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2011
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What are viable strategies for cutting costs while protecting the public’s safety? Corrections can achieve some substantial cost savings in sustainability or greening strategies. This publication “provides correctional professionals with a framework ... Read More
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2011
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“The guidebook provides correctional administrators with a brief, yet comprehensive and informative, view of sustainability-oriented green technologies” (p. 6). Seven chapters follow an executive summary and introduction: integrating technology and p... Read More
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2010
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“We connect prisons with nature.” This website should be an essential resource when one is devising strategies for greening efforts in ones jurisdiction. Access is provided to: what the program does; about the program’s mission, vision, history, and ... Read More
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2010
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A large amount of information regarding the sustainability efforts of the Washington State Department of Corrections can be found at this website. Access is provided to: Sustainability Reports; the Sustainability Prison Project; energy and fuel; wate... Read More
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2010
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Sustainability does not always need to involve a grandiose setting. It can also be on a smaller scale—one inmate at a time. The Insight Garden Program (IGP) at San Quentin “provides rehabilitation to self-selected prisoners through the process of or... Read More
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2010
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This is the article to read if you are interested in setting up a greening program that not only benefits society but also trains offenders for employment in the green fields on release. The Sustainability Prison Project, a partnership between the Wa... Read More
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2010
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“As inmates learn to care for a garden while in prison, they have more nutritious food to eat themselves, extra to share, and a valuable skill set for when they are released" (p.1). What is particulary nice about this article is its links to projects... Read More
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2010
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This paper can help individuals “in their work to overcome systemic barriers and fundamentally transform the opportunities of people with criminal records in society and build healthy communities of opportunity for all” (p.1). Sections of this public... Read More
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2010
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This live broadcast on July 14, 2010, seeks to increase environmental awareness among corrections professionals and focus attention on the need to make correctional facilities more energy and resource efficient. The broadcast will also explore the fe... Read More
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2010
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Information about the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) can be found at this website. Points of entry include: an introduction to LEED; LEED Version 3; LEED rating systems; project certification; professional accreditation; and LEE... Read More
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2009
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This article is for those interested in how the Federal Bureau of prisons is trying to save energy. Some of their strategies can be applied to other correctional agencies. Some energy saving measures include: requirement of energy savings performance... Read More
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2009
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Energy conservation projects of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation that will save $3.2 million and 25 million kilowatt hours per year are described. Entry points are: energy saving links -- solar power, water savings, energy... Read More
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2009
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Information about the Sustainable Prisons Project whose aim is to help prisons "save money while rehabilitating" inmates is available at this website. Points of access are: about us; what we do -- pilot activities; media room -- scientific and popul... Read More
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2009
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The utilization of a web-based Reusable Case Management System (RCMS) by the New York City Department of Probation to send judges offender reports prior to sentencing hearings is described. Not only are considerable amounts of paper, ink, energy, e... Read More
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2009
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Information is provided about the greening of the Alameda County Juvenile Justice Center (JJC) in San Leandro, California. Sections of this article are: designing a green justice facility—renewable energy, energy efficiency, water efficiency, and gre... Read More
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2009
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The strength of this article is in its discussion of an often forgotten part of greening a facility—the use of environmentally safe cleaning products and practices. The Alameda County Juvenile Justice Center in San Leandro, California is the green fa... Read More
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2009
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Individuals wanting to get up to speed on the application of greening practices to corrections should look at this article. The panelists, Gene Atherton, Jerry Elmblad, Todd Gundlach, and John Armstrong, of the ACA Greening of Corrections panel discu... Read More
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2009
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While dealing specifically with the carbon cost of crime in England and Wales, this report is a valuable resource for those individuals involved in greening corrections. Its uniqueness lies in giving estimated carbon costs of particular crimes. Sect... Read More
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2008
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The solar power services agreement (SPSA) between SunEdison (North America's biggest solar energy services provider) and Ironwood State Prison is explained. The result of this partnership is a 1.18 megawatt (MW) ground-mounted photovoltaic solar syst... Read More
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2008
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Information about Washington State DOC buildings that are designed and constructed according to LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Silver standards is provided at this website.... Read More
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2008
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Articles included in the “Green Scene” section of this issue are: “Transylvania Commissioners Sink Teeth into Green Jail Plan”; “Offner: Do Everything You Can to Build and Live Green” by Gregory J. Offner; “Green Design Elements Distinguish Durrant’s... Read More
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