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…
Category: Transformative Justice
Prison Yoga Project x Trauma Research Foundation
” Throughout the US and our in-prison classes internationally, we see transformations in the people we serve each week. For many incarcerated people, our program…
Prison Yoga Project featured in Men’s Health Magazine!
” In jail, everything about life is predetermined; everything from meals to showers to calls home. The men have limited choices and no freedom. But…
Interview with Prison Yoga Project: Catalyst Impact Partners with Stand Together Foundation
Recently, Prison Yoga Project was chosen to be part of Stand Together Foundation’s first group of Catalyst Impact Partners. Stand Together Foundation (STF) is an…
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…
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…
Searching for Justice with James Fox and Special Guest, Phoeun You
Our guest this week on our webinar/podcast series is Phoeun You. Phoeun You is a Cambodian genocide survivor and refugee who grew up in Long Beach, CA. His family…
What Could Have Kept Me Out of Prison
The Marshall Project Reporting and Research: We asked people behind bars what services and programs could have changed the course of their lives. Therapy, affordable…
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.…
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…
