Indian jail inmates reduced sentence if do yoga

[tigress]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...jail-time.html

do a certain number of yoga classes and your sentence is reduced
Great to see this in action

tigress

[kvdp]

A study in about 2002 showed that in British prisons, broad spectrum supplementation with vitamins and minerals reduced re-offending and improved behaviour of inmates to a large and certainly statistically significant degree.

In the discussion that followed, it was proposed that supplementation be provided for all prisoners, but as far as I know the scheme never materialised, because it was felt that it would be bad publicity to be seen to give something beneficial to criminals who do not deserve it. One suspects that if it was a drug, however, and not a basic necessity of life, the idea would have received enthusiastic backing.

The inference, however, that can be taken from this, is that criminality is to an extent a marker of poor health status. Moreover, that malnutrition is a basic obstacle to any kind of good function, and is bound to make it harder for anybody wanting to try to improve their situation.

Good nutrition is not a luxury, or a bonus, but should be the minimum provision for anybody in hospital, prison etc if these places are to be anything more than a 'holding zone'. And it is for the good of society, that prisoners be given every opportunity and encouragement to improve their health prior to discharge.

[CarolineN]

I agree kvdp!

I believe not only would prisons and hospitals benefit from vitamin and mineral supplementation but psychiatric units too. Functional and orthomolecular medicine are showing that poor and irrational behaviour is often caused by depletion of essential vitamins and minerals, often the individual requiring far more than the standard RDA, or even what may be considered the optimum daily amount.

A colleague had been teaching yoga in the local prison to great effect for a couple of years but funding has now dried up! She said it really changed some people. I dispair of the system at times - if anything works it is discontinued.

[kvdp]

Originally Posted by CarolineN

A colleague had been teaching yoga in the local prison to great effect for a couple of years but funding has now dried up! She said it really changed some people. I dispair of the system at times - if anything works it is discontinued.

Yes, the trouble is that we all end up paying, one way or another.