area Prairies
Ecology

Sagebrush-Steppe Conservation
Nursery

Wildlife
Restoration
Ecological Horticulture
PolicyWestern Pond Turtles

Introduction to Wetlands
Western Pond Turtles
Ecology (Parts 1, 2, & 3)

Free Standing Content

Collaborative Teamwork
Climate Change

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Peer-Led Education
In 2022, SPP supported the Foundations
in Gardening Curriculum and Roots ofSuccess peer-led education programs.
In partnership with DOC, experts,
educators, and with the help of agenerous donor, SPP also developed a
new peer-led education program,
Foundations in Composting. This class ispart of the SPP PLE program and canoffer students college credit while
incarcerated. This 2-credit course offers
students education and training forsmall- to large-scale composting
programs. It also includes a newcomponent, a culminating project inwhich students will design a composting
project. SPP plans to pilot this class inWashington and Nevada prisons in 2023.
The table below provides a 2022 updateon three peer-led education programs.

Cover of the newly completed Foundations in
Composting curriculum.

“There’s a cross pollination of communication that occurs. People begin tounderstand that they really have so much in common, or they learn to respect otherperson’s opinions or their values or their beliefs. And this is based on lived experiencefrom them in their communities. We learn from each other.”– Grady Mitchell, SPP Advisor and Roots of Success facilitator
Table 7. Key updates on peer-led curricula for January – December 2022.
Program and
Description

Key Highlights

Facilities

Student
CertificatesFoundations in
Gardening

Began curriculum updates to accommodate student
feedback and formatting changes.

WCCW, WCC
(IMU), SCCC

12 class
students

Foundations in
Composting

Completed curriculum development in 2022 in collaboration
with a generous donor, the Institute for Applied Ecology,
sustainability team at WCC, Centralia College, Tilth Alliance,
professors from University of Washington, and formerly
incarcerated individuals.

Plan to pilot in 2023.

Roots of SuccessTransitioned to 2019 curriculum.

SCCC

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Beekeeping
During this reporting period, we supported
10 active beekeeping programs inpartnership with the Washington State
Beekeepers Association (WASBA). Many
programs reintroduced bees to the facility
in 2022 and are working on restartingclasses in 2023. Details for this reporting
period are shared in the following tables
and highlights.

Beekeepers at MCC-TRU inspect the hives. Photo by
Susan Collins.

Table 8. Key updates for beekeeping programs for January – December 2022.

Beekeeping
WSDA
Registered
Hives

Facility

Key Highlights

Partners

AHCC

Monthly education
packets were distributedwith beekeeping related
articles and optional
worksheets. Materials
were sent to 10 facilities
and students from
MCCCW, WCCW, SCCC,
and WCC-IMU earned
recognition certificates.

West Plains Beekeepers

3North Olympic Peninsula
Beekeepers Association

2

Olympia Beekeepers Association

0*

N/A

2

Clark County Beekeepers

2

Olympia Beekeepers Association,
CCCC

2West Sound Beekeepers

2

Northwest District Beekeepers

2

CBCC
CCCC
CRCC
LCC
McNeilIsland
MCCCW
MCC-TRUSCCC

SPP supplied several
hives of bees,
beekeeping tools, andsugar to MCCCW, LCC,
and WCCW.

Olympia Beekeepers Association
WASBA hosted monthly
question and answer
WCC
sessions with beekeeping N/Astaff liaisons. Liaisons
WCCW
West Sound Beekeepers
from CCCC, CRCC, LCC,
SCCC, WCCW, WCC,WSP
MCCCW, WSP, and AHCC
attended.
*CCCC collaborates with the beekeeping program on McNeil Island.

2

Classes &Certificates

7 Beginning
Beekeeping
students; 1 staff

28 Beginning
Beekeeping
students

4
4
5

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Evergreen Prisons Education Program (EPEP)
Faculty and staff at The Evergreen State College havedecades of experience supporting education and reentry
for currently and previously incarcerated students. SPP
and colleagues at Evergreen aspired to build a morerobust and coordinated program to expand services forstudents with the lived experience of incarceration. With
recent changes in legislation, incarcerated students are
now eligible for federal Pell Grants and state Washington
College Grants and have improved access to postsecondary education. In 2022, Evergreen received funding
from the state legislature to plan and build capacity toserve these students. By partnering with local community
colleges and other education providers already working inprisons, Evergreen aims to expand access to four-yearbachelor’s degree programs.
The new program, called the Evergreen Prison Education
Program (EPEP), includes SPP, Gateways for Incarcerated
Youth, Reentry Scholars, the Evergreen Education
The EPEP Team visualizes the complex parts of
Coalition for Justice Involved Students, and Evergreen
prison education in this tree during the Summer
faculty. EPEP plans to complement other education
Institute. Photo by Kelli Bush.
organizations’ work through collaboration with willing
parties. SPP is excited and honored to be playing a key role in this new initiative.
Green Planet Academy – Washington State Penitentiary (WSP) SPL
Staff and incarcerated individuals at WSP’s Sustainable Practice Lab (SPL) developed their own
environmental program called Green Planet Academy. In 2022, 146 students completed this program
taught by 5 incarcerated individuals. Graduates of this program receive a certificate created by WSP
staff.
Community College Collaboration
SPP appreciates and acknowledges the educational offerings of community colleges and other education
organizations. We have a long history of finding ways to collaborate to better serve students. During thisreporting period, community college staff and faculty went above and beyond to offer their students
meaningful educational opportunities despite countless barriers.
• In partnership with Centralia College corrections staff, SPP continued offering both theFoundations in Gardening curriculum and beekeeping packets to interested IMU students for arecognition certificate.
• Collaboration with Tacoma Community College and Centralia College staff was instrumental incompleting Garden to Kitchen Project listening sessions at WCCW and CCCCC.
• Centralia College staff were also instrumental in developing the Foundations in Composting
curriculum.

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Tacoma Community College Program Manager Shohei Morita gives Jen Bass a tour of
the WCCW Horticulture Program Greenhouse. Photo by Derek Thedell.

Environmental Engagement Workshop Series
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the workshop series continues to be suspended. During this reporting
period, only small group workshops were offered in specific conservation and environmental education
programs. We remain hopeful that we can restart workshop series programs at some point.

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Conservation Programs

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SPP’s conservation programs encompass a broad range of goals, activities, and topics, though all sharefour things in common:
1. Focus is on conservation-related education and training: preserving and protecting species,
ecosystems, and/or other natural resources.
2. Dependence on strong collaborations between incarcerated people, corrections staff, students,
SPP staff, scientists, and community experts who share their knowledge, resources, andenthusiasm.
3. Incarcerated participants are partners, students, and technicians; they contribute theirknowledge, improve program operation, and receive education, training, and hands-on
experience. Participants are eligible for academic credit at no expense to the student as they
complete education portfolio requirements.
4. Conservation programs’ success is dependent on each partner contributing their expertise andtime. Programs are designed to maximize benefits to each collaborator.

Sagebrush program liaison Ed Baldwin (left), Conservation Nursery Manager Carl Elliott (right),
and incarcerated gardeners and nursery technicians loading sagebrush for delivery to eastern
Washington. Photo by DOC Staff.

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Conservation Nursery Programs
The SPP Conservation Nursery education and training program continues to grow plants to support
Taylor’s checkerspot butterfly habitat restoration on Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM) and othersouthern Salish lowland prairie sites. The nursery also continued contract growing for the United States
Forest Service (USFS), Olympic National Forest, and WA State Parks for ecological restoration sites orvegetation restoration on de-commissioned roads and trails.

Left: Flowers from the WCC conservation nursery. Photos by Michelle Klim. Right: SCCC Liaison Ed Baldwin poses infront of plant starts in the greenhouse. Photo by Sarah Larson.

SPP changed the seed production at Washington Corrections Center (WCC) to focus on annual plantsthat provide nectar for Taylor’s checkerspot butterflies (TCB). Three species were cultivated, harvested,
and cleaned: Collinsia grandiflora, Valeriana (Plectritis) congesta, and Collinsia parviflora. The brillianceof the blooming field in May and June drew the attention of staff and incarcerated people. The flash ofbling provided a unique opportunity to educate the general population on some of the plants that are
native to the prairie soils under WCC. The final seed was delivered to JBLM to improve TCB habitat.
Our most substantial expansion in 2022 was SPP’s collaboration cultivating plants for shrub-steppe
habitat restoration. This program expands the conservation nursery to prisons in eastern Washington.
SPP is partnering with WDFW to provide credit-bearing education and training for incarcerated students
to cultivate shrub-steppe species adapted to regional ecological conditions. Staff with the Institute forApplied Ecology’s Sagebrush in Prisons Project provided helpful guidance and training resources. In
2022, the program began training and plant production at SCCC. The program also began infrastructure
planning and development at WSP. In subsequent years, partners intend to shift program focus entirely
to WSP to grow plants and seeds through at least 2025.

