Membership consists of persons who are appointed to serve on a full-time basis to be directly responsible for the administration of the correctional facilities or correctional system of a jurisdiction. These persons include heads of state corrections agencies, heads of Cook County (Chicago), the District of Columbia, New York City, Philadelphia, the Federal Bureau of Prisons, The Correctional Service of Canada, each province of Canada, and any United States territory, possession, and/or commonwealth. ASCA Associate members include former administrators who have successfully served three years in one or more jurisdictions and who have been nominated and accepted into associate status by ASCA's Executive Committee.

The ASCA Constitution states that eligibility for Associate Membership shall be at the discretion of the Executive Committee.  In 2011 a Constitutional Amendment was passed by membership changing the years of service required for Associate status from four to three.

Eligibility of Associate Membership shall be limited to individuals who have served at least three years as the person directly responsible for the administration of total correctional system of a state; the head of the correctional systems of Cook County (Chicago), the District of Columbia, New York City, Philadelphia; the Federal Bureau of Prisons; the heads of each province of Canada; and any United States territory, possession, and/or commonwealth are eligible for active membership. 

Associate members are not eligible to vote, and Associate members shall pay annual dues of $100. 

In order to become an Associate member, an eligible individual shall be sponsored by an active member of the ASCA. who shall place the eligible individual's name in nomination in writing to the Executive Committee for consideration and action.

Click here for the ASCA Associate Member List updated December 21, 2011.