Prison Vegetarian Project began informally. A few friends had been exchanging letters with people in prison who were studying and practicing meditation. These friends in prison would sometimes write to us about how they were trying to get vegetarian food, and would also write to us about the problems they were having.
We started to write letters of support to prison administration and gradually started to hear from new people in prison who wanted help.
And a project was born.
We get many letters from people who requests for vegetarian food are refused by prison administration because, they are told, they do not belong to a religion that "requires" vegetarianism. Our efforts have been to support all requests for vegetarian diets, and to also encourage people in prison to see vegetarian practice as part of their spiritual path. |
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|  | |  | |  | | We began working with people in prison in 2003 and are entirely volunteer run. |
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