The tables below provides a brief overview and highlights of SPP-type programs outside of Washington State. The table does not include several well-established corrections programs that developed independent of SPP, and are regarded as valuable allies in bringing nature and environmental education programs into corrections facilities.

In Ohio, a state of the art aquoponics facility raising trout as animal feed for a partner zoo.
Organization | Sustainability/environmental programs or interest | State | Country |
SPP-Oregon: Oregon Department of Corrections, Institute for Applied Ecology, and others | Programs in all adult and youth facilities: well established conservation, gardening, and reclaimed materials programs | Oregon | United States |
Sustainable Jails Project, Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office | Well established sustainable operations; nature imagery enhancements | Oregon | United States |
Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction | Well established sustainability programs in all facilities, Roots of Success (environmental curriculum) established in most, partnerships with zoos and wildlife shelters to grow animal feed and care for hurt animals | Ohio | United States |
Maryland Green Prisons Initiative: Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services | Food and flower gardens in multiple facilities, several pet programs, honeybee programs | Maryland | United States |
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office | Farm, recycling, and bee classes, 50-100 acres cultivated | California | United States |
The Sustainability Project, Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office | Landscape program in both jails, classroom and praticum, well established sustainable operations and resource savings, lawn conversion | California | United States |
Initiative to bring Science Programs to the Incarcerated (INSPIRE), University of Utah | Monthly lecture series at prison, jails, and youth facilities, conservation programs, nature imagery program development | Utah | United States |
SPP-Tasmania | Sustainable operations and education programs | Tasmania | Australia |
Ministry of Justice Estates Cluster | Plans and programs protecting the property’s native flora and fauna | England and Wales | |
Interstate Initiatives | Sustainability/environmental programs or interest | State | Country |
Sagebrush in Prisons Project, Institute for Applied Ecology | Conservation nurseries in 6 western states; thriving program in 20177; funding in question for 2018 | Oregon, Idaho, Washington, Nevada, Utah, and Montana | United States |
Nature Imagery in Prisons Project | Therapeutic nature imagery (usually video) in maximum security and other corrections residences, and/or in classrooms and staff rooms | Alaska, Nebraska, Florida, Oregon, Wisconsin, Utah, and Washington | United States |
Astrobiology for the Incarcerated, NASA, SPP-WA, INSPIRE | Astrobiology lectures and workshops | Utah, Washington, Ohio | United States |
Institute for Human Animal Connection, University of Denver | Studying impacts of pet programs in prisons | Colorado, Washington | United States |
Significant/recent program development | Sustainability/environmental programs or interest | State | Country |
Travis County Corrections | Developing new programs | Texas | United States |
Sheriff’s office, Alachua County | Developing new programs | Florida | United States |
Bureau of Land Management, Institute for Applied Ecology | Developing new programs | New Mexico | United States |
Department of Geology Southern Illinois University Carbondale | Developing similar programs | Illinois | United States |
Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women | Adding gardens and greenhouses | Virginia | United States |
Secure Custody Instructor, North Fraser Pretrial Centre | Worm composting, following WA Corrections, MCC model | British Columbia | Canada |
Department of Conservation & Natural Resources | Developing an arboriculture program | Pennsylvania | United States |
Freelance journalist & author, consultant at Shimane Asahi Rehabilitation Program Ctr Interested in SPP programs in their area | Developing similar programs, enhancing existing programs | – | Japan |
Facility Management Services, CO DOC | 6 statewide reduction goals; want to initiate SPP model programs | Colarado | United States |

Healing garden designed and installed by incarcerated landscaping students in Santa Clara County. Screen shot from video by Jose Morales.