Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction in Massachusetts Correctional Facilities

By M. Samuelson, J. Carmody, J. Kabat‐Zinn, M. A. Bratt. 2007

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Mindfulness and other Buddhist-derived interventions in correctional settings: A systematic review (2013, background): “Samuelson et al (2007) undertook a large-scale study (n=1,953 adults) of the effects of MBSR on prisoners incarcerated for drug-related convictions.”
The effects of mindfulness-based treatments for aggression: A critical review (2013, background): “More specifically, one study examining the use of MBSR courses in the treatment of aggression was conducted in several minimumsecurity and medium-security correctional facilities (Samuelson et al., 2007).”
Mindfulness Interventions. (2017, unknown): “…increasingly being integrated into institutional settings—in clinical treatment (Dimidjian & Segal RCT: randomized controlled trial 2015), the workplace (Good et al. 2016), schools (Sibinga et al. 2016), the military (Johnson et al. 2014), and prisons (Samuelson et al. 2007), to name only a few.”
A controlled trial of mindfulness training in schools: The importance of practice for an impact on well-being (2010, background): “It is likely that mindfulness practices will be more readily accepted by girls, as they are by women (Samuelson, Carmody, Kabat-Zinn, & Bratt, 2007 ), perhaps because females are more open to the idea of a psychological intervention.”