This paper draws on a literature review which questioned whether meditation interventions in prison populations encourage desistance from crime. The purpose of this paper was to discover possible connections between criminological theories of desistance and the research findings of meditation courses in prison. A brief analysis of the evaluation findings on the presented meditation courses is implemented. This paper concludes that meditation projects in prison populations may not reasonably address desistance; however, there is evidence that the effects of such adjunct interventions can encourage prisoners to progress on the path toward desistance through mindfulness and other pro-social orientation.