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What Is Cure
Cure is a National
organization seeking to reduce crime through reform of the justice system
Who May Join? Cure members
include prisoners, their families an loved ones, and other concerned members of
the community.
What are the goals of Cure? To
ensure that prisons are used for those who absolutely must be incarcerated and
that they are used only for the rehabilitation and education.
Cure Today has an organized
presence in most states through state chapters, issue chapters and affiliates.
Cure affiliates include ACLU Prison, The National Coalition to Abolish the Death
Penalty, and Amnesty International.
Missouri Cure is a state chapter
which began in 1990
Missouri Cure Advocates
- Increased emphasis on community corrections and
alternatives to imprisonment
- Programs for prison families and children; parenting
programs; family-friendly policies
- Improved transportation for families
- Prisoner access to quality medical,dental,and mental
health care
- Implementation of genuine rehabilitation and life skills
programs through out the state prison system.
- Drug and alcohol treatment centers in all prisons
- Meaningful jobs and job skills training with real wages
to give prisoners a chance to reintegrate into society
- Improved educational opportunities for prisoners
- Abolish the death penalty.
- Support for death row prisoners and their families.
- Fairness in parole process, prisoner access to
information in parole files
- Private family visitation to build and maintain family
ties
- Possibility of parole for lifers who have been
rehabilitated.
For More Information Contact:
Missouri Cure
P.O. Box 6034 Chesterfield, Mo. 63006
Tel: 816-413-0186
FAX:
Internet:
MissouriCure@hotmail.com
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