District 10 Corrections Committee

District 10 Corrections Committee

DISTRICT 10 CORRECTIONS VOLUNTEER INFORMATION

Last Updated 6/7/2025

District 10 is currently serving Johnson County Corrections by taking:

1. Both Men’s and Women’s meetings into the Adult Residential Center (ARC) located at 141 Mission Dr, New Century, KS 66031 (within the New Century Airfield area – West of I-35 and between 151^ststreet in Olathe to the North and HWY 56 in Gardner to the South).
2. Men’s meetings into the Johnson County Jail in New Century

The ARC has two different programs for the clients:

1. Therapeutic Community (TC) is a 6-month residential treatment program where the clients do not leave the facility and are required to complete several self-improvement items to “graduate” – and upon completion are released on parole. TC participants must request and be approved for admission.
2. Work Release (WR) is a program where the clients are allowed to leave the facility during the day to work but must return each night as residents in a dormitory building separate from TC buildings. The WR clients are also required to complete several self-improvement items and not violate program conditions while away from the facility to be released on parole.

Women’s ARC AA meetings occur for the TC side Tuesdays at 6:45 PM weekly (arrive 6:30 PM for entry)

Women’s ARC AA meetings occur for the WR side Saturdays at 6:00 PM (arrive 5:45 PM for entry)

Men’s ARC AA meetings occur for the TC side Saturdays at 6:00 PM weekly (arrive 5:45 PM for entry)

Men’s ARC AA meetings occur for the WR side Saturdays at 6:00 PM weekly (arrive 5:45 PM for entry)

Men’s JoCo Jail meetings occur from 5-6 PM Weekdays (dates vary)

What is required for ARC:

1. Pass a Background Check and be > 1 year beyond any personal corrections history
2. Able to commit to 1 meeting a month as noted above (fixed / assigned week or a floating sub / extra attendee)
3. Complete online ‘training’ – takes about an hour
4. Attend an online orientation session – takes ~30 minutes
5. Get a TB test and be negative (provided for free at the facility or obtain on your own)

Ready to get started at the ARC? Click HERE

What is required for JoCo Jail:

1. Pass a Background Check and be > 1 year beyond any personal corrections history
2. Able to commit to multiple meetings a month weekdays from 5-6 PM as noted above
3. Complete in-person ‘training’ – takes about an hour

Opportunities also exist to take meetings to:

• Lansing, KS Men’s State Penitentiary:
  • Tuesday 7 PM (Minimum Security – East Campus)
  • Tuesday 5:30 (Med/Max Security – Gym on Main Campus)
  • Friday 6 PM (Minimum Security – East Campus)
  • Saturday 6 PM (Maximum Security)
• Topeka, KS Women’s State Penetentiary
• Leavenworth, KS Federal Penitentiary

A new Kansas “County level” jail “pen pal” correspondence program is available as of May 2025 – an opportunity to confidentially correspond with inmates at the County level throughout Kansas (GSO Corrections Correspondence only covers Federal and State level facilities – Counties are left out):

• AA side uses Form F-162 (A.A. Corrections Prerelease Contact Information – For AA’s on the OUTSIDE) – you can print the form here: https://www.aa.org/aa-corrections-prerelease-contact-information-outside
• Inmate side uses Form F-163 (A.A. Corrections Prerelease Contact Information – For AA’s on the INSIDE) – you can print the form (to provide to the inside) here: https://www.aa.org/aa-corrections-prerelease-contact-information-inside
• Both sides mail the completed form to the below P.O. Box to be matched up for confidential correspondence:

Kansas Corrections Prerelease

P.O. Box 3011

Lawrence, KS 66046

Groups wishing to send Yellow Can Contributions:

Yellow cans: AA Literature carries the message to those who are confined to Correctional Facilities. The yellow can fund of Kansas Area 25 contributions is used to purchase literature that is made available to those seeking recovery in confinement.

Send all Yellow Can contributions (in the form of bank check, do not send cash or coins) to: 

Yellow Can Fund

P.O. Box 2972

Hutchinson, KS 67504

Questions? Contact: Ken J – District 10 Corrections Chair, 913-221-5547, kjopks20@gmail.com