CURE-Ohio is a non-profit, tax-exempt, prisoner advocacy organization that focuses on educating the Ohio public and our elected leaders about the need for responsible prison management, humane treatment of those incarcerated, fairness in the parole process, training in job and life skills for all Ohio's prisoners, and opportunities for employment, housing, and medical care after release. We seek to accomplish the restoration of our communities by promoting effective rehabilitative and restorative programs in Ohio's prisons, as well as effective and less-expensive alternatives to incarceration, including drug treatment.

CURE-Ohio usually meets the first Sunday of each month at 1 p.m. Through December 2010, the meeting is in Room 100 of the Northwood-High Building, 2231 North High Street, Columbus. Park in the lot behind the building, enter the building through a door from the parking lot at ground level, and take the elevator to the first floor. Call the number at the left for directions.

A local Columbus branch meets, usually, the 2nd and 4th Saturday of each month.   For time and place of the next meeting email Cure-Ohio Columbus; phone 614 635-0227.

Are you a prisoner or former prisoner? Do you have a friend in or loved one in prison? Are you concerned about skyrocketing incarceration rates, the social effects of high incarceration upon families and communities, fair sentencing, high recidivism rates, the death penalty, or humane prison living conditions? Are you horrified at the exorbitant telephone rates that citizens must pay to talk to their friends and family members in prison? Are you a prisoner or ex-prisoner in search of support, or a person on the outside who is interested in advocacy work and lobbying for social change?  If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, CURE-Ohio is a grassroots nonprofit that you should consider joining!

What CURE-Ohio membership offers:

* Membership in the state chapter.
* A means to work toward improvement of the safety of our communities through concern for the lives of those incarcerated in the State of Ohio.
* Automatic membership in National CURE with bi-annual conventions in alternate years.
* Quarterly National and three-times-a-year CURE-Ohio newsletters.
* An opportunity to have a voice in selecting CURE-Ohio's issues.

* PRISONER MEMBERSHIP     $5 per year
* INDIVIDUAL MEMBERSHIP     $10 per year
* FAMILY MEMBERSHIP     $20 per year
* ANGEL MEMBERSHIP     $25 per year
* SUSTAINER MEMBERSHIP     $50 per year
* LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP OR ORGANIZATIONAL MEMBERSHIP for 5 years    $100

* DONATION of ANY AMOUNT APPRECIATED

Send your dues and contact information to the mailing address at the left above.