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Conservation Nursery Manager, Carl Elliott, and sagebrush technicians check on thehealth of the sagebrush plants at SCCC. Photo by Sarah Larson.
Table 9. Summary of key outcomes for SPP conservation nursery programs, January – December 2022 (seeAppendix 3 for abbreviations).

Conservation Nursery Programs
Program
SalishLowlandNursery

Seed
Nursery

Facility

WCCW

Key EcologicalResults
Plugs produced:
15,582# ofTechs

Partners

Key Highlights

5

Nursery Technicians,
DOC, SPP-Evergreen,
JBLM, USFS – Olympic
Mountains

Plants produced for Salish
lowland prairie & forest habitats

3

Nursery Technicians,
DOC, SPP-Evergreen,
JBLMFirst year of production ofdiverse native annuals for TCB
recovery2

Nursery Technicians,
DOC, SPP-Evergreen,
WDFW – Sagebrush
SteppePresented new SPP SagebrushSteppe Conservation Nurserycourse to incarcerated students& staff

Species grown: 20

WCC

Seed production:
22 lbs. 14 oz.
Species grown: 3

SagebrushSteppe
Nursery

SCCC

Plugs produced:
34,675Species grown: 1

Western Pond Turtle Rehabilitation
The turtle program restarted at Cedar Creek Corrections Center (CCCC) in March 2022 following two
years of suspension due to the COVID pandemic. During the time the program was suspended, CCCC
staff remodeled a building for the turtles inside the prison’s secure perimeter. SPP staff helped relocate
the program, revised program procedures, and developed new education resources. The turtle programat Larch Corrections Center remains suspended indefinitely. As a result, the CCCC program was
expanded to accommodate up to twice the previous capacity. We anticipate caring for up to 24 turtles
during the 2023 season.
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SPP Turtle Coordinator Marissa Scoville checks the turtles. Photo by Kelli Bush
Table 10. Summary of key outcomes for SPP western pond turtle program, January – December 2022

Western Pond Turtle Rehabilitation Program at CCCC
Key EcologicalResults

Turtles received
and released: 8

# of
Techs

4

Partners

Key Highlights

Turtle Technicians, DOC,SPP-Evergreen WDFW,PAWS Wildlife
Rehabilitation Center,
Woodland Park Zoo(WPZ), & Oregon Zoo

Revised & enhanced all program procedures;developed new Turtle Rehabilitation Specialist
education portfolio including new workshop &education module content; moved program into
DOC remodeled building within prison’s secure
perimeter; consolidated turtle program from 2
prison sites to 1; planned new Avian Acoustic
Monitoring program to operate in concert w/Turtle
Rehabilitation program.

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Left: a hatchling western pond turtle at Oregon Zoo pops up to say hello. Right: SPP Codirector Kelli Bush holds a newly transferred turtle at CCCC. Photos by Sarah Larson.

Avian Acoustic Monitoring
Throughout 2022, SPP, CCCC staff, andenvironmental scientist Lauren Kuehne,
planned a new Avian Acoustic Monitoring
program. The new education and training
program will be offered to technicians in theWestern Pond Turtle Rehabilitation
program. Participants will learn how to
identify up to 12 species of birds based on
their calls and sonograms (visual
representation of sound). They will also
learn how to use acoustic monitoring
software, data entry and tracking, and more
about birds and forest ecology. We are
excited to start this program early in 2023.

The Cedar Creek team discusses the new Avian
Acoustic Monitoring program. Photo by Kelli Bush.

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Taylor’s Checkerspot Butterfly
Since 2011, the Taylor’s Checkerspot Butterfly Captive Rearing program has reared over 43,000 butterfly
larvae for release onto Salish lowland prairie sites. Despite on-going challenges posed by the pandemic
and staffing shortages, the program continues to thrive. Program technicians demonstrate exemplary
teamwork and skill in caring for these federally endangered butterflies. In 2022, 6 technicians received
21 academic credits by completing requirements of the new Butterfly Captive Rearing Specialist
education portfolio offered Jan-June 2022. SPP-Evergreen staff and partners made significant revisions
to program procedures and developed education portfolio resources and plans. In 2023, we arerestarting the captive breeding component of the butterfly program in response to significant
population decline of this species in the wild.

Top left: SPP Education Manager Sarah Larson checks in on some TCB larvae.
Photo by Kelli Bush. Top right: Two butterfly technicians bringing larvae out of
diapause. Photo by SPP staff. Bottom: Butterfly coordinator Ray Dunning and
WDFW biologist Mary Linders releasing larvae on a prairie. Photo by Sarah Larson.

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“This program was the highlight of my prison experience, and I am proud to say I wasa part of it. I didn’t expect to be involved in something so important to our world andbeing able to [participate] helped me to realize that I have a lot more that I canaccomplish.”- Trina Junkert, SPP Program Exit Form
Table 11. Summary of key outcomes for the SPP Taylor’s Checkerspot Butterfly program, January – December 2022

Taylor’s Checkerspot Butterfly at MCCCCW
Key EcologicalRaven
TurtleResults
Greenhouse Greenhouse# ofTotals Butterfly
Techs

Larvae at
Wake up:

2,753

3,949

6,702

Total
Released:

2,752

3,932

6,684

Wild Adult
Butterflies
Received:

10

Wild Egg
Clusters
Received:

8

8

16

# Resulting
Larvae:

1,689

2,667

4,356

Larvae into
Diapause:

1,662

2,601

4,263

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Partners

Key Highlights

Butterfly Technicians,
DOC, SPP-Evergreen
WDFW, USFWS, Ronda
Naseth (butterfly
husbandry expert),
JBLM, Sentinel Lands
conservation partners

6 Butterfly Techs
awarded 21 credits
awarded; revised &enhanced all butterfly
rearing proceduresComposting
Many Washington prisons have some form of large or small-scale composting program. SPP and
partners are eager to bring education and academic credit to program participants to complement
hands-on sustainability education experience. To reach this goal, SPP-Evergreen, incarcerated experts
and students, academics, community organizations, and DOC staff collaborated to develop the newcredit-bearing Foundations in Composting course. For more information on this new course see Section
4, Education Programs.
Corrections staff and SPP note that composting programs are established and operate at the following
facilities: AHCC, CCCC, MCCCW, OCC, SCCC, and WCC. Several of the incarcerated people and staff at
Washington Corrections Center (WCC) have been working with partners to expand development of arobust composting program with worms, bokashi, and black soldier flies. Their goal is to eventuallycompost 100% of facility food waste. To transform waste into valuable resources, incarcerated
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1. Worms: Worms (also known as red wigglers and the “vermi” in vermicomposting) consume
discarded grains, vegetables, and fruits. Their droppings are called castings, and worm castings
are highly prized as fertilizer and soil amendment.
2. Bokashi: Specialist bacteria can ferment/pre-process citrus, dairy, and meats that the worms
cannot.
3. Black soldier flies: Larvae of a stingless wasp (looks like a fly) that can consume all kinds of foodwaste; the adult form of the black soldier fly produces more larvae that are prized as sustainable
and high-quality animal feed.

A WCC technician shows grown Black Soldier Fly. Photo by Emily Passarelli.

Training and Education
SPP’s Conservation Programs tried to make the best of the last two years by focusing on creating
education and training resources and new education portfolios for incarcerated technicians. We
successfully built the necessary model, tracking tools, education plans and resources to be able to award
academic credit for several conservation programs. Through the new SPP-Prior Learning for Experience(PLE) model, students who complete portfolio requirements, eligible to receive credit through The
Evergreen State College. While we awarded academic credit to a small number of students in 2022, we
expect an increased number of conservation program participants to be eligible for and to receive credit
in the coming years. More information on education portfolios, education modules and conservation
program students completing portfolio requirements in the first year of this new program, please see
Section 4, Education Programs.

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Restorative Nature

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A WCC chicken poses for a picture. Photo by Jen Bass.

SPP aims to bring nature inside prisons for many reasons including for stress relief and other benefits forhuman and non-human organisms. Scientific research shows that when nature is available within
institutional and urban environments, inhabitants experience many positive, therapeutic benefits. In
particular, the Nature Imagery in Prisons Project team, led by SPP co-founder Nalini Nadkarni, foundthat even “vicarious” nature exposure (in the form of nature videos) has beneficial results forincarcerated individuals and staff in the area. Less formally, the therapeutic values of SPP’s programs
have been recognized widely and consistently by both incarcerated and staff partners.
While all SPP programs are intended to offer positive contact with nature, the initiatives detailed on thefollowing page include enjoying nature and/or providing wildlife habitat as their primary functions.
Overall, SPP-Evergreen’s influence on nature imagery programs has been reduced, and many of these
specific initiatives have been suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The following table aims torepresent the status of various initiatives reported by WA Corrections.

