A complementary approach: The Prem Rawat Foundation’s Peace Education Program as a catalyst for self-directed behaviour change among persons deprived of liberty in São Paulo, Brazil (PID114)

3.30pm – 4.15pm EDT, 28 March 2023 ‐ 45 mins

Parallel Workshops

This presentation looks at a case study of The Prem Rawat Foundation’s Peace Education Program during COVID-19 pandemic across correctional facilities spanning justice system and levels of reintegration in São Paulo, Brazil.
Proposal: A symposium comprising three presentations addressing:
• Role of a “whole society” approach engaging incarcerated volunteers, community volunteers and NGOs
• Findings from a survey of 5,000+ respondents, which provides emerging evidence for TPRF’s Peace Education Program as a catalyst for self-determined behavioural change, irrespective of age or gender, among incarcerated in São Paulo, Brazil.
• How TPRF’s Program may complement and even enhance existing reintegration approaches for increasing desistance, and human and social capital.