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Zen Practice for Inmates

http://www.engaged-zen.org/

Meditation training as an alternative to conventional sentencing. During the past year a "scholarship" fund has been created to assist serious inmate practitioners in attending a monastic training period on parole or at release from prison. The Engaged Zen Foundation intends to establish a monastic-based alternative sentencing facility where offenders may serve out sentences in a highly disciplined Zendo atmosphere.

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Shambhala Prison Community

http://www.shambhala.org/int/spc.html

Initiates Buddhist meditation groups in US prisons and jails.

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Prison Dharma Support

http://www.greatliberation.org/activities/prisondharma/pds.htm

A non-sectarian Buddhist support network for prisoners, prison volunteers and correctional workers.

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Prison Dharma Network

http://www.prisondharmanetwork.org/

A nonsectarian Buddhist support network for prisoners, prison volunteers, and correctional workers. An affiliate of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship.

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National Buddhist Prison Sangha - Zen Mountain Monastery Prison Program

http://www.mro.org/smr/prisonsangha/

Volunteer organization. Depending on their experience with practice, as well as their time and personal resources, these volunteers may provide support through correspondence, visits, and the creation and leading of practice groups.

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Buddhist Relief Mission

http://www.brelief.org/prison.htm

Prison Dharma Support system of the Buddhist Relief Mission.

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Buddhist Inmate Sangha

http://nichirenscoffeehouse.net/bis/index.html

An interfaith group of Buddhists devoted to connecting prisoners who desire to learn about Buddhism with pen pals of their respective faiths. Provides books on Buddhism and Eastern Philosophy to inmates and prison libraries upon request.

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