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1 1 HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. ___
1 2 BY REYNOLDS-KNIGHT
1 3 A Resolution requesting an interim study of the use
1 4 of transcendental meditation as a rehabilitative
1 5 technique in correctional institutions.
1 6 WHEREAS, transcendental meditation is a simple,
1 7 cost-effective technique that has been used
1 8 successfully over the last twenty-five years; and
1 9 WHEREAS, transcendental meditation is being used in
1 10 many prison and juvenile correctional systems
1 11 throughout the world, including institutions in the
1 12 United States, Spain, India, Sri Lanka, Brazil,
1 13 Mexico, Chile, Paraguay, the Philippines, and Senegal;
1 14 and
1 15 WHEREAS, the transcendental meditation program has
1 16 been learned by more than four million people around
1 17 the world, including tens of thousands of prison
1 18 inmates and correctional officers; and
1 19 WHEREAS, in more than five hundred studies carried
1 20 out in over two hundred universities and research
1 21 institutions in twenty-seven countries, the research
1 22 has shown that the program helps to dissolve stress,
1 23 promotes health, develops mental potential, promotes
1 24 personal growth and social harmony, and reduces
1 25 dependency on alcohol and other drugs; and
1 26 WHEREAS, research in California and Massachusetts
1 27 on the use of transcendental meditation in corrections
1 28 facilities demonstrated a thirty-five percent
1 29 reduction in offender recidivism after release; and
1 30 WHEREAS, a transcendental meditation program only
2 1 requires that a person sit comfortably with eyes
2 2 closed for two fifteen to twenty minute daily sessions
2 3 making it easy and cost-effective to implement; and
2 4 WHEREAS, based upon recent figures in the Iowa
2 5 department of correction's budget and the
2 6 scientifically quantified effects of the
2 7 transcendental meditation program, it is estimated
2 8 that the department could recover more than seven
2 9 dollars for every dollar invested in the program; NOW
2 10 THEREFORE,
2 11 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
2 12 That the Legislative Council is requested to establish
2 13 an interim study committee consisting of members of
2 14 both political parties from both houses of the General
2 15 Assembly to review the costs and benefits associated
2 16 with initiating a transcendental meditation program
2 17 within the Iowa adult and juvenile correctional
2 18 systems. The study may include but is not limited to
2 19 a review of existing research on the benefits and
2 20 costs of a transcendental meditation program and an
2 21 examination of correctional systems which currently
2 22 utilize transcendental meditation as part of their
2 23 program. The committee shall submit its findings,
2 24 together with any recommendations, in a report to the
2 25 General Assembly which convenes in January 1998.
2 26 LSB 2210YH 77
2 27 lh/jj/8
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