Correctional Facilities Committee

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For Volunteers

Volunteer Opportunities:

There are so many ways to volunteer in corrections. You can chair a meeting on a regular basis, go as a onetime speaker, or provide background support to the committee.

Pre-Release / Temporary Contact:

Getting out of Jail/Prison can be daunting and overwhelming. Volunteer to be a contact for a person in custody to help get them adjusted to A. A. outside of incarceration.

Corrections Correspondence:

Even with A. A. going into institutions, meetings are not as frequent as a person in custody may want. This is a A. A. "pen-pal" program where volunteers are matched with persons in custody in distant geographic locations and gives them the opportunity to talk recovery through the mail.

Paper Coin Program:

A celebrating person in custody can't receive metal coins, so a paper coin system has been created.

Suggested literature and Films

Literature:

• A.A. in Correctional Facilities (P-26)
• Carrying the Message Into Correctional Facilities (F-5)
• How A.A. Members Cooperate (P-29)
• A Message to Corrections Professionals (P-20)

Films:

• A New Freedom (DV-18)
• Hope: Alcoholics Anonymous (DV-09)
• Young People in A.A. (DV-l0)
• Carrying the Message Behind These Walls (DV-06)
• Your A.A. General Service, the Grapevine, and the General Service Structure (DV-07)