The Stafford Creek Corrections Center recycles metal, plastic and paper that would otherwise end up in landfills.

The Evergreen State College and Washington Department of Corrections · Sustainable Prisons Project

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Project Leadership

For information about the history, partnership and activities of the Sustainable Prisons Project:

Nalini Nadkarni, Ph.D., Project Co-Director: nadkarnn@evergreen.edu
Member of the Faculty, The Evergreen State College
President, International Canopy Network
The Evergreen State College
Environmental Studies – Lab II
2700 Evergreen Parkway NW
Olympia, WA 98505
(360) 867-6621
www.nalininadkarni.com

Dan Pacholke, Project Co-Director: djpacholke@DOC1.WA.GOV
Deputy Director of Prisons
Washington State Department of Corrections
Prisons Division – Command A
7345 Linderson Way SW MS: 4101
Olympia, WA 98504-1101
(360) 725-8779

Jeff Muse, M.S., Project Manager: musej@evergreen.edu
The Evergreen State College
Environmental Studies – Lab I, 3064
2700 Evergreen Parkway NW
Olympia, WA 98505
(360) 867-6767

Project Advisors

For information about sustainability and environmental initiatives at the Washington State Department of Corrections:

Pat Glebe, Superintendent: prglebe@DOC1.WA.GOV
Stafford Creek Corrections Center
191 Constantine Way
Aberdeen, WA 98520
(360) 537-1810

David B. Jansen, P.E., LEED AP, Director of Capital Programs: dbjansen@DOC1.WA.GOV
Washington State Department of Corrections
PO Box 41112
Olympia, Washington 98504-1112
(360) 725-8354

Julia Vanneste, Sustainability Coordinator: javanneste@DOC1.WA.GOV
Washington State Department of Corrections
PO Box 41112
Olympia, Washington 98504-1112
(360) 725-8396

Hisami Yoshida, Superintendent: hyoshida@DOC1.WA.GOV
Cedar Creek Corrections Center
PO Box 37
Littlerock, WA 98556-0037
(360) 359-4101

Partner Profile

Liesl Plomski
Graduate Assistant, MES Program
The Evergreen State College

A native of Shelton, Washington, where the Olympic Mountains spill into South Puget Sound, Liesl assists the Sustainable Prisons Project while obtaining a Master of Environmental Studies at Evergreen. Always on the go, she provides essential support for our science-in-prison projects, working closely with inmates and correctional staff who raise frogs, bees and prairie plants with visiting scientists. With Evergreen bachelor’s degrees in ecology and environmental studies, Liesl worked three years on restoration projects for Washington State agencies before returning to the college as a graduate student. Today, when not counting wayward crickets or fixing heaters in the frog tank, Liesl is exploring a thesis to map the biodiversity of prison environs and to identify opportunities for inmates to conserve the plants and wildlife that share their neighborhood.

Above: Graduate students learn valuable leadership skills while working for the Sustainable Prisons Project. Here, Liesl Plomski checks on the progress of Oregon spotted frogs in the rearing tanks at Cedar Creek.