LAHIC Corrections
Area 1: Transitional
These include facilities for individuals transitioning from incarceration back into society, and recovery facilities for alcohol and drug addiction.
Area 2: Juvenile**
AA/Visto (Volunteers in Service to Others), under the LA County Probation Dept., holds meetings for adolescents 14-18 in local detention facilities.
Area 5: Twin Towers*
Twin Towers Correctional Facility is an LA County Jail.
Area 5: Men’s Central Jail*
Men’s Central Jail is a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department facility for men.
Area 6: CRDF*
Century Regional Detention Facility is a women’s jail operated by the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department located in Lynwood, California.
Area 7: PDC*
Pitchess Detention Center, also known as Wayside, is located in Castaic. It is an all-male county detention center and correctional facility with four different jails.
Area 5/6/7: Spanish*
The Los Angeles Hospitals & Institutions Committee serves the Spanish-speaking population in all LA County Jail facilities, the weekly panels are conducted in Spanish.
*To speak at this facility, LASD Clearance is required.
**To speak at this facility, Visto Clearance by the LA Probation Dept. is required.
To obtain LASD or Visto Clearance, please email AA-Corrections@lahic.org or attend the Monthly Meeting.
ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR 12 STEP SERVICE FOR ALL MEMBERS OF AA
PLEASE SHARE WITH ALL AA GROUP MEMBERS
OUR GENERAL SERVICE AREA 05-SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AREA ASSEMBLY HAS A SERVICE COMMITTEE CALLED “CORRECTIONS COMMITTEE”
OUR MISSION: TO ENCOURAGE AND GUIDE ALL AA MEMBERS IN OUR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AREA TO BE OF SERVICE TO THE INCARCERATED STILL-SUFFERING ALCOHOLICS IN ONE OR MORE CAPACITIES:
1) H&I JAIL PANEL LEADERS: PLEASE BRING ENOUGH “CONTACT UPON RELEASE FORMS” FOR THE INCARCERATED TO COMPLETE AND THEN BRING BACK TO OUR TABLE AT THE NEXT HnI MONTHLY MEETING OR EMAIL PHOTOS TO area05corrections@gmail.com or text 619-946-8622
2) ANY AA MEMBER WITHOUT JAIL CLEARANCE: ALL ARE INVITED TO WRITE LETTERS TO INCARCERATED MEN AND WOMEN TO ARRANGE TAKING THEM TO THEIR FIRST AA MEETING “UPON RELEASE.” WE HAVE A F TO COLLECT YOUR INFORMATION, HAVE LETTER TEMPLATES, AND OTHER RESOURCES TO ASSIST YOU. email: area05corrections@gmail.com or text 619-946-8622
REMEMBER: MEN CONTACT MEN AND WOMEN CONTACT WOMEN!
3) ANY AA MEMBER: OUR GENERAL SERVICE OFFICE (GSO) IN NEW YORK HAS A SERVICE DESK CALLED “CORRECTIONS CORRESPONDENCE.” ANY AA MEMBER MAY SIGN UP HERE AT aa.orgAND WRITE INCARCERATED
4) ANY AA MEMBER CAN JOIN AND SERVE ON OUR AREA 05 CORRECTIONS COMMITTEE. WE MEET 8AM, THE LAST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH ON ZOOM. PLEASE COMPLETE OUR COMMITTEE SURVEY TO GET STARTED.area05corrections@gmail.com or text 619-946-8622
When sharing about corrections service, refer to an excerpt from a letter that our co-founder Bill W. wrote to a prison group in 1949: Every A.A. has been, in a sense, a prisoner. Each of us has walled himself out of society; each has known social stigma. The lot of you folks has been even more difficult: In your case, society has also built a wall around you. But there isn’t any real essential difference, a fact that practically all A.A.s now know. Therefore, when you members come into the world of A.A. on the outside, you can be sure that no one will care a fig that you have done time. What you are trying to be—not what you were—is all that counts with us
Questions about speaking on panels? Visit our FAQs.
To become a panel leader, please speak with an Area Supervisor at our monthly meeting.
To request a new panel at your facility, please click here.
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