Meditation in prisons
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The experience of being in prison offers some inmates an opportunity to reflect more deeply on the way they have approached life, and an opportunity to bring about changes.
Wildmind has been active since 2003 in the State Prison for Men in Concord, New Hampshire, working with inmates who have an interest in meditation or Buddhism.
More recently we’ve been involved in working with another group of men in North Central Correctional Institution in Gardner, Massachusetts.
This section of the site covers issues related to the practice of meditation in prison, gives details of a book ("Buddhism Behind Bars") that Wildmind is sponsoring.
This section also tells you about the free guided meditation cassettes that we supply to inmates.
Comments
Comment from Joan
Time: August 22, 2007, 3:36 pm
My son is in prison and would like to recieve books or information from you. He needs a paper on letterhead with your name on it and that you offer free books etc. to inmates. Please let me know if you can do this and I will send you his address. Thanks Joan
Comment from Bodhipaksa
Time: August 22, 2007, 3:41 pm
Hi Joan,
Yes, we can certainly do this. Please use our contact form (see the horizontal navigation links at the top of any page) so that you can give us your son’s address in confidence.
Comment from Nick
Time: December 24, 2007, 7:28 am
I am wondering whether you have established links with Bo Lozoff and his Prison Ashram Project (http://www.humankindness.org/) who have been doing this work for thirty years or so? He is always receptive to links with other organisations who want to promote meditation in prison.
Comment from Bodhipaksa
Time: December 24, 2007, 11:16 am
Hi Nick: We don’t have any formal links with Bo, although when he was in New Hampshire recently I had the great honor of having dinner with him and I very much enjoyed the event he ran at the prison.
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