Twenty-four jail and correctional officers from Wicomico, Worcester, Somerset, Dorchester and Talbot counties graduated in the 116th entrance-level class of the Eastern Shore Criminal Justice Academy (ESCJA) operated by Wor-Wic Community College in Salisbury.
Graduation exercises, which were held in Guerrieri Hall on the college campus, featured a commencement address by William Bailey, warden at the Eastern Correctional Institution (ECI).
John C. Moses, Wor-Wic director of criminal justice, and Donald Rollyson Jr., assistant director of the ESCJA, presided at the ceremony. Patrice Purnell of ECI was the class speaker.
In addition to Purnell, graduates included Timothy Howell, Erica McFarlin and Tiffany Purnell of the Worcester County Jail and Detention Center, Tiffiney Dennis, Briana Randolph, Tamika Watson and Quonziara Wharton of the Wicomico County Department of Corrections, Alonzo Davis of the Somerset County Detention Center, Siedah Artis, Rob Bridenbaugh, Jack East, Cristiano Ferreira Do Nascimento, Devynn Hancock, Tineka Harmon, Jeffrey Labo, Nelson Long, Dustin Palen, Evens Saintil and Ceylon Trader of ECI, Christopher Reitz and Destiny Schlichting of the Dorchester County Department of Corrections and Chandler Dyott and Skyler Kilmon of the Talbot County Department of Corrections.
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- WICOMICO GRADUATES. Officers from the Wicomico County Department of Corrections who graduated in the 116th entrance-level class of the Eastern Shore Criminal Justice Academy operated by Wor-Wic Community College in Salisbury are shown, from left, Tiffiney Dennis, Quonziara Wharton, Briana Randolph and Tamika Watson.
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- UPPER SHORE GRADUATES. Upper Shore jail and correctional officers who graduated in the 116th entrance-level class of the Eastern Shore Criminal Justice Academy operated by Wor-Wic Community College in Salisbury are shown, from left, Christopher Reitz and Destiny Schlichting of the Dorchester County Department of Corrections and Skyler Kilmon and Chandler Dyott of the Talbot County Department of Corrections.
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- WORCESTER GRADUATES. Officers from the Worcester County Jail and Detention Center who graduated in the 116th entrance-level class of the Eastern Shore Criminal Justice Academy operated by Wor-Wic Community College in Salisbury are shown, from left, Erica McFarlin, Timothy Howell and Tiffany Purnell.
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- SOMERSET GRADUATES. Officers from Somerset County who graduated in the 116th entrance-level class of the Eastern Shore Criminal Justice Academy operated by Wor-Wic Community College in Salisbury are shown in the back row, from left, Alonzo Davis of the Somerset County Detention Center and Devynn Hancock, Dustin Palen, Nelson Long, Jeffrey Labo, Ceylon Trader and Rob Bridenbaugh of the Eastern Correctional Institution. In the front row, from left, are Cristiano Ferreira Do Nascimento, Jack East, Siedah Artis, Tineka Harmon, Patrice Purnell and Evens Saintil.
