from the Times of India

CHENNAI: Additional director-general of police (prisons ) S K Dogra has an answer to aggression among prisoners- meditation .

Dogra , who is training more than 50 convicts at the Puzhal central prison , claims he has perceived a definite change in them . "I have personally felt the difference in an inmate's approach after meditation . Earlier , some of them were very aggressive . Now they are very calm ," he said .

Dogra , who said he had been practising meditation since childhood, added , "It has been a routine every morning since I was in Class V. It makes me calm and helps me think clearly ."