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162So TM really breaks the cycle of crime, prison, more crime?Research around the world has found major decreases in returning to prison for people who learn and practice TM. Since taxpayers pay to support people who are in prison, the savings have been enormous.Why was there only 30-45% decrease in going back to jail in the US, vs. 97% in Senegal?In the Senegal prisons, all prisoners and staff learned TM and practiced it twice a day together in a group. In the US prisons, only small numbers of staff and inmates learned TM, and everyone practiced TM on their own, with only occasional group meditations. TM twice a day, every day, produces much bigger results than less regular TM, and TM in a group also increases its benefits.In the Senegal project%u2019s TM prisons, the entire population of prisoners and staff were taking part. In any group, a larger percentage of people doing TM regularly will produce better results.