Description:
Oversees, organizes and coordinates bringing meetings and literature into correctional
Responsibilities:
● Corresponds with contact personnel for correctional facilities.
● Remains in contact with the Area Corrections Chair.
● Recruits District members to attend and facilitate meetings.
● Keeps a working schedule of A.A. meetings going into Hillsborough County Dept of Corrections (HCDOC).
● Dispenses literature to HCDOC as needed.
● Collaborates with the Treatment Chair for Bridging the Gap.
● Educates correctional facilities on the A.A. Pen Pal system.
● Provides written monthly reports to the District Assembly.
Suggested Qualifications:
● 3 years of continuous sobriety
● Strong background of A.A.’s Structure, Twelve Traditions, Twelve Concepts and Service Structure
● Good communication skills
Expected to Attend:
● Monthly District Assembly Meeting
● Area 43 Corrections Meeting (at the discretion of the Area 43 Corrections Chair)
● Holds Monthly Corrections Committee Meeting
Committee Members:
● Any A.A. members, as many as the Chair chooses
Other Pertinent Information:
● A.A. Guidelines on Corrections Committees (MG-06)
● Carrying the Message Into Correctional Facilities (F-5)
● A Message to Correctional Facilities Administrators (P-20)
● AA in Correctional Facilities (P-26)
● Bridging the GAP — Becoming a temporary contact between treatment and A.A. (P-49)
● Corrections Kit (M-45)
If you are interested in taking meetings into corrections facilities, or would like to participate in established commitments, please contact the District 12 Corrections Committee Chair.
Click here to download the forms necessary to take a meeting into Hillsboro County Jail (Valley Street).
Click here to download the information packet for Sununu Youth Services Center (SYSC) 1056 North River Road Manchester, NH 03104 (