Doing Good While Doing Time | Ensia

Doing Good While Doing Time | Ensia:

A partnership between The Evergreen State College and the Washington State Department of Corrections, the SPP offers inmates “the chance to get engaged in something positive and learn about science,” says Trivett. In addition to saving tax dollars and resources through programs such as recycling and organic gardening, the project contributes to prisoners’ well-being by giving them something worthwhile to do and a sense of accomplishment that can’t be measured. “There is a high degree of investment, a level of job satisfaction that is rare to see outside of prison, let alone inside,” she says.

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