THE QUIET WITHIN

The meditation project for prisoners has been operating for 13 years (since 2006), and in 2017 its volunteers have founded the Quiet Within association, aiming to decrease tension and violence in prisons. , to improve prisoners’ prospects of integrating into society, and to prevent their return into prison. Today, the Quite Within association facilitates 27 groups in 13 prisons throughout Israel. The associations’ volunteers arrive each and every week to the various prisons, instructing approximately 300 prisoners in meditation practice.