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- Up one level
- A Symphony of Silence - compendium on TM in corrections
Video
- David Lynch Foundation - Prisons
- DLF teaches 20 inmates and 3 staff at NYC's Rikers Island
- La Méditation Transcendantale en milieu carcéral au Sénégal
Four-part video (total 30 min) in French describes the implementation of the Transcendental Meditation program in 31 Senegalese prisons in 1987.
- Meditacion Trascendental en Centros de Rehabilitacion, Carceles y Prisiones de Todo el Mundo
In Spanish; en espanol
- Published studies on TM in corrections and rehabilitation
- TM in a Dominican prison (English, espanol)
- TM in Oregon prison and RCT
In fall 2009, the Oregon Department of Corrections, in collaboration with Dr. Sanford Nidich at Maharishi University of Management, began a randomized controlled study designed to investigate the effects of the Transcendental Meditation technique on high-risk inmates.
- TM in prisons in Latin America and Spain
Per Antonio Goncalves, 3/18/2015
- Vermont experience
During the early 1980s, the Vermont Department of Corrections introduced TM for inmates and corrections personnel in many institutions, but I've found few specifics on the program or its results.
- Washington Post - Meditation behind bars
Sandy Rovner, Washington Post, Sept 10, 1991 "Corum is 50 years old now and has been out of jail -- paroled -- for about four years. He married a corrections officer and is finishing up a pre-law course with a 3.7 grade point average at the University of California at Bakersfield. He plans to go to law school in the fall, although he knows that "with my felony background, there is serious doubt I'll ever get admitted to the bar." ... The difference between now and then, he says, is TM -- transcendental meditation, a method of deep relaxation through meditation that had its first burst of popularity in the U.S. in the 1960s ..."
- Women’s Prison Association Brings Transcendental Meditation to Women with Criminal Justice Involvement
Rebecca Pak, David Lynch Foundation, October 28, 2015 The Women’s Prison Association (WPA) is a social service organization based in New York City that works with women at all stages of criminal justice involvement. We promote alternatives to incarceration and help women avoid future arrest by making positive changes in their lives. Inside prison, we are a resource of support to women as they plan for release. After incarceration, women come to WPA to build the lives they want for themselves, their families and their community.