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    Indiana MBWR Training is Complete!
    CMPS Staff
    • Sep 1, 2021
    • 1 min

    Indiana MBWR Training is Complete!

    The pilot 10-Week Mindfulness-Based Wellness & Resiliency Training at the Marion County Sheriff's Office in Indiana is complete!...
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    NYT Bestselling Author Bestows Gift to Nation’s Prisons
    CMPS Staff
    • Sep 1, 2020
    • 1 min

    NYT Bestselling Author Bestows Gift to Nation’s Prisons

    In partnership with Compassion Prison Project, Sam Harris – neuroscientist, philosopher, podcaster and five-time New York Times...
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    “It Spreads Like Wildfire”: The Coronavirus Comes to NY’s Prisons
    CMPS Staff
    • Apr 10, 2020
    • 1 min

    “It Spreads Like Wildfire”: The Coronavirus Comes to NY’s Prisons

    “I have never experienced this level of panic coming from our families, corrections staff, government, and the media” “It is absolutely...
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    Coronavirus in Prisons
    CMPS Staff
    • Apr 10, 2020
    • 1 min

    Coronavirus in Prisons

    “I have never experienced this level of panic coming from our families, corrections staff, government, and the media...” “It is...
    7 views
    American Correctional Institute COVID 19 Information
    CMPS Staff
    • Apr 1, 2020
    • 0 min

    American Correctional Institute COVID 19 Information

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    Utah County deputy helps fellow officers, inmates through mindfulness, meditation
    CMPS Staff
    • Oct 17, 2019
    • 1 min

    Utah County deputy helps fellow officers, inmates through mindfulness, meditation

    “When we go into a room where everybody is having a crisis, we don’t want to bring our own crises with us. When we yell, we are actually...
    6 views
    A Conversation Regarding the Spiritual Wellness & Resiliency of Corrections Professionals
    CMPS Staff
    • Jul 2, 2019
    • 1 min

    A Conversation Regarding the Spiritual Wellness & Resiliency of Corrections Professionals

    Recently, the Center for Mindfulness in Public Safety’s Director of Training & Research, Fleet Maull, had the pleasure of speaking to...
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    Fighting Stress in the Law Enforcement Community
    CMPS Staff
    • Jun 5, 2019
    • 1 min

    Fighting Stress in the Law Enforcement Community

    Corrections officers work in confined societies that are, by definition, dangerous. The stress levels are so high that, in one study, 27...
    12 views
    Alabama Governor to Hire 500 New CO's
    CMPS Staff
    • Mar 20, 2019
    • 1 min

    Alabama Governor to Hire 500 New CO's

    Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey released an agenda Tuesday night focused heavily on priorities she has promoted for months with new initiatives and...
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    MBWR in Action!
    CMPS Staff
    • Feb 15, 2019
    • 1 min

    MBWR in Action!

    Center for Mindfulness in Public Safety (CMPS) is leading a 10-week Mindfulness-Based Wellness & Resiliency® (MBWR) training in Ontario,...
    57 views
    The hardships of correctional officers often go unseen by the public
    CMPS Staff
    • Nov 14, 2018
    • 1 min

    The hardships of correctional officers often go unseen by the public

    COs suffer from PTSD at more than double the rate of police officers and the general public. Recent statistics found 34 percent of...
    16 views
    Mississippi prisons creating stress-reduction rooms for employees
    CMPS Staff
    • Oct 8, 2018
    • 1 min

    Mississippi prisons creating stress-reduction rooms for employees

    “Because of the conditions that they work in, where you hear the clanging of cells all day, having to eat your lunch in front of...
    6 views
    Meditating with Officers on Rikers Island, New York City’s Notorious Jail Complex
    CMPS Staff
    • Dec 5, 2017
    • 1 min

    Meditating with Officers on Rikers Island, New York City’s Notorious Jail Complex

    “You guys know anything about stress management?” Justin von Bujdoss is speaking to a group of about 40 correction officer recruits,...
    4 views
    Battling job stress: How correctional officers can strengthen their resilience
    CMPS Staff
    • Oct 10, 2017
    • 1 min

    Battling job stress: How correctional officers can strengthen their resilience

    One of the most important factors necessary for good mental health is resilience. Resilience is that human quality that allows one to be...
    5 views
    Correctional Officer Suicide Rate Rivals That Of Vietnam Vets
    CMPS Staff
    • Sep 22, 2017
    • 1 min

    Correctional Officer Suicide Rate Rivals That Of Vietnam Vets

    Far too often society focuses on the lives of those behind bars, and rarely on those who work inside correctional facilities. Prison is a...
    4 views
    Senators hope ‘landmark’ study will help transform Canada’s prison system
    CMPS Staff
    • Aug 10, 2017
    • 1 min

    Senators hope ‘landmark’ study will help transform Canada’s prison system

    A Senate committee is touring prisons across the country and in other parts of the world as part of a two-year probe into the human...
    2 views
    Maintaining Balance to Protect Against Correctional Stress
    CMPS Staff
    • Jul 3, 2017
    • 1 min

    Maintaining Balance to Protect Against Correctional Stress

    Are you a human being, or a human doing? That question was at the heart of a workshop on stress, mindfulness and work–life balance...
    6 views
    Strategies to Enhance Staff Wellness: Expert Emphasizes the Importance of Healthy Lifestyle Choices
    CMPS Staff
    • Jun 6, 2017
    • 1 min

    Strategies to Enhance Staff Wellness: Expert Emphasizes the Importance of Healthy Lifestyle Choices

    Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw once remarked, “If you sacrifice yourself for others, you will neglect them very soon.” Put simply,...
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    Helping Those Who Keep Us Safe
    CMPS Staff
    • Apr 19, 2017
    • 1 min

    Helping Those Who Keep Us Safe

    On a daily basis, first responders — police, firefighters, EMTs, corrections officers and military personnel — put their lives on the...
    2 views
    Documentary Explores Meditation in Mexico Prisons
    CMPS Staff
    • Nov 3, 2016
    • 1 min

    Documentary Explores Meditation in Mexico Prisons

    When Greg Hopkinson walked into one of the most violent prisons in Mexico – a jail where 44 inmates died in a battle between rival drug...
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