PURPOSE
The purpose of a corrections committee is to coordinate the work of individual A.A. members and groups who are interested in carrying our message of recovery to alcoholics behind the walls, and to set up means of smoothing the way from the facility to the larger A.A. community through prerelease contacts.
A corrections committee may function within the structure of a General Service Conference area committee or an intergroup/central office. As A.A. has grown, it seems that a committee formed within the A.A. service structure works more effectively than an individual member or group.
The Area 26 Corrections Committee is focused on carrying the A.A. message to the Alcoholic behind the walls. The committee does this by informing workers in corrections facilities about what A.A. is and is not, taking meetings in corrections facilities, purchasing and bringing in literature to alcoholics behind the walls, corresponding with alcoholics staying in a correctional facility, and being sponsors to Alcoholics living behind the walls.
If you want to work with alcoholics in a corrections facility, please contact [email protected]
One way to do service work within the Corrections Committee is to serve as a temporary contact in the Bridging the Gap program.
One way to support the Corrections Committee is to contribute to the Pink Can Fund online or by check.
For more information about Corrections Committees and their work in your community, please see the following literature:
A.A. Guidelines on Corrections Committees
A.A. in Correctional Facilities
A.A. in Prison: A Message of Hope Book
Correctional Facilities – A.A. Group Handbook
A Message to Corrections Professionals…Pamphlet
Behind the Walls: A Message of Hope Pamphlet
Corrections Correspondence — a special kind of A.A. Service Pamphlet
Information on the Corrections Correspondence service for “Outside” A.A. members Pamphlet
To sign up as Corrections Correspondent please fill out this Form and email it to [email protected]
If you are in a correctional facility and want to sign up to be paired with the Corrections Correspondence Service, please fill out this Form and email it to [email protected]