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Table 12. Restorative nature and wildlife habitat efforts, January – December 2022 (see Appendix 3 for abbreviations).
PrisonPrograms

Status & Highlights

Pollinator plantings

Growing flowers throughout the main courtyard during the pandemic for human &wildlife well-being; established pollinator stations with bee-friendly plantings

Nature imagery

Individuals in maximum security have access to nature videos. It is a resource
utilized by mental health staff for incarcerated individuals during times of mental
distress.

CBCC

Flower gardens

Continued upkeep of 500 perennials planted last reporting period.

CCCC

Pollinator-friendly
flowers

Planted ~12,000 annual flowers (grown from seed in facility greenhouses) aroundfacility grounds.
Maintained garden designed by incarcerated individuals using native plants, which
honor cultural and natural heritage of area with low water need plants; establishedgarden continues to thrive and add visual beauty.
Restoration of native vegetation continues to thrive outside the fence; propagatedand grew 11 native species.

AHCC

Heritage and flower
gardens
CRCC

Land restoration
Pollinator garden

4-acre garden for bees and other pollinators in minimum security portion of theprison.

Bird feeders

Feeders placed throughout the facility.

House plants

Maintained nearly 300 houseplants in incarcerated living units, no new house plants
were distributed during the reporting period.

Chickens

2 chickens joined the facility to help till the gardens, produce compost, and teachanimal care skills to incarcerated individuals.

House plants

All living units have houseplants and numerous staff have plants in their offices;plants continue to thrive.

Bird boxes

20 bird boxes, 2 bird feeders

Nature Imagery

Information not available during this reporting period.

MCCWSRU

Bird habitat

Multiple bird houses and hummingbird feeders continue to thrive around Education
Building and Gate 7.

Flower gardens

Flower gardens were grown, but bunnies ravaged the flowers and shrubs.

OCC

Water features

1 living unit has a fishpond; the other has a fountain and basin.

LCC

MCCCW

MCCSOU

Pollinator plantings
SCCC

WCC

Lifer garden

Pollinator plants & flowers were maintained, and a new pollinator garden was
created around the beehive area.
Maintained large garden space dedicated to incarcerated men not eligible forparole.

Bird houses

Added 10 new birdhouses to the existing 48 throughout facility.

Chickens

9 chickens have been thriving and part of the Black Soldier Fly program.

House plants

Plants in all shared and staff areas; 7,932 plants were donated to Thurston County
Food Bank, Spelling Bee School Fund Raising, WCC staff, and MCCCW.

Flower gardens

Flower plantings throughout the campus; began using thermal heating in raised
garden bed greenhouses to improve efficiency.

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Community contribution programs provide services and/or goods directly to local communities. Eachfacility provides different services and donations to their local community. They involve programs liketraining pets for adoption or as service animals, donating crafts and products (firewood, quilts) derived
from reclaimed materials, and providing ecological services like habitat restoration.

Jack-o’-lanterns carved from pumpkins grown at CBCC. Photo by DOC staff.

Typically, these programs are partnerships between prisons and community organizations that helporganizations increase capacity and provide incarcerated individuals with opportunities to contribute to
the world outside the fence. Most of these programs predate the formal SPP partnership and operate
without support from SPP-Evergreen. SPP-Evergreen’s role is limited to acknowledging and supportingthese partnerships and providing a comprehensive overview of statewide activities. Overall, these
programs were greatly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, and many are still suspended.

Dog program participants at MCC-TRU. Photo by Peter E. Stewart.

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Dog and Cat Programs
Prior to the pandemic, dog and cat programs flourished in prisons across Washington. Nearly all ofWashington’s prisons have one or more partnerships with community nonprofits for pet programs.
Incarcerated individuals receive education and support from those partner organizations to provide
excellent animal care and obedience training, grooming and boarding, and—in a few cases—service ortherapy animal training. We have heard from incarcerated participants and staff that pet programs
benefit all involved including incarcerated individuals and outside communities. Participants of these
programs often describe working with dogs or cats as transformational. Table 13, below, summarizes
the pet program highlights shared by DOC for 2022.

Happy dogs at CRCC. Photos by DOC staff.

Dog program participants at CRCC. Photo by DOC staff.

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Table 13. Dog and cat programs, January 2022 – December 2022 (see Appendix 3 for abbreviations). Please note: All
dog and cat programs include incarcerated people and DOC staff working in collaboration with non-profit partners.
PrisonProgram

AHCC

Pawsitive dog
training

CBCC

Dog training andadoption

CBCC

Cat program

CCCC

Training dogs
for veterans

CRCC

Ridge Dogs

CRCC

Service dogs forveterans

Brigadoon Service
Dogs

MCC –
TRU

Dog training andadoption

Summit Assistance
Dogs

MCCCW

Pawsitive Prison
Project

Kitsap Humane
Society

Dog training andadoptionDog training andservice dogs forveterans
Prison Pet
Partnership

Olympia Peninsula
Humane Society

Program suspended due to COVID.

Brigadoon Service
Dogs

18 service dogs graduated from this program in 2022.

Prison Pet Partnership

Self-supporting, 2022 data not available.

OCC

SCCC

WCCW

Program Partners
Diamonds in the Ruff,
SpokAnimal, Spokane
Humane Society
Welfare for Animals
Guild (WAG!)
Welfare for Animals
Guild (WAG!)
Brigadoon Service
Dogs
Benton Franklin
Humane, AdamCounty Pet Rescue

Highlights
Program suspended due to COVID.

Program was suspended due to COVID.
In March 2022, 5 cats returned to CBCC. The program has
grown to 14 cat handlers and 11 cats (5 of which are
kittens).
CCCC had 2 dogs and had a total of 5 handlers. They hope
to expand the program in 2023.
100 dogs graduated from the program in the past year.
COVID paused the program for a portion of the year.
CRCC had 3 dogs in the program in 2022.
This program restarted in July 2022. 2 training classes
graduated, 7 dogs were trained by 9 dedicated twoperson handler teams and 13 dedicated dog walkers.
200 cats and 10 dogs were adopted during the reporting
period. There were about 100 incarcerated participants in
2022. Over 1,100 cats adopted since 2006.

Reclaim, Repurpose or Restore, and Donate Programs
Consistent with the earliest days of SPP programs, WA prisons strive to “throw nothing away,” totransform potential refuse into something of value. In some cases, the creations from these programs
help to meet an organization’s need: donating quilts to a housing shelter, refurbished computers forschools, and growing produce for food banks. In other cases, programs donate handmade or restored
creations for organizations’ fundraising events. These programs are best illustrated by statewide
numbers (below). These numbers are likely under-represented due to facility staffing constraints during
this reporting period.

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Table 14. Community contribution programs statewide, January – December 2022 (see Appendix 3 for abbreviations).
Reported Statewide Totals (approximations)

Highest Impact Facility

68,935+ lbs. to food banks & prison kitchens

WCC: 30,093 lbs.

3,711 items donated

WSP’s Sustainable Practices Lab(SPL): 2,300 items

209 repaired

SCCC: 132

Refurbished computers

19,814 computers, parts, and laptops

AHCC: All

Firewood

365 cords prepared for donation

AHCC: 200

Produce grown
Crafts & furnishings fromreclaimed materials
Refurbished bicycles andwheelchairs

AHCC produce ready for donation. Photos by DOC staff.

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Table 15. Community contribution programs to reclaim, repurpose, restore, or donate, January 2022 – December
2022 (see Appendix 3 for abbreviations).
PrisonPrograms

AHCC

Computers 4
Kids

AHCC

Firewood
donation

Spokane Neighborhood Action
Partners (SNAP)In the past year, AHCC prepared 300 cords offirewood for donation, 200 of which were
donated to the community.

AHCC

Gardens, mainand minimum

Master Gardeners, Ronald
McDonald House, Shriners
Children’s Hospital

Donated 3,616 lbs. of produce to Woman’s andChildren Free Restaurant in 2022.

Clallam Bay Food Bank

Donated 1,583.5 lbs. produce to the Clallam Bay
food bank; 78 lbs. were grown hydroponically.

Local tribes

Ozette potatoes were not harvested in 2022.

Centralia College, Littlerock
School District

Grew 5,000 lbs. of produce which were used in
the kitchen.

