Tyler Ramaley, a participant in the Chester County Exit, Enter, Employ program, works his shift at JGM, a steel distribution plant in Coatesville. Ramaley said the E3 program helped give him a purpose after being release from the Chester County Prison earlier this year. Read more Jessica Griffin / Staff Photographer

by Vinny Vella Published Dec. 1, 2025, 5:00 a.m. ET

Tyler Ramaley wakes up every morning grateful that he’s able to do “respectable work in a hardhat” as he clocks in for his shift at JGM, a steel fabrication plant in Coatesville .

Nineteen months ago, that would have been impossible: He was struggling with an opioid addiction and waking up to a monotonous routine in a Chester County Prison cell.

A new program offered at the jail, Exit, Enter, Employ, gave hi

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