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JAG Funding Supports Jacksonville Reentry Program

Alex May (right) stands with Matthew Duncan for a photo after each earned their GED with the help of the DAWN Program. Photo courtesy Shelletta Baker
Alex May (right) stands with Matthew Duncan for a photo after each earned their GED with the help of the DAWN Program. Photo courtesy Shelletta Baker.

At 19, Alex May knew she was hanging out with the wrong people.

Looking back, she admits that she didn't do enough to change the bad habits she held—the habits that eventually landed her in the Duval County correctional system.

Beginning in March 2014, May was in-and-out of the county jail over the next 20 months. The Jacksonville, Florida, native faced drug-related and other charges...