from Psychol Addict Behav. 2006 Sep;20(3):343-7
Bowen S, Witkiewitz K, Dillworth TM, Chawla N, Simpson TL, Ostafin BD, Larimer ME, Blume AW, Parks GA, Marlatt GA.
Addictive Behaviors Research Center, Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. swbowen@u.washington.edu
Despite the availability of various substance abuse treatments, alcohol and drug misuse and related negative consequences remain [...]
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from J Trauma Stress. 2007 Jun;20(3):239-49
Simpson TL, Kaysen D, Bowen S, MacPherson LM, Chawla N, Blume A, Marlatt GA, Larimer M.
VA Puget Sound Health Care System and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. tracey.simpson@va.gov
The present study evaluated whether Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) symptom severity was associated with participation and [...]
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from the journal, J Correct Health Care. 2009 Jan;15(1):47-57
Sumter MT, Monk-Turner E, Turner C.
Departments of Sociology and Criminal Justice, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia 23529, USA.
This research examined the impact of a structured meditation program intervention on female detainees, comparing an experimental group and a control group for medical symptoms, emotions, and behaviors before and [...]
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from the journal, Women Health. 2009 Mar-May;49(2-3):119-43
Dalmida SG, Holstad MM, Diiorio C, Laderman G.
Emory University, Nell Hidgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Atlanta, Georgia 30322, USA. sageorg@emory.edu
Spirituality is a resource some HIV-positive women use to cope with HIV, and it also may have positive impact on physical health. This cross-sectional study examined associations of spiritual well-being, [...]
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(Aug 14, 2009 — Aug 19, 2009 at the Upaya Institute and Zen Center, http://www.upaya.org/programs/event.php?id=196)
Using the Five Buddha Family Mandala as a base, we explore practices, processes, and perspectives on how the capacity for servant-leadership is culitivated by bearing witness to the charnel grounds of life. This brave practice forms the base for socially-engaged practice, social change work, and peacemaking.
Servant-leadership [...]
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Posted in Prison Outreach on Sep 26th, 2008
Powerful film about an experiment introducing vipassana meditation into a maximum security prison. From the NYT review: The teachings of the Buddha infiltrate a maximum-security prison in “The Dhamma Brothers,” a thinking-head documentary about finding answers within for those who can’t get out.
Filmed in 2002 at the Donaldson Correctional Facility in Bessemer, Ala., one of the [...]
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Article appearing in American Jails Magazine, July/August 2003
Final outcome results from the recidivism study (Murphy, 2002) revealed that approximately half
(56%) of the inmates completing a Vipassana course at NRF recidivated as measured by returning to King
County Jail (KCJ) custody within two years, compared with a 75% rate of recidivism in a NRF General
Population Study (Murphy, [...]
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Posted in Prison Outreach on Sep 26th, 2008
Vipassana Meditation Courses for Correctional Facilities (http://www.prison.dhamma.org/)
Vipassana meditation as taught by S.N. Goenka has been successfully offered over the last 10 years within prisons located in India, Israel, Mongolia, New Zealand, Taiwan, Thailand, U.K., and the United States. Since all courses are 10-days in length and residential in nature, they are held within the walls of a [...]
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Posted in Prison Outreach on Sep 18th, 2008
“We are all potential criminals, and those who we have put into prison are no worse, deep down, than any one of us. They have succumbed to ignorance, desire, and anger, ailments that we all suffer from but to different degrees. Our duty is to help them.”
– His Holiness, The Dalai Lama
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Posted in Prison Outreach on Sep 18th, 2008
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]- [...]
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