No one is free when others are oppressed.
Contact Us:
1-877-525-CURE (2873)
P.O Box 1245
Cape Girardeau, MO 63702
Welcome to
Missouri CURE
Who We Are
Citizens
United for
Rehabilitation of
Errants
CURE is an international movement that seeks to reduce crime through reform of the criminal justice system. International CURE website is
Missouri CURE organizes and unites offenders, their families, and others for education and advocacy in criminal
justice issues.
Missouri CURE is a state chapter of International CURE that began in 1990.
Who Can Join? CURE members include prisoners, their families and loved ones, and other concerned members of the community.
What are the goals of CURE? To ensure that prisons are only used for those who absolutely must be incarcerated and that they are used only for the purposes of rehabilitation and education.
To make a contribution to Missouri CURE please click here. Your contributions are used to continue to advocate for prisoners and family members. Our major expenses are publishing and postage for our quarterly newsletter, Turning Point. A grassroots organization, CURE has no paid staff. Members volunteer their time.
To Join by Pay Pal:
If you are paying for a prisoner membership, please include the prisoner's name, number and institution in the paypal notes so that we know you are paying for a prisoner. This will ensure that the newsletter is sent to the prisoner. When you click the pay button and sign in, the very top form has a link to add instructions to buyer; this is where you should add this information.
Other Payment Options
Check or Money Order: Make out to Missouri CURE (address below).
Postage Stamps: Send 5 postage stamps for each inmate membership.
Missouri CURE
P.O. Box 1245
Cape Girardeau MO 63702-1245
85% Bills introduced!
House Bill 752 & House Bill 753 were introduced
2/28/13 by State Rep. Rory Ellinger to reform the 85% law. (The bills are based on our proposal, which can be viewed on the Current Issues page.) To see
the text of these bills, go to http://www.house.mo.gov, and then to Bill Tracking. You can also find your own State Rep on this site.
We Need Your Help:
1. Contact your State Rep and urge him/her to support these bills!
2. Contact House Speaker Tim Jones and ask him to assign HB 752 and 753 to a committee ASAP!
You can e-mail him at Timothy.Jones@house.mo.gov
or phone his office at
573-751-0562.
MO CURE participated in
Criminal Justice Lobby Day
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
at the Missouri Capitol, where
14 of us lobbied for HB 752 and
HB 753. We also support HB 419, which would provide the possibility of parole for those with LWOP
or extremely long sentences.
See the current issue of our newsletter, Turning Point (Winter 2012-2013) for more information.
Remember, your Representative works for You.
Our taxes pay their salaries.
Our votes keep them in office.
Lobbying your own legislator
has a lot of impact!
85% Petition
Click the link below to view
our new petition and
support reform of the
85% mandatory minimum
sentencing law that affects
so many Missouri prisoners
and their families and loved ones:
