Conference Summary Paper
Mindfulness and Criminal Justice: The State of the Field
By Dan Carlin
This pre-conference working paper examines the pioneering programs that have introduced mindfulness into criminal justice settings and synthesizes the results and insights collected through pilot workshops and research papers leading up to the September 2015 conference.
Working Papers
Courts
Mindfulness Training in the Santa Clara County Justice System
By Robin Fisher and Dan Carlin
Documents a series of three mindfulness workshops offered to judges, prosecutors and public defenders in Santa Clara County, California in summer 2015.
Police and First Reponders
Mindfulness: The Foundation of 21st Century Police Reform
By Richard Goerling
Documents the creation of the first multi-week mindfulness-based training program for police officers, its impact on officers in the Hillsboro, Oregon police department, and future prospects for mindfulness in policing.
Problem Solving Courts and Mindfulness
By Emmaline Campbell
This paper examines drug and mental health courts: their background, benefits, weaknesses and compatibility with mindfulness practices and principles.
Observations from Essential Mindfulness for Lawyers® Trainings
Trainings For District Attorneys and Public Defenders
By Judi Cohen
Contains observations from three Essential Mindfulness for Lawyers® trainings Warrior One LLC delivered to the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office, fall 2014 and spring 2015, and currently being delivered to the Law Office of the Public Defender for the State of New Mexico. Discusses training formats, content, attendance, assessments and author’s thoughts and observations about the effectiveness of the trainings and the future of mindfulness in the U.S. criminal justice system.
Juvenile and Adult Corrections
The Prison Meditation Movement & The Current State of Mindfulness-Based Programming for Prisoners
By Fleet Maull
Summary report on mindfulness prison programs including history; current developments and trends; theory and applications; supporting research; exemplary training programs; institutional support and buy-in; scaling up strategies; and, funding models.
Mindfulness-Based Programs for Adolescents
By Leslie Booker
Examines the range of programs currently offered to young people, and the special considerations involved in teaching mindfulness to at-risk youth and adolescents in the criminal justice system. Documents experiences teaching at Riker's Island and other facilities.
Report on a Five-Day Mindfulness Symposium in Louisville Kentucky
By Fleet Maull and Mark Allen
Report on a Half-Day Mindful Leadership Training for Thirty Louisville, Kentucky City Leaders including the Mayor, the Director of Corrections, and the Chief of Police and a Two Day Mindfulness-Based Wellness and Resiliency Training for Sixty Corrections, Law Enforcement and Emergency Medical Services Staff. The results of the Post-Workshop Questionnaire for the two-day event for corrections officers are included.)
Communities and Law Enforcement
By Rhonda Magee
This paper describes two mindfulness-based Workshops involving members of the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office; the University of San Francisco School of Law; and interested members of the broader San Francisco community addressing concerns of racism in policing and prosecution.
Community Corrections and Re-entry
Mindfulness Training for Community Corrections Staff & Probation & Parole Officers
By Brad Bogue and Fleet Maull
Examines the value of mindfulness training for community corrections professionals, and documents a workshop offered to a group of community corrections staff in Adams County, Colorado in July 2015.