Prison contemplative programs
Practices like meditation and yoga offered at correctional institutions / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Prison contemplative programs are classes or practices (which includes meditation, yoga, contemplative prayer or similar) that are offered at correctional institutions for inmates and prison staff. There are measured or anecdotally reported benefits from studies of these programs such a stress relief for inmates and staff.[1] These programs are gaining in acceptance in North America and Europe but are not mainstream.
These rehabilitation programs may be part of prison religious offerings and ministry or may be wholly secular. Of those sponsored by religious organizations some are presented in non-sectarian or in non-religious formats. They have had increasing interest in North American and European prisons since the early 1970s.[2][3] Contemplative practices in prison however date back at least to Pennsylvania prison reforms in the late 18th century[4][5] and may have analogs in older correctional history.
In North America, they have been sponsored by Eastern religious traditions, Christian groups,[6][7] new spiritual movements such as the Scientology-related Criminon prison program, as well as interfaith groups.