District 5 A.A.

District 5 Corrections Committee

Who we are

We are part of a Nationwide AA effort to bring the Message of Recovery to inmates in jails, support Prison Meetings, supplying facilities with literature, and raising awareness of other correspondence and transition programs available in AA.

What we do

The volunteers of the District 5 Corrections Facilities Committee carry the AA message into Deschutes County Jail, Deschutes County Work Release Program, and Jefferson County Jail.

Volunteers facilitate meetings in the jails and offer a Ride to Recovery Program to pick up and bring individuals to a meeting after they are released. This final step may be the most important one of all, because experience shows that the first few hours of an inmate’s release can be the critical ones.

How You Can Help

Locally

• Become a volunteer
  • Deschutes County
    • Jail Volunteer Commitment, requirements and Application Instructions – Deschutes County
    • Instructions for filling out the application
    • Application for Deschutes County Jail
  • Jefferson County
    • Jail Volunteer Commitment, requirements and Application Instructions – Jefferson County
    • Instructions for filling out the application
    • Application for Jefferson County Jail
  • Volunteer for the Ride to recovery Program. Contact Walt W.
• Donate AA literature. Any AA approved literature such as Big Books, Living Sober, Daily Reflections, Grapevines, etc. as long as soft cover and are free of staples.
• You or your home group donate a gift subscription to the monthly Grapevine publication.
  • Grapevine Gift Subscription
  • Deschutes County Adult Jail, 63333 US-20, Bend, OR 97701
  • Jefferson County Jail, 675 NW Cherry Ln, Madras, OR 97741
• You or your home group purchase a box of 30 reprints of The Grapevine for the jails, Box of 30 Grapevine Past Issues. Contact Walt W. to arrange to pick up box.

State Wide

• Volunteer to participate in Oregon Prison AA Meetings.
  • Guidelines & Sign-Up for CFC Volunteers
• Participate in Corrections Prerelease Program which connects an AA inmate being released with an AA Member in their community.
  • Fill out form,
    •  AA Corrections Prerelease Contact Information
    • Then contact Area 58 Corrections chair, Chair: Roberto F. cfc@aa-oregon.org for disposition

Nation Wide

• Participate in AA Corrections Correspondence Program
  • Corrections Correspondence Services

More Information

• Corrections Committees Resources

Correction Facilities Committee Chair:  Walt W   713 586-9150                   

District 5 Corrections Chair
P. O. Box 7241
Bend, OR 97708

D5 Monthly Meeting
​Second Sunday of the Month
4:00pm - 5:30pm
Trinity Episcopal Church (TEC)
469 NW Wall St, Bend, OR
Downstairs, Down the Ramp
(Please contact DCM for hybrid option)

24 Hour A.A. Hotline
541-548-0440

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We Need Your Help!!

If you are an A.A. member and your Home Group is in District 5, and you would like to get involved in the service structure of Alcoholics Anonymous, attend your group's business meeting.  Make yourself available to be your group's GSR (General Service Representative), come to the next District Business Meeting and/or get in touch with the District Committee Member (DCM).

DCM:  Carrie B.
dcm@district5aa.org

Alt. DCM:  Jamie S.
altdcm@district5aa.org

We look forward to hearing from you!