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Vipassana in prisons: from Jaipur and Tihar to Alabama
How 10-day Vipassana courses reached prisons in India, the United States and Nepal, from Jaipur in 1975 to Nakkhu in 2024, and what studies found.
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How 10-day Vipassana courses reached prisons in India, the United States and Nepal, from Jaipur in 1975 to Nakkhu in 2024, and what studies found.
· 7 min read
What studies of 10-day courses, prison programmes and long-term meditators found, and why small, self-selected samples limit what they can show.
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