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Welcome!
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send
email to corrections @ area78.org
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Purpose |
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The purpose of
a correctional facilities committee is to coordinate the work of individual AA
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 AA community through pre-release contacts. A correctional facilities committee may function within the structure of a
General Service Conference area committee or a central office (intergroup). In
AA's early years, prison Twelfth Step work was usually done by an individual
group or an individual member. As AA has grown, however, it seems that a
committee formed within the AA service structure works more effectively.
Prior to 1977, services to correctional and treatment facilities were
provided under the umbrella of the Institutions Committee. Because of
rapid growth, the 1977 General Service Conference voted to dissolve its
Institutions Committee and form two separate committees, one for correctional
facilities and one for treatment facilities. This division was created to
provide better service to groups and meetings in both kinds of facilities.
from A.A. Guidelines/Correctional Facilities Committees
©AAWS,
used with permission.
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Am I Responsible? |
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Some alcoholics aren't lucky enough to be able to go
to meetings when they want to. They are in prison. They have limited contact
with the shared experience that our Fellowship offers through its meetings.
If you are a woman in Calgary and available on Tuesday evenings,
click here. Would
you like more information regarding AA in a Correctional Facility? Please contact your local Correctional Facilities Committee, your DCM or GSR,
or you may send email to corrections @ area78.org
which is forwarded to
the CFC Chairperson for Area 78.
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