Archive for April, 2018

Zhaxi Zhuoma Rinpoche, the Abbot of the Holy Vajrasana Temple was able to visit with some of the Buddhist women waiting execution on “Death Row” at the largest women’s prison in the west, the Central California Women’s Facility at Chowchilla. There are almost 3,000 inmates in a facility designed to hold 2,000. However, that represents greatly improved conditions from the 4,000 incarcerated there a few years ago. There are 23 or 24 women on death row with five either practicing ...