Firewood Business Gives Hope to Former Inmates

📆 26/12/2024 03.39.00
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Reentry,Employment,Criminal Justice

Ajay Jackson founded Jumble Firewood, a company that employs people with criminal histories, to provide them with opportunities and hope for a brighter future. Jackson, a former inmate himself, understands the challenges of reintegration and aims to break the cycle of recidivism.

BLOOMINGTON—On a cold winter day, you will find Ajay Jackson and his team working to process firewood in Monroe County.“To the people inside - I want them to know there is hope and we are coming,” Jackson told WRTV.Jackson says he is talking to those who are incarcerated because he will tell you he knows what its like to serve time and then come home with little to no options.“In a 30-year window from the age of 13, I’m 53 now, I did about 28 years in juvenile and department of correction.

Helping former inmates reenter society

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