Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants (CURE) is a United States
prisoner support Prisoner support encompasses a variety of activities aimed a providing assistance to prisoners, particularly political prisoners. Many programs devoted to this purpose have quite limited resources; for instance, Nottingham Black Prisoner Support, w ...
and
prison reform
Prison reform is the attempt to improve conditions inside prisons, improve the effectiveness of a penal system, or implement alternatives to incarceration. It also focuses on ensuring the reinstatement of those whose lives are impacted by crimes ...
organization that was founded by Charles and Pauline Sullivan in
San Antonio, Texas
("Cradle of Freedom")
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, on January 2, 1972.
It has supported legislation such as the Second Chance Act and, most famously, the
Federal Prison Work Incentive Act.
In August 1985, CURE became a national organization.
CURE has a branch devoted to federal prisoners among other things and various state chapters.
There is a branch devoted to Florida prisoners and one in Dallas for Texas prisoners. They maintain a Facebook presence. There is also an international CURE.
According to S. D. Williams in the journal ''Corrections Compendium'', "One of the group's problems is that the population for which they lobby (prisoners) does not elicit much sympathy; outsiders frequently do not see the wisdom of giving resources to those who must be in prison."
References
Prison-related organizations
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