I found the book "The Buddha in Jail" by Cuong ("kwong") Lu and I am writing to recommend it. The author was born in Vietnam but at an early age, his family moved to the Netherlands. He had an opportunity to meet Thich Nhat Hanh as a young man and was so impressed, he moved to Plum Village in France, Thich Nhat Hanh's home base. He lived and studied at Plum Village for 16 years. He became a Buddhist prison chaplain in the Netherlands and the book is the story of that chaplaincy.
Sometimes, Buddhism is considered a "way of life" and not a religion. Practicing involves meditation, a very good tool for seeing and experiencing the self and one's life. Many people that wind up in prison have had a childhood more or less guaranteed to lead to troubles, discomfort and despair.
