With Pen & Hope
July 2023 | Annual Prison Issue | Featured Section

With Pen & Hope

With letters and calls, she walked her through the Steps and on the way to a new life

My passion in AA has always been corrections. I believe this is because my very first meeting of AA was  in jail when I was only 17. Those AA ladies who came into our facility had a certain glow about them. I often wondered why they would waste their Tuesday evening coming in to see us. Jail was the last place I wanted to be.

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