CBCC
CBCC

Vegetable
gardens
Ozette potato
program

CCCC

Gardens

CRCC –MSU
CRCC –
Main

Gardens,
Minimum

CRCC

Program Partners
Office of the Superintendent of
Public Instruction, WA
Department of Enterprise
Services

Highlights
In the past year, 12 incarcerated individuals
donated 19,814 computers and 15,378 went tosurplus. 2,185 were donated to local schools.

Grew 1,500 lbs. of produce.

Gardens, Main

Harvest Now

Grew and donated 1,500 lbs. of produce to local
food banks.

Teddy bears
fromreclaimedmaterials

Hospitals, API events held at
CRCC, ARC of Tri-Cities, Franklin
County Sheriff’s Office

Program suspended due to COVID.

LCC

Wood craft
donations

Friends of the Carpenter,
Skamania Fly Fisher’s Assoc.

Created and donated 15 wood projects tostate’s CFD, donated 4 projects to the
Duwamish tribe and several others for state
worker’s retirement and to programs forincarcerated individuals.

MCC –
WSRU
MCC –
WSRU

City of Monroe
public flowers
Vegetable
gardens

City of Monroe donates seeds
and soil

Program suspended due to understaffing.

CI Food Services donated seeds

Program suspended due to COVID.

Bikes donated by Snohomish
County Sheriff, Monroe PD,
Marysville PD, Everett PD;
donated to Snohomish County
Boys & Girls Club and the City of
Sultan for National Night Out

Restored 77 bikes that will be donated in 2023.
In December of 2022, 12 bikes and 2 scooterswere sent to the Monroe CCO Office fordonation to kids in need.

Wheels for the World, Joni &Friends

Program suspended due to understaffing.

Kitsap Conservation District,
Central Kitsap Foodbank

Program suspended due to COVID andunderstaffing.

MCC –
WSRU

MCC –
WSRU

MCCCW

SPL Bicycles
from Heaven

SPL
Wheelchair
program
GRACE(Gardening for
Restoration &Conservation

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Education)
Project
MCCCW

Vegetable
gardens

OCC

Firewood for
NativeAmericanPrograms

OCC

Vegetable
gardens

SCCC
SCCC
SCCC

Gardens andgreenhouses
Bicycle Repair
Wheelchair
RepairNorth Mason Food Bank
Olycap, Quillayute Valley
Scholarship Auction, Lake
Quinault Fire Department, OCC
DNR Crew
Peninsula College, Sunshine andRainbows Child Development
Center, Quileute Tribe
Coastal Harvest Food Bank,
Harvest Now
Lions Club
Wheels for the WorldSCCCSBU Knitting
Class

Family Promise

SCCC

SBU Art Class

SCCC

SCCC

SCCC

Correctional
Industries,
Christmas for
Kids, Paint
Shop
Violence
Prevention

Toy Time

Ballard Food Bank

Gardens produced 459 lbs. of produce in 2022,
some was donated to North Mason Food Bankand some was used in facility kitchens.
A total of 165 cords of Native wood sent out tolocal towns, other facilities, and Forks
Scholarship Fund.
Grew and donated ~3,000 lbs. of produce toForks Food Bank.
5,927.60 lbs. of produce sent to Coastal Harvest
Food Bank.
46 bikes repaired and donated in the past year.
86 wheelchairs repaired.
35 knitted hats were donated to individuals
experiencing homelessness, 23 bracelets and 3
necklaces were donated to visiting children, 32
teddy bears were donated to Family Promise.
SBU Art Club created 20 sculpted Madballs
which were given out to facility staff for officedécor.

760 toys were donated to Connections of Grays
Harbor Children’s Advocacy Center

Incarcerated individuals donated a total of 970
lbs. of produce.
Chinese food and soda fundraiser raised $5,741;
40% went to Beyond Survival organization andFamily Promise. Remaining 60% went to the
Sustainability account to support sustainability
programs for incarcerated individuals.
456 houseplants were donated to the Thurston
County Food Bank.

SCCC

COVID-19
Community
Fundraiser

Beyond Survival for victims ofsexual assault

WCC

Plant starts

Thurston County Food Bank

WCC

Vegetable
gardens

Hoodsport Canal Food Bank,
Matlock Community Church,
Thurston County Food Bank,
Kitchen for Homeless CatholicCommunity Services, Koku
services Harvest Now

Incarcerated individuals grew 30,093 lbs. of
produce! 79% was donated to local food banks,
17% used in the CI Kitchen, and 5% consumed
by workers.

WCC

Shoe andclothing
repurposing

Correctional Industries

Program suspended due to COVID.

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WCCW

WCCW

WSP

WSP –
SPL

WSP –
SPL
WSP –
SPL
WSP –
SPL
WSP –
SPL
WSP –
SPL

Gardens andgreenhouses
Sisters ofCharity: quilts,
fabric crafts,
wildlife rescue
Gardens andgreenhouses:
Institutional
Sustainability
GardenOverview ofnumerous SPL
programs
SPL: Wood
Shop & Wood
Carving
SPL: Furniture
Repair
SPL: Art
Program

Tacoma CC, WSU Extension,
Pierce County

Data not available this reporting period.

Community members donate
supplies; various charities
receive items

Data not available this reporting period.

Donated to Blue Mountain
Action Council and New
Beginnings

Donated 3,800 lbs. of produce and 1,000 starter
plants to local schools.

Receive materials donations
from partners; donated to 550
charities since start of SPL in
2012

Donated 5,782 items to non-profits andcharities.

2,790 items were created and donated to
nonprofits and charities.
1,700 work orders for institutional furniture
were repaired and reused.
Various non-profits partners

450 paintings were donated in 2022.

SPL: Quilting

750 quilts were donated in 2022.

SPL: Green
Zone

Grew 16,206 lbs. of produce and over 10,000
plugs were started.

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Pumpkins from AHCC donated to Shriners Hospital. Photo by DOC staff.

Community Work Crews
Many incarcerated residents of minimum-security prisons (LCC, OCC, and CCCC) and units (Minimum
Security Unit = “MSU”) work on offsite crews providing services on public lands and community
organization sites. The pandemic greatly limited the work of these crews, and many of them shifted toworking within the prison grounds instead.
In all, it is estimated that 670 incarcerated individuals were employed in these crews during thisreporting period. With so many programs statewide, SPP still has much to learn about if and how these
programs fit the SPP model. Reported details are shown in the table below.
Table 16. Community work crew special projects, January 2022– December 2022 (see Appendix 3 for abbreviations).
PrisonAHCC

CCCC

Programs

Forestry

Forestry

ProgramPartners

Highlights

DNR

Crews work various timberlands including State Parks, regionalparks, and private lands. Crews participate in providing firewood
to lower income citizens and management of forest lands to aid inconservation of natural resources and prevent wildfires.

DNR

Crews trained in re-forestation, land cleaning, wood-cutting, fire
preventing, and forest firefighting worked with DNR and weredispatched to multiple fire projects.

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work

Multipleagencies

Crews worked an estimates 11,950 supervised crew hours. Thesecrews worked for multiple small cities like City of Hoquiam,
Hoquiam Schools, City of Oakville, South Puget Sound Community
College, and Grays Harbor Community College. They also provided
maintenance for The Orting Soldiers home, Hoss Field, city parks,and on/off ramps along the highway in Thurston County.

LCC

Forestry

DNR, USFS,
EcologyCrews planted ~320,000 trees across 800 acres. Crews were also
dispatched to 24 wildfires. Other services include forest fuelreduction, litter clean-up, and trail and campground maintenance.

LCC

Community
work

Multipleagencies

Despite reductions in crew sizes, crews managed to work 21,440
hours.

OCC

Community
Crew

DNR, otheragencies

Crews maintained local community gardens and grounds, built
trails, painted buildings, and sorted salmon.

OCC

Forestry

DNR, otheragencies

Off-site crews trained in and practice reforestation, wood-cutting,land clearing, and forest firefighting and fire prevention.

CCCC

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Sustainable Operations

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Sustainable Operations programs are managed by a dedicated WA DOC Sustainable Operations Manager(also author of this section); this position was created by WA Corrections to monitor and reduce theenvironmental, economic, and human costs of prisons. Major sustainable operations initiatives include
greenhouse gas emissions, energy, waste, toxins and potable water use reductions.
Sustainable Operations efforts during 2022 focused on energy and water conservation project planningand implementation. The agency has been fortunate enough to work with several partners to support
these efforts. Work with partners included, but is not limited the projects listed in the table below:
Table 17. Summary of sustainable operations projects and partners for 2022. (See Appendix 3 for acronyms)

Partner

Project

U.S Department of Energy’s State &Community Energy Program

Sustainable Corrections Accelerator partnership

U.S. Forest Service Wood Innovations division,
WSU Energy Program, and WA DNRLarch Corrections Center biomass project

The Department of Commerce’s SEEP OfficeOngoing support and leadership of the department’s energy
and emissions reduction efforts

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Continued support of DOC’s sustainable operation planning
efforts and newly targeted technical support and planning
efforts in facility operations

The Department of Enterprise Service’s Energy
Program

Provided guidance and opportunities to implement energy
performance contracts and connected DOC with energy
service companies. This project is described in more detailbelow.

