In
1942, Warden Duffy at the San Quentin prison noticed that
80% of the prisoners released ended up back in prison, and
that alcohol was usually a contributing factor.
He was aware of a group called Alcoholics Anonymous who
claimed recovery from this terrible disease, and invited
them into San Quentin to hold meetings with the inmates.
Thus H&I was born and San Quentin Group #1 became the
first group in the Hospital and Institution Committee.
We still go into that prison today, and they created
this poster
for us to show that even in prison, H&I and the message
of Alcoholics Anonymous still works!
For
more information about what we do, please visit
www.handinorcal.org
