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    Category: Prison Industrial Complex

    James Fox Hosts Buddhist Chaplain on Death Row at San Quentin, Susan Shannon

    We want to formally invite you to our Third Season of Prajna! Prajna, our Founder Series, features Prison Yoga Project’s Founder, James Fox. For this entire…

    Blaire Embrey May 24, 2023
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    Ending 50 Years of Mass Incarceration: Urgent Reform Needed to Protect Future Generations

    ” Fifty years since the onset of mass incarceration, and despite recent downsizing of most state prison populations, the pace of decarceration is insufficient to…

    Blaire Embrey March 14, 2023
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    Counting Down: Paths to a 20-year Maximum Prison Sentence with The Sentencing Project

    The Sentencing Project released a new report, “Counting Down: Paths to a 20-Year Maximum Prison Sentence,” which examines opportunities to address the country’s high rates…

    Blaire Embrey February 27, 2023
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    PYP Featured on Trauma Research Foundation’s Website

    “The vast majority of incarcerated people have suffered significant developmental trauma. This trauma includes abuse, neglect, poverty, hunger, homelessness, incarceration of a parent, and discrimination in various forms.…

    Blaire Embrey August 10, 2022
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    My Why

    It was 100 degrees when I pulled into Folsom.  When I opened my car door, the heat nearly knocked me over. The constant whomp-whomp of…

    Chanda July 14, 2022
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    Women In Prison Are Struggling To Access Mental Health And Social Support When They Need It Most 

    ” The continued lack of mental, emotional, and social health programming for women in prison during the COVID-19 pandemic may actually cause the virus’s most…

    Blaire Embrey July 11, 2022
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    Prison Yoga Project Hand Picked By Outside Magazine for Find Your Good Campaign

    PYP was selected to be a partner in Outside Magazine’s Find Your Good program! Outsideinc.com receives over 3.5 million unique visitors a month; we are honored to…

    Blaire Embrey July 5, 2022
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    Welcome, Prison Yoga Project Portugal!

    Our Program Director and Training Coordinator for Europe, Josefin Wikström, led over two dozen qualified yoga teachers through training and preparation to facilitate a pilot…

    Blaire Embrey April 25, 2022
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    Reading through the lines: The correlation between literacy and incarceration

    This article shines light on the school to prison pipeline and one of the factors adding to the struggles of youth; illiteracy. Read the whole…

    Blaire Embrey March 21, 2022
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    Accessible Yoga Podcast with Bill Brown

    Listen as Accessible Yoga Founder, Jivana interviews our Executive Director Bill Brown. You can find the full episode and transcript here: https://conference.accessibleyoga.org/podcasts/accessible-yoga-podcast/episodes/2147632112 In this episode,…

    Blaire Embrey December 11, 2021
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