The Washington State Treasure Lease
Purchasing Program

Facilitated the department’s access to and completion of
successful resource conservation projects.

Capital Planning and Development
The Capital Planning and Development leadership team led the agency’s dedicated facility managers inseveral efforts to strengthen the foundations and outcomes of proactive facility maintenance,
preservation, and resource conservation efforts.
During 2022, staff in the Department’s Capital Planning and Development division completed a
substantial, multi-year effort to provide the agency’s facility management with better tools and training
to manage facility infrastructure maintenance and capital planning needs. Major changes due to theeffort include:•

Subscribing to the premise that the most cost-effective measure in achieving resource
conservation and greenhouse gas emission reductions is first and foremost a robust and wellsupported facility maintenance program and well-designed and implemented facility
preservation projects. The Capital Planning division led the DOC Facility Management team in
the adoption of new software tools provided by the energy services company Ameresco.

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•

•
•

•

Becoming a proactive organization by scheduling preventative maintenance tasks. This increases
asset life and extends renewal cycles. Additionally, this supports DOC in moving away from astrictly reactive maintenance process.
Providing easy access to energy, fuel, water, and other resource data, which assists inmanagement and reporting.
Providing capital planning funding need forecasts, risk and priority management, and tools tofacilitate and prioritize funding requests. Facilitating strategic long-range planning to better
identify and fund energy and resource conservation opportunities in DOC prison and work
release facilities.
Facilitating statewide HVAC systems balancing and returning training workshops. These were
facilitated by the agency’s Capital Planning division and presented by Pacific Northwest
Laboratories. This effort brought facility managers the training and support requested in thesustainable operations planning sessions and resulted in marked energy savings.

Project Highlight: Clallam Bay Corrections Center Boiler ProjectThis past year also saw the completion of several energy conservation projects at facilities, including avery successful major energy and resource conservation effort at the remotely located Clallam Bay
Correction Center (CBCC). This was a complex project designed as an Energy Performance Contract anddelivered by the energy services company UMC. The goal of the project was to replace aged and failingoil boilers used for heating. The project team used combined funding resources to expand the project
scope and achieve a wide swath of additional energy and water conservation measures. These
additional measures are resulting in significant cost savings as well as the projected energy, water, andgreenhouse gas emission reductions.
CBCC Project Scope Summary
As mentioned above, the scope of the CBCC project included several energy and water savings measuresand many improvements including:▪ Replacing the fuel oil boiler plant with new propane fired, fully condensing hydronic boilers.
▪ Converting the kitchen steam equipment to electric.
▪ Converting the steam supplied dryers in the laundry to direct fire propane.
▪ Upgrading interior and exterior lighting to LED throughout the entire campus.
▪ Converting the BAS (building automation system) controls from a proprietary system to an
open-source platform.
▪ Outfitting domestic plumbing fixtures with control valves and separate touch screen controls.
▪ Installing submetering at the building level throughout the campus.
▪ Refurbishing heat recovery systems to capture otherwise wasted energy from exhaust air
streams.
▪ Re-commissioning air handlers to restore original functionality and efficiency.
Projected and Achieved Results to Date
As a result of this project CBCC’s:• Energy Use Intensity (EUI) was reduced by 40% from 158.1 to 94.7
• Carbon emissions were reduced by 57% from 2,832 tons per year to 1,609 tons per year.
• Water savings exceed 4,000,000 cu.ft./yr.
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•Unit savings at the baseline utility rates in effect totaled $356,238/yr., which does not include
the savings associated with the switch from fuel oil to propane as commodity cost savings.
Including those savings, the expected annual savings for the project are $761,346/yr. Figure 3
below shows the utility costs savings through approximately 6 to 7 months.

Additional project benefits include:
Utility Rebates: Clallam Bay PUD issued a rebate for lighting improvements associated with this projectof $105,000.00. Additional PUD utility rebates are expected and will be confirmed in the coming
months. In addition, the lighting improvements allowed the incarcerated individuals significantly
increased access to outside activity.
Additional Scope: Due to construction cost savings and availability of unused contingency funds,
several additional improvements were completed along with items in the base scope of work.
Electrification: Due to the conversion from steam to hot water heating, the building’s infrastructure
can more easily be converted to electric equipment in the future as the grid capacity allows.
CBS Compliance: While this project was being developed, the new Washington State Clean BuildingStandard was not in place, and this was not an identified objective. However, the early results indicatethat the campus will meet the new State Clean Building Standard based on the calculated EUI.

Figure 3. 2022 CBCC Utility Costs Savings. It should be noted that the contractual Measurement and Verification (M&V) process
has not been completed; this is a utility consumption comparison from the baseline period to the present period as of March 2023.

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9

The list included in the table below shows WA Corrections sustainability job programs operating during
this reporting period (data provided by WA Correction’s OMNI system). These job programs represent
work involving sustainability, science, and contact with non-human nature. Many of these programs
included little-to-no input from SPP-Evergreen partners. This table also leaves out some sustainability
jobs that have been coded in a non-sustainability categories (e.g., technicians working on composting or
installing energy efficient fixtures).

CRCC Dog Program Graduates. Photo by DOC Staff.

According to OMNI, approximately 2,199 incarcerated individuals held sustainability-related jobs during
this reporting period, which is approximately 16% of the 13,117 people incarcerated in WA prisons as ofDecember 2022. Due to COVID-19 related lock downs and restrictions, many of the assigned workers
were not able to perform their duties during this reporting period.

MCC TRU Beekeepers check their hive. Photo by DOC Staff.

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Table 18. Sustainability Job Programs in WA Prisons, January – December 2022
Note: Does not include volunteers (see above) or students (see Education).

Sustainability Job Program
Bee Conservation Tech / Class Facilitator# of Prison Sites
6

Bicycle Repair

1

Bike & Wheelchair Repair

1

Butterfly Rearing Tech

1

Cat Handler

3

Community Work Crews (includes Clerks)

9Compost Worker / Food Waste Recycler

2Computer Refurbishing

1

Cultural Crafts Program1

Dog Handler (includes service trainers)

10

Dog Walker

2

Forestry I Worker

4

Forestry II Worker

1

Gardening, Organic

1

Horticulture Worker I

8Horticulture Worker II

2

Prairie Plant Conservation

3

Re-Use Fabric-Sustainable / Quilting

2

Recycling Worker / Recycling & Reclamation
Sustainability Worker / Clerk

92

Turtle Technician

1

Waste Treatment Operator I

2

Waste Treatment Operator II

2

Worm Farm Worker / Vermiculture

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10

Program evaluation and research involving incarcerated people requires extensive review and resources
for research design and implementation. Incarcerated people are designated as a “vulnerable
population” to reduce the risk of harm to them. As a result, any inquiries involving incarcerated people
or related data require extensive review and approval processes. SPP-Evergreen and our partners have
not had sufficient resources to research program impacts to the extent we would like. Despite limited
capacity, SPP-Evergreen does our best to learn about outcomes and ways to improve. This section
provides updates on research and projects with external partners, as well as SPP involvement in
graduate student theses.

Research with External Partners
University of Washington
Since the 2021 Annual Report, SPP was approached by UW Professor of Landscape Architecture, Daniel
Winterbottom, to advise on potential research. The research project explores human-natureinteractions in prison and how prisons can be changed to effectively use the therapeutic benefits natureprovides. SPP assisted Dr. Winterbottom in connecting him with the WA Corrections Research and Data
Analytics (RDA) department, recommending research sites, and will introduce him to former staff andprogram participants in the community.
Garden to Kitchen ProjectIn 2020, former SPP Environmental
Workshop Series Coordinator, Erica Benoit,
wrote her MES thesis exploring prisons asfood deserts. Inspired by her work and ourlong-standing gardening program
collaborations, SPP staff and a volunteer
began developing a project to better
understand how to make prison grownproduce more available for incarcerated
people. After gaining support from WA
Corrections Secretary Cheryl Strange, andunderstanding successful programs inother states, a team was assembled tofocus on collaboration between gardens to
kitchens in Washington prisons. The teamAn incarcerated gardener shows off some garden grownincludes members from SPP, DOC HQ, andtomatoes at WCC. Photo by Derek Thedell.
WA DOH (Department of Health) and input
from incarcerated people and DOC facility staff. The team developed a three-phase approach to better
understand Washington’s successes and challenges with using prison grown produce inside the facilities.
First, SPP gathered information from all facility kitchen managers and facility plant managers.
Additionally, SPP hosted four listening sessions with incarcerated gardeners to include their perspectives.
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Emily Passarelli and Jen Bass discuss prison grown produce with incarcerated
gardeners at WCC. Photo by WCC Staff.

