Decreased Insomnia in Prison Inmates

Maximum security prison inmates who learned the Transcendental Meditation Programme showed decreased insomnia and better quality of sleep in comparison to controls.Ref.Criminal Justice and Behavior 5: 3–20, 1978

Prison rehabilitation

A doctoral dissertation at Harvard University found that inmates in a maximum security prison who learned the Transcendental Meditation Programme showed significantly decreased return to prison after at least 36 months, in comparison to random samples of participants of four other prison rehabilitation programmes, controlling for time of release from prison.Ref.Journal of Offender Rehabilitation 36: 161–180, 2003

Prison rehabilitation

Parolees of the California Department of Corrections who learned the Transcendental Meditation Programme while in prison showed significantly fewer new prison terms in comparison to matched controls, at one year after release and overall from six months to six years after release. In contrast, prison education, vocational training, and counseling programmes had no consistent effect.Ref.Journal of Criminal Justice 15: 211–230, 1987

Prison rehabilitation

Parolees of the California Department of Corrections who learned the Transcendental Meditation Programme while in prison showed significantly decreased recidivism, combining all parole outcomes over a five-year period after release, in comparison to matched controls.Ref.Journal of Criminal Justice 15: 211–230, 1987

Prison rehabilitation

Maximum security prison inmates who learned the Transcendental Meditation Programme reported increased experiences of higher states of consciousness in comparison to controls.Ref.Journal of Offender Rehabilitation 36: 127–160, 2003

Rehabilitering på fängelser

Minskad misstänksamhet bland fängelseintagna

Intagna på högsäkerhetsfängelser som lärde sig TM visade sig vara mindre misstänksamma jämfört med dem i kontrollgruppen.Ref.Criminal Justice and Behavior 5: 3–20, 1978

Rehabilitering av fångar

Minskad aggressivitet och bitterhet hos fängelseinterner

Interner på ett högsäkerhetsfängelse som lärt sig Transcendental Meditation uppvisade minskad aggressivitet och bitterhet jämfört med en kontrollgrupp.Ref.Criminal Justice and Behavior 5: 3–20, 1978

Increased Self-Regard in Juvenile Offenders

Young people referred to juvenile court for a legal offense showed a significant increase in self-regard after learning the Transcendental Meditation Programme.Ref.Dissertation Abstracts International 34(8): 4732A, 1974

Personal development in prison inmates

Maximum security prison inmates who learned the Transcendental Meditation Programme displayed increased self-development (ego development) in comparison to controls.Ref.Journal of Offender Rehabilitation 36: 127–160, 2003

Minskade övergrepp bland intagna

Intagna på högsäkerhetsfängelser som lärde sig Transcendental Meditation visade färre tendenser till övergrepp jämfört med dem i kontrollgruppen.Ref.Criminal Justice and Behavior 5: 3–20, 1978

Förbättrade personliga relationer

Intagna på ett högsäkerhetsfängelse (för grova brottslingar) som lärde sig Transcendental Meditation visade en signifikant minskning i verbal fientlighet, jämfört med kontrollgruppen.Ref.Criminal Justice and Behavior 5: 3–20, 1978

Decreased Aggression in Prison Inmates

Maximum security prison inmates who learned the Transcendental Meditation Programme were found to have decreased aggression in comparison to controls.Ref.Journal of Offender Rehabilitation 36: 127–160, 2003

Förbättrat socialt beteende bland unga lagöverträdare

Ungdomar som förts till ungdomsdomstol för lagöverträdelse visade en signifikant förbättring av socialt uppförande, efter att ha lärt sig TM, enligt föräldrarnas bedömning.Ref.Dissertation Abstracts International 34(8): 4732A, 1974

Neuroses

Maximum security prison inmates who learned the Transcendental Meditation Programme showed decreased neuroticism in comparison to controls.Ref.Criminal Justice and Behavior 5: 3–20, 1978

Less negative thoughts

Maximum security prison inmates who learned the Transcendental Meditation Programme were found to have decreased negativism in comparison to controls.Ref.Criminal Justice and Behavior 5: 3–20, 1978

Minskad grundångest hos intagna

Intagna på högsäkerhetsfängelser som lärde sig Transcendental Meditation visade minskad nivå av grundångest (trait-anxiety) jämfört med kontrollgruppen.Ref.Criminal Justice and Behavior 5: 3-20, 1978

Minskad ångest hos unga lagöverträdare

Ungdomar som förts till ungdomsdomstolen för något lagbrott visade signifikant minskad ångestnivå efter att de lärt sig Transcendental Meditation.Ref.Dissertation Abstracts International 34 (8): 4732a, 1974