Doing Time, Doing Vipassana/India prison reform

[tlcandie]

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This extraordinary documentary takes viewers into India's largest prison - known as one of the toughest in the world - and shows the dramatic change brought about by the introduction of Vipassana Meditation. This is the story of a strong woman named Kiran Bedi, the former Inspector General of Prisons in New Delhi, and how she strove to transform the notorious Tihar Prison, once a hellhole of crime, into an oasis of peace. It is a story of an ancient meditation technique, Vipassana, which helps people to take control of their lives and channel them towards their own good and the good of others. But most of all, it is the story of the prison inmates who underwent profound change and realized that incarceration can be the beginning of a new life. Produced & Directed by Ayelet Menahemi and Eilona Ariel, Karuna Films, Ltd. For more information on the ITVS Documentary Series, click here
Presented by ITVS
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http://www.worldlinktv.org/programming/programDescription.php4?code=time

http://www.prison.dhamma.org/

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By way of background, Vipassana, which means to see things as they really are, is one of India's most ancient techniques of meditation. It was taught in India more than 2500 years ago as a universal remedy for universal ills, i.e., an Art of Living. Over the last 10 years, the technique of Vipassana has been very successful in reducing the rate of recidivism within prison populations where it has been regularly used. For additional information, corrections officials are invited to contact the Vipassana Meditation Rehabilitation and Research Trust for North American Correctional Facilities in the United States or the appropriate Vipassana representatives in other countries.
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http://tiharprisons.nic.in/