Kiran Bedi transformed the largest and most violent prison in India, Tihar Prison, population 10,000, by instituting ten-day courses in Vipassana Meditation as taught by S. N. Goenka. Crime and violence in the prison dropped dramatically. See the Israeli film Doing Time, Doing Vipassana about Vipassana in Tihar Prison.
While she was police chief in the city of New Delhi, she had every police officer in the New Delhi Police Force sit a ten-day course in Vipassana Meditation. It completely changed the feel of the entire city of New Delhi.
"Kiran Bedi influenced several decisions of the Indian Police Service, particularly in the areas of narcotics control, traffic management, and VIP security. During her stint as the Inspector General of Prisons, in Tihar Jail (Delhi) (1993–1995), she instituted a number of reforms in the management of the prison, and initiated a number of measures such as detoxification programs, yoga, vipassana meditation, redressing of complaints by prisoners and literacy programs.[12][13] For this she won the 1994 Ramon Magsaysay Award, and the 'Jawaharlal Nehru Fellowship', to write about her work at Tihar Jail."
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