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JUST works to help DuPage jail inmates change their lives

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Susan Neustrom, executive director of JUST, works at the DuPage County jail to reduce recidivism. “I don’t like to sit still,” she says. “I want to see movement. I want to see movement fast.”

Scott Sanders | Staff Photographer

Susan Neustrom stands in front of the DuPage County jail, where JUST has an office to offer education classes, addiction recovery programs and spiritual support to inmates.

Scott Sanders | Staff Photographer

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Susan Neustrom, the executive director of JUST, a nonprofit organization that brings education, addiction recovery, spiritual support and hope to immates of the DuPage County jail, has her own inspirational story to tell. A high school dropout, she rose to become assistant vice president of a bank before passing her GED test at age 48 and going on to earn a doctorate.

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