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Corrections Committee

CONTACTS: corrections_women@ashevilleaa.org, corrections_men@ashevilleaa.org

The Corrections chairperson is the liaison between the prisons, jails and detention centers and AA.

  • Oversees volunteers and promotes volunteer opportunities with jails, prisons and detention centers
  • Contacts the prison, jail and detention center staff to facilitate bringing the AA message of recovery to incarcerated alcoholics
  • Communicates procedures, applications, orientation and recommendation/reference/sobriety requirements for each facility to the District and volunteers
  • Manages the PreRelease program to connect persons leaving prisons and jails to the AA community
  • If time and budget allow, attends the North Carolina “Freedom from Bondage” Assembly