Pima County Adult Probation's 32 'Journey to Success' honorees have had a 3% rate of reoffending, versus a 17% overall rate for probationers in Pima County.
Guerrero had started using drugs a few years before and ended up with a handful of offenses on his record while trying to support his habit. He first went to federal prison in 2010 at the age of 20, and that's when he says the cycle began. He'd get arrested, serve his time, get released and start using again.
With between 7,000 and 8,000 people under supervision of Pima County Adult Probation Services each year, the department's"Journey to Success" event was created several years ago to bring attention to the program's most successful participants.
Honorees receive a certificate and their photos and stories are posted in the lobby of one of the four offices of Pima County Adult Probation Services. Sanders called success a relative term, saying that in his business, success is defined as someone who leaves the program without going to jail or prison.
"With fingers crossed, we hope that the program that's been put together is going to show people how to get back on the right track, how to be happy again, how to be productive in our society, but rarely do we get to know the end of the story," Bergin said."They leave our courtroom, and that's the last we hear."
"It was kind of rough. I got different probation officers checking on me, trying to see where I'm at," Guerrero said."She always worried about me. Every time I told her I was graduating or I was meeting with a staff member or I was getting privileges, she was always nervous," he said."Kind of like, 'This is make or break. This is where you make it or you fail.
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