Encourages AA members to assume responsibility for carrying the message to alcoholics behind the walls, review all aspects of service to AA groups in correctional facilities, and makes recommendations for changes and/or improvements. It is also concerned with clarifying what AA can and cannot do, within the Traditions, to help inmate alcoholics both inside and upon release. [Source: AA Service Manual

The committee’s Function is two-fold: to carry the message to those still suffering behind bars; and to help with transition to outside meetings once an inmate is released through pre-release contacts. GSO provides Corrections Correspondence Services (CCS) to connect inmates with outside AA members,

The Correctional Facilities workbook is a good basic tool. It con-tains information on how to do correctional facilities work, background information, guide letters, and a selection of pamphlets, leaflets, etc. The workbook also goes into detail about prison AA meetings. Most committees find that adequate literature supplies are essential in a correctional facilities group or meeting. Sharing from behind the walls is a one-page newsletter for AA members on the inside and is available on request through GSO. [Source: Corrections Guidelines] 25 The corrections committee helps to carry the AA message to those in correctional facilities who have problems with alcohol and are seeking help from AA. Committee members and volun-teers bring meetings inside the walls of correctional institutions and provide conference-approved literature. “The formation of an inside AA group is based on cooperation and understanding between authorities and the AA people. The basis of the group’s operation is the rules and regulations under which the superintendent will permit an AA group to function inside. It is equally important for everyone to have a clear understanding of what AA can and cannot do to help alcoholics.” [Source: AA in Correctional Facilities]