TX CURE Inc

08/12/2022

07/03/2022

From now until July 5, author Aaron Flaherty’s book “Reshaping the Texas Prison System for Better Public Safety” is available for free download for Kindle from Amazon. It can be found at this link. Mr Flaherty is currently incarcerated in TDCJ.

Reshaping the Texas Prison System for Better Public Safety: An Inside View from a Texas Lifer

It has often been said that those who are closest to a problem are closest to its solution. That is no less true for those who are in prison. Prisoners see things that need to be changed within the prison system—things that escape the attention of people in society, politics, and upper-level pris....

06/16/2022

The Prison Activist Resource Center (PARC) is "a prison abolitionist group based in Oakland, California committed to exposing and challenging the institutionalized racism, sexism, ableism, heterosexism, and classism of the Prison Industrial Complex."

Each year, they publish a free national directory called the PARC National Prisoner Resource Directory. The 2022 edition was recently released.

A PDF version can be downloaded at this link:https://www.prisonactivist.org/sites/default/files/2022-PARC-directory.pdf

They also have a searchable resource directory on their website here: https://www.prisonactivist.org/

05/24/2022

Inmate Tablet Subscription Packages, Accessory Pricing, and Information, as distributed by TDCJ at the TDCJ Summit in Southlake, Texas on May 21, 2022.

05/24/2022

This is the TDCJ tablet rollout information from Securus - available in English and Spanish.

05/24/2022

First and foremost, I wish to thank State Representative Giovanni Capriglione, Southlake, for meeting us at the TDCJ SUMMIT and officially swearing in our new TX CURE Youth Ambassador Directors.

IF ANYONE IS IN HIS DISTRICT, PLEASE REACH OUT AND THANK HIM FOR HIS SUPPORT!!! HECK, EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT, REACH OUT ANYWAY, HE IS A WONDERFUL MAN!!!! https://www.facebook.com/VoteGiovanni

INTRODUCING our YOUTH AMBASSADOR PROGRAM under the direction and supervision of myself, assisted by AJ Robinson, Director of Programming and Family Education and our other Board Members as we progress.

Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Ethan, Bre and Genesis.
It is our mission to reach out specifically to the kids of incarcerated parents between the ages of 8-18. Our goal will be to educate them; provide peer support; develop child-parent programs that support family bonding during incarceration; dealing with the incarcerated lifestyle as it relates to children with limited access to a parent; preparation for parole, such as, how to create a support letter from the dependent's perspective; and legislative affairs.

This will be a Statewide program and these young Directors have said they are willing to undertake the task. I do not believe there is anything like this in Texas.

If you have an incarcerated LO and a child, between 8 and 18 who you think would enjoy getting involved, please reach out. This is ground floor so we will be building this house from the ground up. I ask for your patience there. I have divided the State in half, creating North and South sections.

Under each section, we will be creating regional chapters then, in time, narrowing it down to local prison area family chapters with the end goal there of getting the kids engaged and creating family and peer bonding and mentoring in preparation for release.

AS THIS IS A WORK IN PROGRESS, STAY TUNED FOR UPDATES
Charlie Malouff
Director-Government and Legislative Affairs

05/20/2022

Please join our Director of Government & Legislative Affairs, C.A. Malouff, and other TX CURE Inc Directors at TDCJ’s SUMMIT *this* Saturday, May 21 in Southlake, Texas!

Mark your calendars, the TDCJ Summit will be held on Saturday, May 21, 2022, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.!

Gateway Church is graciously hosting the event at The King’s University Campus, located at 2121 East Southlake Boulevard, Southlake, Texas.

Similar to the former PACT (Public Awareness – Corrections Today) Conference, leaders will assemble to offer presentations related to current events. Partner agencies and TDCJ division representatives will be available for questions. Anyone who would like to learn more about criminal justice is invited to attend, including inmate families, advocates, community leaders, prison ministries, and those with an interest in volunteering or learning about our employment opportunities.

Historically, PACT events were scheduled on an annual basis. As we plan TDCJ Summits, we will explore offering future events in different regions of the state on a more frequent basis.

There is no advance registration process or related attendance fee. For event updates and announcements, email [email protected]

05/20/2022

TX CURE Inc is pleased to announce the appointment and installation of its Board of Directors, effective May 15, 2022.

*President - Jenny Clark
*Vice President - Jeri Ann Summerville
*Secretary - Randi Lockhart
*Treasurer - Sara Holder
*Director of Government & Legislative Affairs - Charlie Malouff
*Youth Ambassadors - Bre & Ethan
*Director of Fundraising Events and Director of Government & Legislative Affairs - Charlie Roberts
*Director of Programming & Family Education - AJ Robinson
*Membership Director - Yoli Gage
*Director of Grants & Fundraising Projects - Lowell Hulsopple
*Board Member at Large - Carlton Carl

We wish to extend a special thanks to the Organizing Directors whose efforts and support in reorganizing the Texas Chapter of CURE paved the way for the placement of the Board and the future of this organization.

*Terri LeClercq, PhD
*Carlton Carl
*Larry Francis

And, as always, a big thank you to Charlie Sullivan, the Founder of Texas CURE and CURE National.