| Description |
Current rehabilitation programs are insufficient among U.S. prisons. A prison is often a place of intense stress, fear, and intense or anger-provoking situations. Since prison education has started to become common in more and more prisons, a course to help inmates address the daily stressors of life in prison all on their own is a crucial next step. Mindfulness meditation is precisely that course. Mindfulness has consistently demonstrated that it is a successful means to reduce stress, anxiety, and depression. It is also nearly free regarding the minimal amount of materials a course like mindfulness would require and can be practiced anywhere, anytime throughout the day. Incorporating mindfulness among prisons would help the criminal justice system focus more heavily on rehabilitation and would allow inmates to develop techniques to better control their emotions. This study hopes to shine a light on an easy-to-incorporate partial solution to the lacking rehabilitation efforts in prison and, eventually, have mindfulness take place as an option for judges to order probation/parole requirements for inmates with anger-related charges. |
