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• The power of yoga could stretch to the reform of criminal personalities, or so a prison in Velletri near Rome is hoping.
• The Velletri jail will soon be offering yoga classes to its inmates in a year-long experiment aimed at helping the prisoners find inner peace and aiding their social rehabilitation.
• "We think these classes will help the prisoners' social, psychological and spiritual recovery," a local government official responsible for prisoners' rights, Angiolo Marroni, told ANSA.
• "If the prisoner can attain a sense of inner harmony, serenity and peace, as well as greater self-knowledge, then social reintegration after jail can only be easier," he said.
• The courses will be given by experts in a popular method of meditation known as Sahaja Yoga, which was founded in India 35 years ago.
• The prisoners will be taught by volunteers belonging to the worldwide non-profit organisation Sahaja Yoga International, also known as Vishwa Nirmale Dharma.
• Marroni stressed that the inmates would not be forced to attend the classes but he said he was confident that many would be interested in the offer.
• Yoga, which originated in India more than 5,000 years ago, is taught in many prisons around the world.
• According to yoga associations, some 100,000 prisoners in 15 countries currently take part in such classes.
• Earlier this year, a prison in Norway suspended its yoga lessons saying that the deep breathing exercises made prisoners more aggressive rather than calmer.
• The high-security Ringerike jail near Oslo said prisoners were more irritable and agitated after their classes and subsequently had difficulty in sleeping.

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