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Why Do So Many Buddhists Work With Prisoners?

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NEW: PDN Searchable Database


Check out our new searchable database of prison dharma organizations and groups around the world!

PDN's Network of Prison Dharma OrContinue

Posted by Prison Dharma Network on February 8, 2010 at 3:30pm

JILL RAND

RE: TROUBLE ON DEATH ROW, JACKSON GA

Friends,

Please help...by sending letters to Commissioner of the prison, attorney general, senators, and representatives in Georgia!

As of January 1st, 2010...severe punitive measures have been initiated for Death Row in Jackson, Georgia.

Contact Visits were taken away...

http://sundaypaper.com/More/Archives/tabid/98/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/4964/Trouble-on-death-Continue

Posted by JILL RAND on February 2, 2010 at 1:08pm

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Dalai Lama and Harrison Ford Film Inspires Prison Inmates to Resolve Conflicts


Dalai Lama and Harrison Ford Film Inspires Prison Inmates to Resolve Conflicts

The Dalai Lama Renaissance film, narrated by Harrison Ford, and a Q&A with Director Khashyar Darvich, offer insights on inner peace to men behind bars, half of whom are incarcerateContinue

Posted by Prison Dharma Network on February 2, 2010 at 9:16am

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Mindfulness Bell: Sangha Behind Bars


Mindfulness Bell articles on prison sanghas. Pages 19-24 of the attached pdf. MindfulnessBell.pdf

Posted by Prison Dharma Network on February 2, 2010 at 9:12am

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Picture Show: Free Again


In "Free Again," the photographer Yusuf Sayman chronicles the day-to-day challenges associated with the re-entry process that follows a long prison sentence. His subjects are Tarik, a man in his third week of freedom after a four-year prison sentence (which began when he was just 16), and Dori… Continue

Posted by Prison Dharma Network on February 2, 2010 at 8:44am

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Do Better Nutrition And Gardening Programs in Prisons Mean Less Violence?


By Rachel Cernansky
Boulder, CO, USA | Wed Jan 13, 2010 10:30 AM ET

Prisons are not known for their culinary delights, but the lack of nutritionally-balanced meals for prisoners may actually be contributing to the cycle of violence that our country's prison system has not been all that successful in… Continue

Posted by Prison Dharma Network on February 2, 2010 at 8:42am

David Chura

Juvenile Justice Done Right? Send 'em to Boot Camp! That's Right: Boot Camp!

By now I thought the shocked reactions to the Department of Justice’s report on sexual abuse of juveniles in detention centers would’ve disappeared. But articles and editorials from across the country continue to appear as states grapple with shocking numbers that won’t go away. Will all this worry and lament translate into change? Who knows?

The one thing I’m pretty sure won’t change is America’s fear of these new barbarians marauding our streets in hordes (except today we call them “gangs.”)… Continue

Posted by David Chura on February 1, 2010 at 9:09am

Andre Hurlburt

Launch of web site: http://vipassana-dhammabrother.com

I was "introduced" to Grady Bankhead, one of the Dhamma Brothers at Donaldson Correctional Facility, through the documentary film of the same name. It is such a powerful and inspiring story of the brutal life experiences of the inmates and the redemption found in Vipassana Meditation that I immediately enrolled in a 10-day Vipassana course in Colorado. I decided that if the men that I saw in the documentary could endure being in a maximum-security prison that is frought with violence, unbearable… Continue

Posted by Andre Hurlburt on January 28, 2010 at 5:34pm

 
 

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