ACI Correspondence Courses and Prisoner Project

Time in prison can be a kind of living hell for those who are inside. ACI offers prisoners across the US an opportunity to study Buddhism during their incarceration. The 18 ACI Foundation Courses can be taken online. Prisoners can complete their homework, quizzes, and final exams and mail their work to ACI. Senior ACI teachers then review, correct, and grade their work, and return it to the prisoners with comments.

Studying the teachings provides comfort and wisdom to people who are suffering from samsara even more than most. It helps those in prison to change their lives and emerge as better people, more able to live a better life, and contribute to society and the lives of other people in good ways. Also, the connection to their grader gives a much-needed human touch that helps them focus on higher truths while they are in prison.

Your contribution to the ACI Prisoner Correspondence Course Fund helps ACI pay for the cost of grading, mailing, and communicating with prisoners.