Surf these sites: Criminon Inc. -- "Effective crime rehabilitation." Human Kindness Foundation -- Official homepage for the Prison-Ashram Project, and Bo Lozoff. National Buddhist Prison Sangha - Zen Mountain Monastery Prison Progarm -- Nationwide network of Buddhist volunteers who make themselves available to interested inmates in their area. Depending on their experience with practice, as well as their time and personal resources, these volunteers may provide support through correspondence, visits, the creation and leading of practice groups, and more. Zen Mountain Monastery provides orientation and guidance when necessary. Begun in 1984 with the request of a NY State prison inmate to start a practice group within the prison. This resulted in a court battle that reached the NY State Supreme Court and resulted in the formation of the first Zen practice group in the NY State Correctional Facilities. Since that time Zen Mountain Monastery has been actively involved in working with Buddhist inmates both within New York State and across the U.S. Reducing Crime Through Criminon -- Criminon, whose name means "no crime," is realizing the goal of active rehabilitation of criminals and juvenile offenders. Sex Offender Accountability Program -- Hunt County (TX) Adult Probation Department''s specialized supervision program for sexual abusers. Zen Practice for Inmates -- 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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