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This article represents an environmental epidemic among prisons nationwide, and indicates exactly why “the greenest prison is an empty one” ... The cache of state records obtained by the Human Rights Defense Center here reveals that roughly half-a-million gallons of sewage water and other contaminates have been dumped from the Monroe prison’s wastewater system over the last eight years, polluting rivers and wetlands in the Puget Sound watershed.

The dangers of turning police officers into revenue generators.

The half-a-billion dollar cost of building this prison isn't its only problem; along with the over-incarceration that is tearing human communities apart, there is also a serious environmental toll.

AR-CURE along with numerous prisoner families,criminal justice advocate groups, individuals and organizations are in a 'full court press' to have the FCC regulate the cost of prison phone calls.

The Human Rights Defense Center’s Prison Ecology Project is creating tools to dismantle toxic prisons. We are the only group focused on the intersection of environment and mass incarceration. Your contributions will provide needed start-up funds for on-the-ground work to bridge the gap between criminal justice reform and environmental movements.

The EPA has never cited the health and safety of prisoners exposed to such environmental conditions as a factor in prison inspections or in the permitting of new facilities.