Although these listening
sessions were not considered
research, SPP worked closelywith the Research and Data
Analytics Department at DOC
to determine this work
exempt from the research
process. Finally, informationfrom these sources was
summarized in a report
including proposed solutions
and identified resources toaddress the identified
challenges to using prison
grown produce in facilities.

SPP will continue to work on
this project in 2023. The team plans to pursue funding from DOH to assist in overcoming challenges
mentioned by kitchen managers and incarcerated gardeners. SPP, in partnership with DOH, will also
develop new educational resources requested by staff and incarcerated gardeners.

Student Theses
Master of Environmental Studies student Carly Boyd completed her thesis investigating the importanceof accurate environmental conditions during captive rearing of endangered butterflies. Carlycollaborated with incarcerated
Taylor’s Checkerspot Butterfly
technicians on this thesis. She
analyzed seven years of data from
SPP’s Taylor’s Checkerspot
Butterfly Program at MCCCW tounderstand the significance of
maintaining environmental
conditions that mimic natural
conditions in the field. Results
showed that current
environmental targets were often
not met with no clear negative
effects. However, controlledenvironments still prove
SPP Butterfly Coordinators Caryl Boyd and Ray Dunning work with Butterfly
important for captive butterfly
Technicians at MCCCW during larvae wakeup. Photo by Kelli Bush.
rearing.
To learn more about Carly’s research, visit: http://collections.evergreen.edu/s/repository/item/10902

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SPP Network

11

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, SPP had significantly less contact with network connections during thisreporting period. We maintain high value for connectivity to improve programs and increase access to
education.

SPP in Washington State
Staff at SPP-Evergreen maintained contact with all Washington state prisons during the January –December 2022 reporting period. With the exception of OCC, every prison in WA hosts one or moreprograms coordinated by SPP-Evergreen including beekeeping, Foundations in Gardening, and ecologicalconservation programs. Posted below is a summary of SPP-Evergreen’s new and project-specificcontacts within Washington state.
Table 19. SPP-Evergreen's significant new or renewed contacts in Washington State, January – December 2022.
Organization

Interest in SPP

Seattle Tilth

Reviewing Composting Modules

The Nature Conservancy- WA

Discussion re: assessing work programs involving incarcerated
people; advised on listening session process

WA Dept. of Natural Resources

Potential collaboration on arboriculture education

Washington Department of Transportation

Potential collaboration on education and training and postrelease employment

Katherine Beckett, UW BothellInterest in collaborating on developing education modules onenvironmental justice

Sally Brown and Chuck Henry, UW

Authoring composting modules and advising on course outline

Justin Maltry, WSU

Reviewing composting modules

Lily Raabe, Olympia Community Theatre

Activity building advising for composting curriculum

Institute for Applied Ecology

Advised on the Foundations of Composting curriculum creation

Michael Twiggs & Barbara Kaelberer

Interest in aquaponics collaboration

Daniel Winterbottom, UW

Interested in therapeutic gardens in prisons

Department of Ecology

Composting and statewide food waste reduction goals

Grady Mitchell

Advised on hiring practices, provided training during staff
meetings, and partnered on Roots of Success52Collection of organizations that focus on ecological programs in the justice system at the Ecologies for JusticeConference, hosted by SPP-Evergreen, June 2022. Photo by Derek Thedell.

SPP Nationally and Internationally
SPP is recognized by other countries, states, and counties for leadership in environmental education andnature programs in prisons. New interest and involvement in SPP-model programs continues, andongoing relationships and learning exchanges are flourishing. While the “SPP Network” is less formal
than in years past, the total number and significance of contacts continues to expand. The table below
provides a summary, and national interest in SPP-model programming is also summarized in Figure 4.
Table 20. SPP-Evergreen's national and international contacts, January – December 2021 (see Appendix 3 forabbreviations).
New and ongoing contacts:
Title/profession, organization

Topics Discussed with SPP

State/Country

Unconditional Freedom

Sustainability and ecological restoration programs;
potential collaboration

CA

Insight Garden Project, Institute forApplied Ecology, and UC Davis Centerfor Citizen and Community Science

Collaboration and resource sharing regarding reentry
support and ecological conservation programs

CA & ORPhD Student, University of Denver

Assisted by SPP for research at Institute of Human-Animal
Connection

CO

Director, Institute for Human-Animal
Connection, U of Denver

Studying impacts of pet & conservation programs in prisons

CO

Professor, Department of Criminology& Criminal Justice, U of North Florida

Studying impacts of pet programs in prisonsFL

Michigan State University, Dept. Of
Entomology

Interested in bird monitoring programs

MI

DOC Staff – Michigan PrisonsInterested in a beekeeping program for MI facilities

MI

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LoveLoud Foundation

Partnering with SPP to develop and launch composting
programs in Nevada prisons

NV

Alex Sharp, Wheelhouse Media

Served as background resource re: human-centeredlanguage and statistics behind incarceration

VA

Team Pennsylvania Foundation

Interested in impacts of agricultural programs

PA

Ecologies of JusticeNational network of orgs working at the intersection ofprison or jail programs, community-based interventions,environmental justice, and ecological sustainability

National

Transform Prisons International

Interested in improving prisons in Ghana

Ghana

Pasona Panasonic Business Service Co

Request to use SPP Photos

Japan

World Affairs Council

Interested in presentation for delegation from North
Macedonia

PhD Student

Interested in interviewing SPP for research

Macedonia
UK

Figure 4. Prevalence of SPP-style programs nationwide.

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Dissemination

12

Presentations
In this reporting period, SPP staff at Evergreen (SPP-Evergreen) presented at a variety of venues tohighlight specific programs or represent SPP as a whole. A summary of our presentations is represented
in Table 21; this table excludes presentations within established programs. Overall, the number ofpresentations was significantly less than usual due to continued event cancellations resulting from theglobal pandemic.

Ecologies of Justice Conference at The Evergreen State College. Photo by Yoga Beyond Bars guest.
Table 21. SPP-Evergreen Presentations, January – December 2022 (see Appendix 3 for abbreviations).
Date
Presenter(s)
Title
Venue
SPP Overview and Conservation
6/23/2022
Kelli Bush, Carl Elliott
Sentinel Lands Program
Programs
Kelli Bush, Emily Passarelli,
7/22 &
Liz Louie, Carolina Landa,
Ecologies of Justice Conference
The Evergreen State College
7/23/2022
Stacy Moore, Karen Hall
Prison Education Project:
The Evergreen State CollegeKelli Bush, James Jackson,
10/15/2022
Liberation Education, Reentry and Return to Evergreen Alumni
Carolina Landa
Resilience Network
WeekendKelli Bush, Anthony
Evergreen Board of Trustees10/28/2022
The Evergreen State College
Zaragoza, Eirik Steinhoff
Student Success Sub Committee
Kelli Bush, Anthony
11/7/2022
Zaragoza, Eirik Steinhoff,
Evergreen Board of Trustees
The Evergreen State College
James Jackson
12/5/2022

Kelli Bush

Sustainability in Prisons Project

UW Restoration Ecology Class55

SPP Tours
Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, SPP-Evergreen staff and WA Corrections staff at each facility regularly
hosted visitors interested in SPP programs. Visitor restrictions due to COVID-19 limited the number oftours during this reporting period.

WSP SPL manager Chris McGill gives Kelli Bush and Sarah Larson a tour of the SPL composting program. Photo
by Carl Elliott.

Table 22. SPP-Evergreen Tours, January – December 2022 (see Appendix 3 for abbreviations).
Date

Visitors

Tour Area

Facility

5/3/2022

Kelli Bush, NYU, Illinois DOC

SPP Western Pond Turtle Program Area

CCCC

6/16/2022

Leah Randall, Derek
Thedell, Emily Passarelli

Composting and Black Soldier Fly Area

WCC

6/25/2022

Kelli Bush, Carl Elliott, Sarah
LarsonFuture Sagebrush site and SPL garden andprogram areas.

WSP

11/21/2022

Kelli Bush, Derek Thedell

Composting/gardening area.

