D.J. credits his adjustment to his current job with Unifirst Corp. in New Kensington to doing projects in the community. He started as a general laborer in June 2002, after his release from SCI Greensburg to a community center, has been promoted to team leader and now route driver. He wants to stay there because "it’s a good company with chances for advancement."

something and then do it another way themselves. "They practiced what they preached."

  "D.J. was an exemplary model of how to use the OOR program along with its intrinsic benefits to maximize his potential for success in life," stated Kerry Vance, Site Manager for OOR Greensburg and Cresson.

  D.J. and wife Kathy had their first anniversary in February, in the home that they bought last November. He is using his construction knowledge to work on the house.-->

He would tell other inmates that they need patience in starting over on the outside. "It won’t be easy."   He said that support from his mother, father and sisters meant everything during his 10 year incarceration.