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Prison & Institutional
Outreach Information


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AA D43: PRISONS & INSTITUTIONS
Volunteer Opportunities!

1.) Centre County Prison: Monday 6:30-7:30pm meetings.  Separate men & women’s.  
Closed meeting, 1 year clean‐time required, you must submit an Application for Volunteer
Service to the prison.


Then call to check if you are approved to be a volunteer (a week or 2).  You need a photo
id & your keys only. You can bring in a big book or step book to use at the meeting.  
Members attending the meeting meet about 6:20 in the lobby. Sign in at the desk and you
will be given a visitor’s badge.


2.) Clinton County Prison: Thursday 6:00-7:00pm meetings.  Separate men & women’s
meetings.  Closed meeting, 2 years clean‐time required.

When your application is approved, you will be contacted by the Clinton Co. Facility to
schedule an orientation appointment or you can call to check. (a week or 2). You need your
badge that they issue at orientation and your keys only. You can bring in a big book or step
book to use at the meeting. Members attending the meeting meet about 5:50 in the lobby.
Sign in at desk and then go back together.


3.) The Meadows Psychiatric Center: Tuesdays 6:30-7:30pm meeting.  Closed Meeting,
3 Months Sobriety Required. The Meadows is between Centre Hall and Boalsburg on Rt. 45.
132 The Meadows Drive Centre Hall PA 16823 814‐364‐2161.  Members meet at the front
desk and go together to the conference room.


4.) Youth Detention Center: Mondays 6:30-7:30pm meeting.  Located on the Benner Pike
across from the new Centre County jail on road that leads to Fisherman’s Paradise. 148
Paradise Road Bellefonte, PA 16823 814‐355‐0650.  Open topic discussion meeting, must
be clean & sober to attend. Topic discussion. Members meet outside in parking lot at 6:15
and enter together. You need to bring in your photo id for the first time (they copy it and
make a form for you that you sign in on each time). Only car keys allowed in. Sign in upon
entrance.


5.) Saint Joseph’s Institute: Thursdays 7:00-8:00pm meeting.  134 Jacobs Way Port
Matilda, Pennsylvania 16870 (mailing address).  2844 South Mountain Road, Port Matilda,
PA 16870 (GPS address).  Open discussion meeting all members welcome. Directions:
From State College (25 minutes): Take 322 west out of State College. Merge onto I‐99 S/US‐
220 S toward Altoona/Phillipsburg. Take EXIT 61 toward Port Matilda. Turn LEFT onto N
High St. Turn RIGHT onto W Plank Rd St. W Plank Rd St becomes Bald Eagle Valley Rd.
Turn RIGHT onto Fowler Hollow Ln. Fowler Hollow Ln becomes S Mountain Rd. at Y in road
stay left and look for signs for St. Joseph’s Institute. Stay right & building in back of
compound.


6.) Rockview State Prison: Meeting held every 4th Wednesday of the month – 5:00pm 1
Rockview Place Bellefonte, PA 16823 814‐355‐4874 (on Rt 64 from mall in State College
towards Bellefonte). You must submit a Centralized Clearance Check Information Request
(Section A only) and Public Visitor Memo of Understanding form.  

    Send them to:
    SCI Rockview Box A
    Bellefonte PA 16823
    or
    FAX: 814‐353‐6057
    both Attn: Melanie Bower.

It will take a month or 2 for approval. 1 Year sobriety suggested, not on parole, do not know
any inmates personally on the inside. You will be notified about your clearance‐you’ll get
state id & gate pass.  Report at the Main Gate by 5pm – have state‐issued photo ID, get
buzzed in. Pass thru the metal detector, sign in, submit car keys and photo ID to the front
window, receive a visitor's pass. When all visitors are there, we are escorted over to the
Education Building, where we re‐set the classroom chairs into a circle. Inmates arrive. The
inmates host the meeting; we're just outside visitors. They have a regular meeting format,
which includes the AA preamble, etc. The chair either solicits or selects a topic, and it's
open sharing until 6:15.
Prison Outreach Information
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