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In an effort to promote subject and behavioural betterment done yoga and meditation programmes organised by the Karnataka Prison Department, inmates who participated successful a 10-day Vipassana meditation campy astatine the Parappana Agrahara Central Prison volition beryllium granted a 15-day peculiar remission successful their sentence, situation authorities announced connected Tuesday.
The Vipassana Dhyana programme was conducted from May 8 astatine the Central Prison successful Parappana Agrahara nether the guidance of elder situation section officials. Around 25 convicted inmates participated successful the campy and shared their experiences during the valedictory function, stating that the meditation sessions helped them make self-control, intelligence discipline, and affirmative thinking.
Speaking aft the completion of the camp, respective inmates described the programme arsenic transformative and said it had helped them introspect and betterment themselves.
One of the inmates, Girish alias Giriraju, said the campy created self-awareness wrong him and appealed to situation authorities to behaviour akin programmes for each inmates. He besides said helium intended to stock the lessons and experiences helium gained from the campy with different prisoners.
Another inmate, Thimmarayappa, said the programme taught him the meaning of meditation, however it should beryllium practised, however a idiosyncratic should behaviour themselves, and the value of starring a disciplined life.
A 3rd inmate, Mohammed Peer alias Munna, said the campy helped him recognize due quality behaviour and ways to amended cognition and self-awareness. He added that the benefits of the programme should beryllium shared with much radical truthful that its connection could scope others arsenic well.
Other participants besides shared their experiences, stating that the meditation campy had been immensely beneficial and expressed anticipation that specified reformative meditation programmes would beryllium extended to much inmates successful future.
Prison authorities led by Director General of Prisons, Alok Kumar, said akin rehabilitation, yoga and meditation programmes would proceed to beryllium organised arsenic portion of reformative initiatives wrong prisons.
