AA @Washington State Penitentiary September 1957

Publié le 27 novembre 2024 par kreizker

Autre édition de 1954 : http://www.kreizker.net/article-washington-state-prison-49294177.html

In the Washington State Penitentiary at Walla Walla, several maximum security inmates began meeting surreptitiously in the "big yard" as early as 1942.

The prison's director of education wrote the Alcoholic Foundation in 1943 about starting an A.A. group behind the walls, and he met Bill W. on his first trip to Seattle.

In July of the following year Les F. came to Walla Walla from Seattle with the endorsement of the Governor for the express purpose of starting a group.

In 1950, the group had it's first annual open house, and by 1978 that event was attended by 250 inmates and 200 outside guests.

In 1985 the group had three meetings a week.