The International Bodhisattva Sangha (IBS) Prison Program was founded in 1995 by Venerable Master Hueiguang. Before renouncing his life as a layman, Venerable Hueiguang was a student at the University of California in San Diego and was teaching classes on Buddhism at a local temple. His classes focused on how to apply the...
DHARMA IN PRISON


Buddhist Libraries in Prisons
The List of Buddhist Libraries that IBS setup in California State Prisons.
- Chuckawalla State Prison 4 (2010)
- Calipatria State Prison 4 (2011)
- Centinela State Prison 2 (2011)
- Chino State Prison 3 (2012)
- Desert View State Prison 1 (2014)
- Lancaster State Prison 3 (2014)
- CCI Tehachapi State Prison 5 (2013)
- Sierra State Prison 2...
Prison Library Program
Since 2010 IBS has been setting up Buddhist Libraries in California State Prisons. It’s been 4 years with this project. There are 43 libraries we have setup so far. IBS would like to thanks all those organizations and individuals...