Angulimala - Buddhist Prison Chaplaincy [UK] - Provides Buddhist chaplaincy within prisons as well as resources and networking.
Buddhist Peace Fellowship Prison Project [U.S.] - committed to rehabilitation of prison industrial complex through advocacy, networking, ministry, and correspondence with people in prisons and jails.
Engaged Zen Foundation [U.S.] - Project dedicated to teaching zen in the prison system.
Prison Dharma Network [US]- Supports prisoners in the practice of contemplative disciplines, with emphasis on the meditation practices of the various Buddhist traditions. PDN also promotes the Buddhist path of wakefulness and non-aggression as an ideal means of self-rehabilitation and transformation.
ZMM Prison Project [US] - Project of Zen Mountain Monastery that supports prisoners through Buddhist ministry and correspondence. Has nationwide network of volunteers.
The Prison Monk
Fleet Maull interview
The National Buddhist Prison Sangha
Zen Mountain Monastery’s National Buddhist Prison Sangha is a right action program offering spiritual guidance and support to prison inmates.
The Upaya Prison Outreach Project (http://www.upaya.org/action/prisonprogram.php). A non-profit organization organized under the tax exempt umbrella of the Upaya Zen Center, based in Santa Fe, NM. The mission of the Project is to teach meditation and other mindfulness practices as a means of ending the cycle of addiction, violence and incarceration for men, women and youths.
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