Correctional Facilities — Service and Meetings
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 making contact before release. AA Guidelines (CFC)
Thank you for your interest in corrections service work. There are several ways to participate with the Corrections Committee and help carry the message of sobriety through Alcoholics Anonymous to those who are behind the walls and identify as alcoholic.
Join the CFC Committee
Attend the monthly CFC meeting and carry information about service opportunities back to your home group. When: Monthly on the second Thursday, 6:00 PM, currently via Zoom. Please contact the CFC Chair for the Zoom ID: cfcchair@aanc32.org.
Write Letters to an Alcoholic Inmate
Share your experience, strength, and hope with an alcoholic in jail. Download and read the pamphlet below. Fill it out, mail it in and GSO will send you the name and contact information of an alcoholic so that you can correspond with them.
Correspondence Application
Request Literature for an Inmate
Literature Request Form
Volunteer to take a meeting for a correctional facility - There are hundreds of alcoholics behind bars in our area and many will not have access to AA without a volunteer. Please take note of the instructions link and application for each institution. If you have questions, please contact the district correctional facilities chair: cfcchair@aanc32.org.
Application Instructions
Refer -> to the list to determine which meeting you could commit to attending.
Review -> application and/or instructions for the facility that you are committed to bringing a meeting to on a regular basis. Fill out the application, following any instructions in the application.
Contact -> the CFC committee chair at cfcchair@aanc32.org when your application is finished so that it can get submitted directly to the facility (this ensures the greatest likelihood for timely application approval by the facility's administration).
Wait -> for application approval and badge access. If you have not received notification of approval within two weeks, please contact the CFC chair for follow-up. We are grateful for your commitment to working with alcoholics behind the walls.
CFC District 32 Meetings
Durham County Jail — 219 South Mangum Street, Durham, NC 27701
Virtual - through collaboration with the STARR program
Granville County Detention Center - 1001 Veazey Road, Butner, NC 27509
Monday 6:00 PM
Granville background check form | Granville CDC application
Butner Federal Prison — Old 75 Hwy, Butner, NC 27509
Follow the instructions for the application and orientation session.
Tuesday 6:00 PM / Thursday 2:30 PM / Friday 8:30 AM
Instructions for Applying | Instructions for Reference Letter
GSO Corrections Literature
Send inquiries to: cfcchair@aanc32.org or mail to our mailing address
CFC Opportunities in District 33 – email cf@aanc33.org for applications
Dan River Work Farm - 981 Murray Rd, Blanch, NC 27212
Monday evening
Orange Correctional Center - 2110 Clarence Walters Road, Hillsborough, NC 27278
Thursday evening - Steps to Freedom Group
Saturday day & evening - Coming of Age Group
Caswell Correctional Center - 444 County Home Rd, Blanch, NC 27212
Monday evening