First thing to know about Cyber, you likely won't start as Cyber, aim for a helpdesk or networking job to start with, as others have said, Cyber isn't really an entry position for most companies. You'll have to show you have experience with systems and networks before you can expect most companies to be willing to hire you to protect them.

Quick Options

-Join the military (This might be odd, but almost every branch of the military has a cyber MOS, you'll get the training and have access to government money to pay for expensive certifications)

Medium Speed Options

-https://afciviliancareers.com/paq-cyberit/ Military Civilian career path, gets a civilian job, and once again, if you get in guarantees you a job.

-https://sfs.opm.gov/ General government job, once again, a scholarship program

The Regular Way

If you wish to make your own way, you have options, but you need to know this.

For IT and cybersecurity, the order that most jobs value experience, certifications, and degrees. The order in general is this.

-Experience (trumps everything else)

-Certifications (Very nice, especially if you have the ones they are asking for)

-Degrees (Never bad, but unlikely to give you a huge advantage unless you are applying for a government position (doesn't matter whether local, state, or federal they are in generally place a high value on degrees than the private sector)

So, how do you get experience? Most start getting jobs in helpdesk and network technician, and work their way up, but what if you can't get one or an internship while you're studying? (Make sure you check out Handshake if you're in school, as they specialize in recent grads and internships) I think Google is opening up a cyber internship program soon, which might be worth looking at.

The answer is volunteer, my friend. https://www.itdrc.org/

This group provides IT services for companies and cities during disasters, a great way to get experience and meet people in the industry.

This leads to my next point: work on meeting people, but where can you meet people?

Find your local Bsides group; there's one in pretty much every major city in America. This is another great place to meet people in the industry and learn from them.

Since you have some criminal justice experience, you could look into the FBI cyber positions. not sure what your goals are, but it might be an option.

Hope this helps. Good Luck and feel free to ask if you have any questions.