Source: (2014) SAGE Open 2014 4:1-10. DOI: 10.1177/2158244013516154
Freedom Project trains prisoners in nonviolent communication and meditation. Two complementary studies of its effects
are reported in this article. The first study is correlational; we found decreased recidivism rates among prisoners trained
by Freedom Project compared with recidivism rates in Washington state. The second study compared trained prisoners
with a matched-pair control group and found improvement in self-reported anger, self-compassion, and certain forms of
mindfulness among the trained group. Ratings of role-plays simulating difficult interactions show increased social skills among
the group trained by Freedom Project than in the matched controls. (author’s abstract)
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