{"id":23,"date":"2018-02-06T17:28:27","date_gmt":"2018-02-06T16:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/mindfulnessplus\/?page_id=23"},"modified":"2026-03-31T15:40:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T15:40:16","slug":"inner-rehabilitation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/mindful-leaders-kenya\/inner-rehabilitation\/","title":{"rendered":"Inner Rehabilitation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Mindful\u00a0Inner Rehabilitation Project is a project that is revolutionalising Kenyan prisons. Inmates train to be Mindful Leaders,\u00a0who then further train other inmates \u2013 and so it continues.<\/p>\n<p>The programme began in 2015 in the largest maximum security prison, Naivasha.\u00a0In 2016 the materials that had been\u00a0translated into Kiswahili were formally handed over to welfare officers from Langata (female prison in Nairobi) to help the expansion into other female prisons. Since 2017 this programme has expanded in\u00a02 ways: (1) spontaneously to prisons such as Kitale, where\u00a06 Naivasha inmates (Mindful Leaders) were\u00a0transferred and where they started with 60 trainees; and (2) by the request of the prison governor in prisons such as Nyeri Medium.<\/p>\n<p>The training is underpinned by the Mindfulness Plus programme which was specifically designed to address the needs of the people in the Kenya Prisons Service. Most of the techniques are captured in a student workbook, teacher handbook and practice portfolio.\u00a0<span style=\"float: none;background-color: transparent;color: #333333;cursor: text;font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman','Bitstream Charter',Times,serif;font-size: 16px;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: 400;letter-spacing: normal;line-height: 24px;text-align: left;text-decoration: none;text-indent: 0px\">The workbook guides and provides techniques to help the inmates become more mindful, present, alert and attentive \u2013 which in turn\u00a0creates emotional\u00a0resilience. These materials<\/span> have been translated into Kiswahili and\u00a0are being currently translated into\u00a02\u00a0other languages. A further Mindfulness and Resilience handbook has been created by the pioneers, as well as creative arts, poems, dramas, comedies and song\u00a0\u2013 all to reach different audiences and people.<\/p>\n<p>The Kenya Prisons Service Director of Rehabilitation, prison governors, staff, inmate\u00a0Mindful Leaders and trainees all share the same collective goal \u2013 to increase the reach to prisons all across Kenya, Africa, and to lead the way for the world.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/mindfulleaderskenya\/inner-rehabilitation\/naivasha-maximum-security\/\">Naivasha Maximum Security<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/mindfulleaderskenya\/inner-rehabilitation\/nyeri-medium\/\">Nyeri Medium<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/mindfulleaderskenya\/inner-rehabilitation\/kitale-thika-kitengala\/\">Kitengala<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information, reports of impact, stories of inmates, videos etc, see\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.exeter.ac.uk\/innerrehabilitation\/\">Link to blog<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Mindful\u00a0Inner Rehabilitation Project is a project that is revolutionalising Kenyan prisons. 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