Prisons
Buddha Dharma is not Buddhist Dharma
To do the work of Dharma in prisons is to perceive how the prisons themselves function. Correct perception leads to a desire to make a dynamic effort to change the basic paradigm of the Prison Industrial Complex and ultimately, yet more subtly, the basic paradigm of that which imprisons all sentient beings.
The Prison Industrial Complex in America: Investment in Slavery
The prison industrial complex is a self perpetuating industry based on the subjugation of an increasing segment of our communities by racial and economic scapegoating. The economic angle of this is immediate, bottom line, material gain for the corporations supporting and profiting from the prison industrial complex.