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Three Arizona state prisons plan to add employment centers to help soon-to-be released inmates find jobs
By cronkitenews.azpbs.org- Jenna Aronson
Published: 05/17/2017

PHOENIX – Jude Garcia spent three and half years behind bars for armed robbery and aggravated assault. He left prison with the clothes he wore when he was incarcerated, $100 and no job.

“I applied close to 50 jobs after I was released, but no one would hire me because of my criminal background,” said Garcia, 36.

He said for nine months, he worked for a delivery company called Roadies because it didn’t do a background check. But the company started running background checks at the end of February, and he said he lost his job the last week of March.

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