SA Correctional Facilities Committee (CFC) Update

The CFC met during the convention in Chicago in July to discuss our committee’s purpose, goals, and methods. Our primary purpose is to support prisoners, staff, and their families. Approximately 20 meetings are held in prisons in 10 states. Our committee provides free literature including: Sexaholics Anonymous, subscriptions to ESSAY, the CFC brochure, and SA for the Helping Professional. We also facilitate a sponsor-by-mail program. In the near future, we hope to develop a prison newsletter so that we can publish prisoners’ writings for the support of other prisoners.

In order to improve our prison-related services, we are interested in hearing about other members’ successful experience in providing services to prisoners (see below). If you would to share your local experience—or if you would like to help our committee in any other capacity—please contact me at sacfc1@gmail.com or call 518-638-8070 and leave details on email or voicemail.

Information Request from CFC

If you would like to share your experience working with prisoners in your local area, please provide any or all of the following information:

• Names and locations of prisons where meetings are held in your area
• Contact info for a trusted servant for prison meetings in your area
• Names of sponsor-by-mail sponsors, number of sponsees each sponsor currently sponsors, and contact info in your area
• Any independent prison outreach services available at the individual, local group, or Intergroup level that would like to connect with SA CFC
• Contact info of local or Intergroup CFC committees in your area