"Lozoff decided to apply for a position as a prison guard at the new federal prison...He didn't get the job, but the assistant warden was curious about why a guy like Lozoff--a young man active in the protest and counterculture movements of the '60s and '70s--would want a job as a prison guard... Lozoff leveled with him, told him he was a Karma Yogi who suspected his spiritual path might involve service to prisoners... amazingly, the assistant warden responded with enthusiasm... Lozoff... soon found himself teaching classes in individual jails and prisons... Ram Dass, also had taken a great interest in prisoners; the Lozoffs met with him and the three began to craft a plan for helping convicts turn their cells and prison yards into ashrams, places of spiritual growth and freedom."
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