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Vipassana Meditation in Canadian Prisons
This paper explores providing a Vipassana meditation course to a provincial prison in Canada.
# 99850
| 2,362 words
| 13 sources
| APA
| 2007
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Published
on Dec 04, 2007
in
Psychology
(Alcohol and Drugs)
, Criminology
(Criminal Justice and Corrections)
, Canadian Studies
(Misc.)
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Description:
The paper discusses the Vipassana technique pioneered in Indian prisons and penitentiaries that is a low-cost method of contending with addictions, mental illness and the characteristic apathy of timeservers. The paper examines Vipassana projects in the United States, New Zealand and elsewhere involving different kinds of Western prisoners. The paper determines that it would be easier to sell, rather than donate, services to a Canadian provincial prison.
Outline:
Introduction
Selecting an Institution
Learning a Skill
Vipassana Specialists in Addictions
Variables
Closing Gaps in Practice and Planning
More Points to 'Sell' a Win-Win Project
Western Experiments in Vipassana
Concluding Discussion
Outline:
Introduction
Selecting an Institution
Learning a Skill
Vipassana Specialists in Addictions
Variables
Closing Gaps in Practice and Planning
More Points to 'Sell' a Win-Win Project
Western Experiments in Vipassana
Concluding Discussion
From the Paper:
"A provincial prison to decide in favour of Vipassana program could offer a very good venue for an experiment especially if a facility not always noted for ideal management or inmate contentedness. With Ministry approval, and having brought onside the Meditation Society as is now active in three Canadian provinces, a likely logistical step is to contact the local prison chaplaincy service as a non-governmental area perhaps more familiar with how to stage a short-course in-reach program for a number of inmates to be advised by the Ministry and prison superintendent. Vipassana meditation was first attempted with great success in a Delhi prison once said to typify the worst of Indian prison cultures. (See Mazumdar: 1981)"Sample of Sources Used:
- Bedi, K. (1998). It's Always Possible - Transforming One of the Largest Prisons in the World. New Delhi: Sterling.
- Boles, S. and K. Miotto. (2003). Substance Abuse and Violence - a Review of the Literature. Aggression and Violence. 8: 155-174.
- Drucker, E. (2001). Injectable Heroin Substitution Treatment for Opioid Dependency. The Lancet. 358: 1385-1387.
- Emavadhana, T. and C.D. Tori. (1997). Changes in Self Concept, Ego Defense Mechanisms and Religiosity Following Seven-Day Vipassana Meditation Retreats. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion. 36: 194-206.
- Hammersley, R .and J. Gregan. (1997). Drug Addiction and Vipassana Meditation." Igatpuri: Seminar on Vipassana Meditation - Vipassana Research Institute.
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Vipassana Meditation in Canadian Prisons (2007, December 04)
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"Vipassana Meditation in Canadian Prisons" 04 December 2007.
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