Coyote Ridge Corrections Center (CRCC)
Program | Program Partners (partner with DOC, Evergreen, or both) | Recent highlights – updated August 2019 |
Roots of Success, environmental course | Roots of Success | 231 graduates since start of program; organizing instructor training to restart the program |
Beekeeping | Mid Columbia Beekeepers Ass’n, Washington State Beekeepers Association | No bee classes in 2019; graduated 19 Beginners previously; 2 hives; former SPP program manager donated to the program |
Plant and Animal Habitat | Bird boxes, owl box, and pollinator box in garden; built 8 bee boxes in past year. | |
Land restoration | Lamb Weston | Propagated and grew eleven native species for native plant restoration outside the fence |
Heritage and bee gardens | Several pockets of native and polllinator-specific plants. Two Heritage Gardens, incarcerated designers, honor the cultural and natural heritage of our local area, native plants and chunks of columnar basalt | |
Garden: Main, maintenance area | Harvest Now | ~1,000 ft2 of vegetables and pollinator plants; half to food bank and half to kitchen |
Waste sorting & recycling | Sorted ~152 tons of recyclables in past year: metals, cardboard, paper, plastic | |
Toys for Tots | Tri-Cities Toys for Tots, Shriners Hospital for Children | Donated 150 toys and crafts in the in past year |
Teddy bears from reclaimed materials | Hospitals, API events held at CRCC, ARC of Tri-Cities, Franklin County Sheriff’s Office | Donated 600 teddy bears to partners and benefit events |
Ridge Dogs | Benton Franklin Humane, Adam County Pet Rescue | 131 dogs graduated from the program in past year! |
Service dogs for veterans | Brigadoon Service Dogs | New: Set up video conferencing with Brigadoon; currently training 2 dogs |
Gardens: Minimum | Food pantries | 2,200 ft2 of gardens produced more than 6000 lbs in 2018; half goes to kitchen and half to local food banks |
Pollinator garden: Minimum | Lamb Weston | 4 acre garden for bees and other pollinators! |
Composting: Minimum | Food pantries | Produced 8.65 tons of compost in past year |
Articles about CRCC
2018
Coyote Ridge Corrections Center looks gray, but it’s the “greenest” prison in the nation!
Liaisons are our Roots for Success
2017
Letter from one of the Roots Master Trainers
Fracking Lecture at Coyote Ridge Corrections Center
2016
Accountability: Brainstorming article
Climate Science at Coyote Ridge Corrections Center
2015
Growing Sagebrush in Central Washington
2014
CRCC Roots Course Leads to Inmate Interest in Sustainability