Convicts Study Meditation
at San Quentin Prison
(assignment for TIME, 
photographs now available 
to other publications)

Prisoners in San Quentin attend a "mindfulness meditation" class, 
as taught by the Insight Prison Project. 
Men from all faiths attend the class. The practice is intended to help 
cultivate clarity and compassion, as well as impulse control. 

June 19, 2003 
San Quentin Prison
Photos by Lonny Shavelson --COPYRIGHT © 2003
                                                        

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