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Former inmate credits Maricopa County Smart Justice Program with job and training

2094905 · January 9, 2025
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Jason Sully, a former inmate, says the Maricopa County Smart Justice Program helped him obtain vocational schooling, job coaching and full-time employment; a program representative said the initiative achieved a 72% full-time employment rate over the last two program years.

Jason Sully, a former inmate, said he found steady work and training through the Maricopa County Smart Justice Program after going to prison.

Sully described a period of drug addiction and run-ins with law enforcement before saying prison became “a rock bottom” that led him to the county program. “Janice Guevara immediately was there for me,” Sully said,…

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