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Prisoner Rehabilitation
Silence behind bars: Retreat helps Homestead inmates defuse anger
November 03, 2016About 20 women sit in a circle on blue legless chairs placed over yoga mats in a white-walled classroom. In one corner, artsy cutouts of the words “joy,” “compassion” and “courage” are taped on the wall, while an overflowing arrangement of yellow and purple flowers decorates the opposite end of the room. The shoeless women […]
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Prison SMART
Yoga Comes to Cook County Jail
Yasmin Rammohan, May 02, 2012Prison SMART’s mission is “to make a life-transforming difference in the lives of all people within the criminal justice system, by teaching skills for reducing stress, healing trauma, and providing practical knowledge of how to handle one’s emotions, to help them live their highest potential and contribute to society.”
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