WCC

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SPP Turtle Program coordinator Marissa Scoville and WDFW biologists take photos
at a turtle release. Photo by Kelli BushMedia Coverage
During this reporting period, no external media visits or interviews were allowed with corrections staff
or incarcerated program participants. The table below includes all the media pieces that SPP-Evergreen
staff tracked during the reporting period.
Table 23. SPP Media, January – December 2022
SourceAuthor
DateWill We Make It
Nalini Nadkarni, Kelli
6/7/2022
Out Alive Season 3 Bush
6/21/2022

Will We Make It
Out Alive Season 3

7/5/2022

Will We Make It
Out Alive Season 3

7/19/2022
8/2/2022
8/12/2022
8/16/2022
8/30/2022
8/31/2022

Will We Make It
Out Alive Season 3
Will We Make It
Out Alive Season 3
WADOC
NewsroomWill We Make It
Out Alive Season 3
Will We Make It
Out Alive Season 3
WADOC
Newsroom

James Jackson, Kelli
Bush
Kelli Bush, Mary
Linders, Carolina
Landa
Kelli Bush, Carl
Elliott
Mary Linders, Liz
Louie
WA Corrections
Kelli Bush, Emily
Passarelli
Emily Passarelli,
Grady Mitchell
Danielle Jimenez

Title
S3E1: From the tree canopy to the prison grounds.
S3E2: Reducing recidivism through education,science, and nature.
S3E3: If you’re not a partner of the solution, you’re apartner of the problem!
S3E4: Plugging away at the South Salish Lowland
Prairies.
S3E5: Why did the caterpillar cross the road? To getto the artillery range.
Cedar Creek Turtle Program: RehabilitatedEndangered Turtles Get Released
S3E6: Letting knowledge and nature in.
S3E7: Success starts at the root.
Incarcerated Women Raise Endangered Butterflies

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Outreach
During this reporting period, SPP posted 5 blog posts (http://sustainabilityinprisons.org/bloggalleries/blog/) to the SPP website (sustainabilityinprisons.org). The blog posts are summarized in thetable below.
Table 24. Popular SPP blog posts, January – December 2022.
Title

AuthorDate

Tacoma Community College’s Horticulture Program is in Full Bloom

Jennifer Bass

12/05/2022

Gardens at Stafford Creek Corrections Center

Sarah Larson

09/20/2022

WCC Seed Nursery

Michelle Klim

08/12/2022

The Cedar Creek Turtles Return

Marissa Scoville

06/03/2022

From Worms to Flies, SPP is Enriching the Soil of 2022 with a New
Composting Program

Derek Thedell

02/04/2022

SPP’s main outlets for social media include Facebook (facebook.com/sustainabilityinprisons/) andInstagram (instagram.com/sustainabilityinprisons/).
The SPP Facebook page gained 37 page likes in this reporting period and the SPP Instagram page gained
50 new followers. During this reporting period, we made 38 posts on Facebook that received over 2,000
likes. The most popular posts are summarized in the following table.
Table 25. Most popular Facebook posts, January – December 2022.
Subject
Share: Women in the TCC horticulture decorate the governor’s mansion
Blog Post: Tacoma Community College Horticulture Program
Giving Tuesday Post
Mark Your Calendar Giving Tuesday Post
Hiring Science and Sustainability Education Manager Post 2
Hiring Science and Sustainability Education Manager Post 1
2021 Annual Report Post
Share: WA DOC Bees at MCCCWWorld Bee Day
Congratulations to Evergreen Faculty Member Carrie LeRoy
Wester Pond Turtle# People
Reached
547
2,049
1,014
1,489
1,240
757
484
353
647
502
368

# Likes
43
6
9
9
8
10
17
19
24
25
22

Date
12/8/2022
12/05/2022
11/29/2022
11/22/2022
9/12/2022
9/2/2022
8/3/2022
7/15/2022
5/20/2022
2/11/2022
2/5/2022

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Appendix 1. SPP Programs
SPP Programs in Washington State Prisons – 2022
We reported on 89 SPP programs in Washington State’s 12 prisons this year; see Table 26, below. Some
additional programs were in development during the reporting period and are not indicated here.
Programs suspended due to COVID-19 are notated below and have plans to resume normal operation in
the future. For links to programs, partner organizations, and highlights for each program, see
http://sustainabilityinprisons.org/spp-programs-in-wa/.
Table 26. SPP Programs reported by all 12 WA prisons (see Appendix 3 for abbreviations).
*Suspended due to COVID-19; **Based of 2021 Reported Programs

Airway Heights Corrections Center (AHCC)
Waste sorting & recycling
Computers 4 Kids
Firewood donation
Nature imagery
Large-scale composting
Forestry
Community work

Reclaimed Water System
Beekeeping
Gardens: Main
Gardens: Minimum
Worm farm: Main
Flower gardens
Pollinators

Clallam Bay Corrections Center (CBCC)
Beekeeping
Waste sorting & recycling
Cat program
Wastewater Treatment

Vegetable gardens
Flower gardens, boxes, baskets
Dog training and adoption*
Farmers Market

Cedar Creek Corrections Center (CCCC)
Waste sorting & recycling
Large-scale composting
Training dogs for veterans
Horticulture
Construction
Water use reduction and catchment
Waste Treatment
Forestry

Community work
Aquaponics
Vegetable gardens
Flower gardens
Acoustic Monitoring
Beekeeping – CCCC*
Beekeeping – McNeil Island StewardshipWestern pond turtle rehabilitation

Coyote Ridge Corrections Center (CRCC)
Land Restoration
Heritage and bee gardens
Garden: Main
Waste sorting & recycling
Ridge Dogs
Service dogs for veterans

Composting: Minimum
Gardens: Minimum
Bee Garden
Gardening Class
CRCC Sustainability Lecture*
Toys for Tots*

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Beekeeping

Larch Corrections Center (LCC)
Gardens
Bird feeders
Wood craft donations
Forestry

Community work
Plantain
Beekeeping

Mission Creek Corrections Center for Women (MCCCW)
Small-scale composting
Waste sorting & recycling
Pawsitive Prison Project andHouse Plants
Cat program and House plants
Gardens
Vegetable gardens

Flower gardens
Wildflower Planting for Pollinators
Chicken Tenders (Chicken Care & Education)
Conservation crews*
Plant and animal habitat*
GRACE (Gardening for Restoration and Conservation
Education) Projects

Monroe Correctional Complex (MCC)
WSR
Bird habitat
Waste sorting & recycling: MSU*
Wastewater Treatment Certification: MSU*
Community Crew: MSU
SOU**
Beekeeping
Vegetable gardens
TRU
Community Aide Coalition: quilting, crochet, textile arts*
Dog training and adoption

Flower gardens*
Vegetable gardens*
Gardening curriculum development*

Nature Imagery
Cat program
Gardens
Beekeeping

Olympic Corrections Center (OCC)
Waste sorting & recycling
Large-scale composting
Wastewater Treatment
Solar power
Firewood for native American programs

Community Crew
Forestry
Gardens
Flower gardens, boxes, baskets

Stafford Creek Corrections Center (SCCC)
Sustainability channel
Large-scale Composting
Waste sorting & recycling
Water catchment
SPL: Bicycle Repair
SPL: Wheelchair Repair
Freedom Tails
Service dogs for veterans

Family Promise of Grays Harbor
Birdhouses
Pollinator plantings
Flower gardens, boxes, baskets
Toy Time
Skill Builder Unit (SBU) Art Class
Gardens and greenhouses
Violence Prevention

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Sustainability Fundraiser
SBU Looming ClassElectric Cars and Charge Stations
Roots of Success

Beekeeping
Prairie Conservation Nursery
Gardening curriculum development

Washington Corrections Center (WCC)
Flower gardens, boxes, baskets
Plant starts
Construction: bus stops, tiny homes, Neighborhood
Pantries, bird houses
Houseplants
Large-scale composting
Waste sorting & recycling
Shoe and clothing repurposing

Training dogs for veterans
Vermiculture/ Soldier Fly and Bokashi composting
Chicken Program
Gardens and greenhouses
Prairie Conservation Nursery
Beekeeping, "Intensive Bee Management Unit"
Gardening in Intensive Management Unit (IMU)

Washington Corrections Center for Women (WCCW)**
Prairie Conservation Nursery
Gardens and greenhouses
Beekeeping
Pollinator plantings
Community College Horticulture
Mother Earth Farm, offsite farm crew*

Prison Pet Partnership
Sisters of Charity: quilts, fabric crafts, wildlife
rescue*Waste sorting & recycling*
Large-scale composting*Washington State Penitentiary (WSP)**
Institutional Sustainability Garden
Waste sorting & recycling
Composting, main
BAR Units
Kitten program*
MSU
Beekeeping*
Flower gardens
Rental garden boxes*
South Complex
Rental garden boxes
Sustainable Practices Lab
SPL: Learning Center
SPL: Wood shop & carving
SPL: Furniture Repair
SPL: Sign shop
SPL: Aquaculture and Aquaponics
SPL: Parole-a-bear
SPL: Worm Farm89 active programs reported by 12 prisonsElectrical upgrades
Water conservation

