Prison Group
3105 Northeast 84th Avenue
Owatonna, MN 55060
USA
Dharma Rain Zen Center facilitates a monthly support group for former inmates making the transition into life “outside.” This group meets at noon the first Sunday of each month downstairs in the Zendo. It is open to released inmates who have an interest in buddhism or meditation, to those whose lives have been touched by incarceration, and also to prison volunteers as well as those interested in volunteering, for mutual support and ongoing training. The discussions focus on ways to apply buddhist teachings and meditation to the challenges of transitioning from prison back into the community. The group’s goal is to provide a supportive setting in which former inmates may become valuable and contributing members of a sangha and the larger community.
If you know of anyone who might find this of benefit, please pass along information about the group.