ASPEN: DO THE CRIME, HAVE A GOOD TIME!

A JAIL CELL FOR THE RICH AND FAMOUS!

Only in Aspen, Colorado!

Now available in the Aspen Jail: yoga classes!

Crime sure pays in Aspen, Colorado!

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****Aspen Jail Will Offer Yoga Classes To Inmates!
(Yoga Helps Prisoners Deal With Stress, Officials Say.)

PITKIN COUNTY, Colo. -- The Pitkin County Jail is planning to offer a yoga program to its inmates.

The Aspen Daily News reported that jail officials believe practicing yoga will help prisoners deal with the stress of imprisonment.

They also hope it will positively influence future behavior and said a serene environment could mean a safer facility for staff and inmates.

Two volunteers will teach the classes.

Officials said the inmates seem very receptive to yoga classes.

Classes are scheduled to begin Friday.

In India, some prisoners who take yoga classes are given a sentence reduction of 15 days, according to ABC News.

"Yoga is a good thing to control the anger and to manage the stress," said Sanjay Mane, Madhya Pradesh state's inspector general of prisons. "The prisoners inside are under tremendous stress away from their families."

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