Prison Program Case Studies: Success stories
Prisoner rehabilitation in South Asia’s largest prison
The Prison Program was introduced in Tihar Jail in 1999. More than 120,000 inmates from prisons in India have undergone the Prison Program with spectacular results. In Tihar Jail (South Asia's largest...
Giving direction to young inmates
“I never felt my breath this light before in my whole life. Today, I am feeling so much peace and silence than I ever felt before.”A young inmate, Tihar Jail, Delhi, India The Art of Living’s Youth Empowerment...
Prison - Morocco
On the 15th of January 2007, we conducted the first Prison SMART course in Morrocco thanks to the efforts of Amina and Ibrahim Slaoui, Directors of IAHV Morrocco and Nathalie Schaller, Morrocco. Thirty...
Prison - Philippines
Bringing The Art of Living Course to the New Bilibid Prison could very well be the best thing that happened to its 107 inmates in May. Prisoners are metaphorically and literally pushed to the edge of the...
Prison-Program - Kenya
Kamiti Prison Program March 2010 we conducted the first Prison SMART course in Kamiti, the maximum security prison in Kenya. Over 100 inmates benefited through the Prison SMART course. This prison has...
The Art of Living Programs at The Dominican Republic's New Model Prisons
The Art of Living Foundation has recently signed an agreement with the Dominican Republic’s National Penitentiary School, to conduct Stress Management And Rehabilitation Training (SMART) programs at 12...
Prisoner rehabilitation in Taiwan
Since 2004, The Art of Living’s Prison Smart Program has found its roots in five correctional facilities of Taiwan as a way of rehabilitating the inmates. The Tucheng Detention Center offers a five-day...
The gift of a yoga mat
At the outset of a prisoner rehabilitation course in Peru’s Piedras Gordas Prison, the prisoners were given a gift: a yoga mat. The mat could have been passed off as something to make the course more comfortable...
Love In The Life Of A Criminal
Unfathomable are the ways of Love! With love comes compassion, belongingness. Love has no border, it sees no color, it doesn’t differentiate, it embraces all. Even the toughest of criminals, when shown...
Sultan of swings settles deep within
Its 3 o clock in the afternoon. He had been planning and waiting for this day for almost three weeks. He ran the plan carefully in his mind. “Finish the dishes...press his 'seth's' (employer’s) feet till...
Yoga Behind Bars
None of those prisoners who have done Sudarshan Kriya have come back to jail till date, shares Sadashiv Kamath, a prison program teacher, teaching actively in the Mangalore central jail. Regular courses,...
Prison Smart, the Great Growth in Argentina
Breathing For Freedom Since 2006 thousands of Argentine prisoners have completed regular Art of Living courses including, Advanced Meditation Courses (Part 2), Sri Sri Yoga and pre-Teachers Training Course....
Freedom beyond bars
30 inmates’ journey from being criminals to youth leaders Splashing the water on his face from the slow running tap, the breaking dawn rays pierces in his eyes, waking him up to the just-another day. He...
A Drug Addict, Prisoner & Now A School Teacher
A man ready to kill and a man adored by parents. Two different people, right? Wrong. Dara Singh was a simple boy, a farmer’s son, growing up in the remote village of Khera in Rajasthan. His turning point...
A Jail Daughter
Indu Sinha has worked for the stress-relief of 5,000 prisoners across seven prisons in India. One morning, Indu Sinha, who was visiting her home state of Bihar, read a feature in the local newspaper of...
‘Convicts like family’: a policeman’s unique perspective
Among many policemen who serve the nation and maintain law and order, meet DSP of Ranchi who has walked an extra mile for transforming the lives of policemen and prisoners. “Even if it is a convict, I...
Wedding bells in a Belgian prison
After a life-altering Prison Program, trials, tribulations and bombardment of affection, Marco gets married Love stories are always heart-warming to hear. Especially, when love comes your way when you...
