How To Get Involved - We Need Your Help!

CARRYING THE AA MESSAGE TO THE ALCOHOLIC THAT LIVES IN A CORRECTIONAL FACILITY

There is a serious need for volunteers to do Twelve Step work in the Correctional field. Here are some of the ways that your help is needed.

VOLUNTEER INSIDE THE WALLS
(Guidelines)

Volunteering to attend meetings inside the walls requires a commitment, along with a desire to give something back to AA. Each facility has its own rules and regulations, which can cause frustration at times, but the rewards for this kind of service are tremendous! You will be required to have a background check by the Dept. of Corrections, and possibly to sit through a lengthy orientation, prior to being allowed to go inside. Once cleared, you will have to function under the correctional facility’s rules, and at some facilities subject yourself to a "pat-down" search each time you enter the facility. The inmates that are attending meetings, or would like to, desperately need this kind of volunteer! Many facilities won’t allow the inmates to hold a meeting without a volunteer present. Let’s not forget the alcoholic that is less fortunate than ourselves.

CORRESPOND WITH AN INMATE
(Example Letter)

The General Service Office has in place a Correction Program, by which an inmate who would like to write to a member of AA, will be put in contact with a volunteer who has agreed to share their experience, strength, and hope by letter. If you can write letters and would be willing to share with someone who desperately needs "sober" contact, please help!

BE A PRE-RELEASE CONTACT FOR AN INMATE
(Pre-Release Application)

Another way to help is to be a Pre-Release Contact for an inmate that is going to be paroled to your community. When an inmate requests and establishes contact with someone prior to their release, for the purpose of helping them get to an AA meeting within the first 24 hours of their release, their chances of continued sobriety increase dramatically! We can help these people accomplish this! This is just good, old fashioned Twelve Step Work!

IF YOU CAN HELP OUT WITH ONE OR MORE OF THESE SERVICES,
PLEASE CONTACT ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:

Corrections Chair: correctionschair@aa-semi.org