Crochet Program*Dog program*
Community work crew*

SPL: Art program
SPL: Creative Projects
SPL: Quilting*
SPL: Creative projects
SPL: Water treatment systems*
SPL: Green Zone

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Appendix 2. SPP Partners
SPP Partners in Washington State Prisons – 2022
Complementing the efforts of founding partners, WA Corrections and Evergreen, program partners
contributed to almost every SPP program. Most programs would not be possible without their input,
enthusiasm, and resources. In this reporting period, we have 181 known (reported) partners.
Considering that WSP’s Sustainable Practices Lab has donated program creations to more than 400
charitable organizations, we know the actual number is far greater!
Table 27. SPP Partners and Allies (Partnering with WA Corrections, Evergreen, or both), January – December 2022.
Adams County Pet Rescue
ARC of Tri-Cities
Assist International
Benton Franklin Humane Society
Black Prisoners Caucus
Blue Mountain Action Council
Bogachiel Fish Hatchery
Brigadoon Service Dogs
Calbag Metals
Canyon Creek Cabinet Company
Catholic Charities of Eastern Washington
Center for Natural Lands Management
Central Kitsap Food Bank
Centralia College
Cherish our Children
Christian Aid Center
Christmas for Kids
City of Airway Heights
City of Monroe
City of Ocean Shores
City of Sultan
Clallam Bay Food Bank
Clark County Beekeeping Association
Clark County Food Bank
Coastal Harvest
Correctional Industries
Diamonds in the Ruff
Dolly Haakenson
Domestic Violence Services of Snohomish County
Duke University
Everett Police Department
Evergreen Hospice
Kitsap Conservation District

Evergreen Education Coalition for Justice Involved
Students
Fallen Outdoors
Family Promise of Grays Harbor
Farm to School
Forks Chamber of Commerce
Forks Lions Club
Forks Soroptimists
Forks Timber Museum
Franklin County Sheriff’s Office
Friends of the Carpenter
Friends of Puget Prairies
Friends of Willapa Wildlife Refuge
Great Peninsula Conservancy
GRACE Project
Habitat for Humanity
Hard Headz
Harvest Now
Holy Rosary Church
Hood Canal School District
Hood Canal Food Bank
Hope Crew
Humane Society for Southwest Washington
I-CON Systems, Inc.
Institute for Applied Ecology
Institute for Human-Animal Connection
Interfaith Family Shelter
Jefferson Land Trust
Joint Base Lewis-McChord
Justice Involved Students Group, Evergreen
K & S Recycling
Kaff Zanjira
Kalaloch Lodge
Providence Hospital

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Kitsap Humane Society
Kiwanis Hoodsport
Korean Women’s Association
Lake Quinault Fire Department
Lamb Weston
Lettuce Grow
Lions Club
Little Bit Therapeutic Riding Center
Little Earth Farm
Littlerock Elementary School
Makah Tribe
Marysville Police Department
Master Composters
Master Gardeners
Matlock Community Church
Mid-Columbia Beekeepers
Millers Homestead
Monroe Community Senior Center
Monroe Police Department
Mother Earth FarmNASA Astrobiology Program
Nature Imagery in Prisons Project (NIPP)
North Mason Food Bank
North Olympic Peninsula Beekeepers Association
Northwest District Beekeepers Association
Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections
Ohio State University
OlycapOlympia Beekeepers Association
Olympia Community Solar
Olympic Natural Resource Center
Olympic Peninsula Humane Society
Oregon Food BankSPP Oregon - Oregon Department of Corrections
Oregon State University Extension Service
Oregon Zoo
Over the Rainbow Fabrics
Pacific Rim Institute for Environmental Stewardship
PAWS
Peninsula College
Pioneer United Methodist Church
PPL Electric Utilities
Project 41
Un-loop
Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle

Purrfect Pals
Quileute High School
Quileute Tribe
Quillayute Valley Scholarship Auction
Quillayute Valley School District
Relay for Life
Roots of SuccessSalmon for Soldiers
Samish Nation
Sarge’s Place for Homeless Vets
Seattle Children's Hospital
Shriners Hospital for Children
SNAP Spokane
South Sound Prairies
Snohomish County Boys & Girls Club
Snohomish County CTA
Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office
Snohomish Tribe
Spokane Humane Society
SpokAnimal
SPP Tasmania
St. Leo’s Parish – Tacoma
Summit Assistance Dogs
Sunshine and Rainbows Child Development Center
Sustainable Living Center
Swedish Hospital
Symbiotic Cycles
Tacoma Community College
Texas Department of Criminal JusticeThurston County Food Bank
Tilth Alliance
Town of Clearwater, WA
Treehouse for Kids
Tri-Cities Toys for Tots
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
U.S. Forest Service
Union Gospel Mission
University Beyond Bars
University of Utah
University of Washington Ecosystem Science Division
University of Washington Composting and Waste
Treatment Scientists
University of Washington – Tacoma, Professors
Criminology & Restoration Ecology
Welfare for Animals Guild (WAG)
West Columbia Gorge Humane Society
West Plains Beekeepers Association

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Walla Walla Sustainability Living CenterWest Sound Beekeepers Association
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
West Sound Wildlife Shelter
Washington Office of Superintendent of Public
Westlake Shelter
Instruction
Washington State Beekeepers Association (WASBA)
Westport Shipyard
Washington State Board of Community and TechnicalWheels for the World
Colleges
Washington State Department of Ecology
Whidbey-Camano Land Trust
Washington State Department of Enterprise Services
Wolf Haven International
Washington State Department of Natural Resources
Woodland Park Zoo
Washington State Department of Transportation
Wormfarm InstituteWashington State Parks
WSU Department of Entomology
Waste Connections
WSU Extension, Pierce County
Waste Management
YWCA
181 reported organizations + 100s more charities receiving donations

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Appendix 3. Abbreviations
Table 28. Common abbreviations found in current report.
Prisons
AHCC
Airway Heights Corrections Center, Airway Heights (near Spokane)
CBCC
Clallam Bay Corrections Center, Clallam Bay (northwest Olympic Peninsula)
CCCC
Cedar Creek Corrections Center, Littlerock
CRCC
Coyote Ridge Corrections Center, Connell (south, central Washington)
LCC
Larch Corrections Center, Yacolt (northeast of Vancouver)
MCC
Monroe Correctional Complex, Monroe (northeast of Seattle)
MCC-SOU
Monroe Correctional Complex, Special Offender Unit
MCC-TRU
Monroe Correctional Complex, Twin Rivers Unit
MCC-WSR
Monroe Correctional Complex, Washington State Reformatory
MCCCW
Mission Creek Corrections Center for Women, Belfair (Kitsap Peninsula)
OCC
Olympic Corrections Center, Forks
PPP
Pawsitive Prison Project
SCCC
Stafford Creek Corrections Center, Aberdeen
WCC
Washington Corrections Center, Shelton
WCCW
Washington Corrections Center for Women, Gig Harbor
WSP
Washington State Penitentiary, Walla Walla
WSP-MSU
Washington State Penitentiary, Minimum Security Unit
WSP-BARWashington State Penitentiary, Baker Adams Rainier Unit
Agencies & Organizations
ABKA

American Boarding Kennel Association

CI
Correctional Industries
CPD
Capital Planning & Development (WA Corrections)
CNLM
Center for Natural Lands Management
DNR
Department of Natural Resources
DoD
Department of Defense
Evergreen
The Evergreen State College, a public, four-year institution
HSSW
Humane Society for Southwest Washington
IAE
Institute for Applied Ecology
JBLM
Joint Base Lewis-McChord
NSF
National Science Foundation
OR ZooOregon Zoo
RDA
Research & Data Analytics (WA Corrections)
SBU
Skills Building Unit
SPL
Sustainable Practices Lab
SPP
Sustainability in Prisons Project
USFWS
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
WA Corrections
Washington State Department of Corrections
WDFW
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
WPZ
Woodland Park Zoo
WSDOT
Washington State Department of Transportation
WSIRB
Washington State Institutional Review Board
Definitions & General Abbreviations
MAX
Maximum custody areas are also called IMUs (Intensive Management Unit) and segregation
MED
Medium custody includes close custody, which has less freedom, and general population.
Minimum custody areas are also called MSUs (Minimum Security Unit). WA has three prisons (CCCC, LCC,
MIN
and MCCCW) that are wholly MIN and house incarcerated individuals with four years or less remaining on
their sentences.
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OMNI
Offender Management Network Information
PPE
Personal Protective Equipment