UK Prisons to Introduce Meditation Lessons for Most Challenging Inmates

Prisoners in HMP Wakefield’s close supervision centre will be the first to be offered meditation lessons in a scheme that will see one-to-one meditation classes rolled out across eight of the UK’s highest security prisons.

Aimed at the 60 inmates who have been sent to segregated units after committing further crimes while incarcerated, the scheme will treat prisoners such as Wakefield’s Charles Bronson, whose prison offences have gained huge notoriety. It’s hoped that meditation will help diffuse the violent tendencies that make these prisoners such a danger to themselves, fellow inmates, and staff.

It’s thought that the program will aid in the …read more