The Prison Dharma’s Evolution
The Prison Dharma's Evolution
from Northwest Dharma News
On November 17 five Buddhist teachers and volunteers arrived at Steilacoom, Washington, showed their IDs to a corrections officer and stepped on the ferry to McNeil Island, where the Special Commitment Center (SCC) still operates under the State of Washington Department of Social & Health Services (DSHS). The larger Department of Corrections (DOC) facility on the island has been closed due to budget cuts. That facility was originally built by the federal government and served for decades as the Northwest’s version of Alcatraz. Later, it was turned over to the State of Washington and served as a prison in the DOC system, housing more than 1500 men.
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