In early January 2018, Yoga 4 Change received a $50,000 grant from the Chartrand Family Foundation to fund an evaluation study to assess the impact of trauma informed yoga on incarcerated individuals. Yoga 4 Change’s curriculum is specifically developed to empower...
Yoga is rapidly gaining acceptance as a valuable resource for physical, psychological, behavioral and spiritual health in the U.S. criminal justice system and worldwide. Best Practices for Yoga in the Criminal Justice System is a user-friendly guide that explains how...
Some general statistics about sexual trauma: In the United States, 1 in 6 women and 1 in 33 men report experiencing an attempted or completed rape at some time in their lives. Rape results in about 32,000 pregnancies each year. Every two and a half minutes, somewhere...
Approximately 50 Boston University students and faculty gathered at Barrister’s Hall in the BU School of Law Wednesday evening to listen to a series of presentations about mass incarceration research and discuss its impacts. Ten BU researchers presented during the...
The public demand for criminal justice reform in the United States has grown exponentially over the past couple of years, evident in media coverage and the current presidential election. Incarcerated people of color and imprisoned non-violent drug offenders are often...
