For the past 15 years Bailey has been practicing the technique. He is now involved in a prison ministry program, and he will be paroled in l8 months. He credits TM with his rehabilitation. I can read and complete a book, or write a letter. Prior to learning TM, I was a walking timebomb ready to explode.
Studies show that the United States incarcerates more people than any other country in the world.
Ninety-five percent of inmates will return to society, and 60 percent will commit a crime sending them back to prison. If TM can reduce recidivism rates and improve inmate behavior, perhaps meditation, not increased construction, is the answer to alleviating our country's crowded prisons. Dana M. Murray is production editor for Corrections Today. Reprinted with permission of the American Correctional Association, Lanham, Maryland.