#  Meditation Class Helps Lower Violence at Alabama Prison 

 





February 02, 2011

 

 

Author: Jay Reeves

Source: The Washington Post

Wire Service: AP

[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/02/AR2011020201052\_pf.html](http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/02/AR2011020201052_pf.html)

Deep inside an overcrowded prison with a reputation for mayhem, convicted killers, robbers and rapists gather in a small room. Eyes closed, they sit silently with their thoughts and consciences.

Their everyday life is just outside in the hall - a cacophony of clanging steel doors, yelling and feet shuffling along cold concrete floors. The noise never really ends; peace is at a premium in Alabama's toughest lockup.

Despite a history of violence at the William E. Donaldson Correctional Facility, which is named for a slain corrections officer, the prison outside Birmingham has become the model for a meditation program that officials say helps inmates learn the self control and social skills they never got in the outside world.



 

 

 



 

 See also:- [ Prisons ](/news-stories/prisons)
- [ Experience/Lifecycle Events/Expressions ](/news-stories/experiencelifecycle-eventsexpressions)
- [ Buddhism ](/religions/buddhism)
 
 

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