Where Security Meets Ecology

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A green prison sounds unlikely - especially in the US. But a ground-breaking facility in America wants to improve the environment as well as crime rates. By Rob Sharp

Environmentally friendly prisons. Liberals think they're a no- brainer, right-wingers might view them as just another hand in the public purse. Do the world's incarcerated now have a responsibility to save the planet?

The Washington State Department of Corrections seems to think so. This week, the US Green Building Council awarded the department North America's most prestigious environmental award - a plaque for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design - for a 21-building, medium-security …