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Yoga and Meditation Improve Life Behind Bars and Beyond

Yoga and meditation have a host of benefits for prisoners. The Bureau of Justice Statistics has found that within five years of release, 76 percent of prisoners released in the U.S. re-offend. Breaking this cycle requires radical reforms in rehabilitation methods, and some surprising approaches are showing promising results —  downward dog and mantra chanting. Educational

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Prison Yoga Project

Tattooed prisoners sit in quiet meditation or yoga poses while incarcerated. Several studies state that inmates taught yoga while in prison were significantly less likely to be reincarcerated upon release. This seems to be especially true with substance abuse offenders. A 2002 study at Seattle’s North Rehabilitation Facility found that the recidivism rate for inmates

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