Salisbury, MD - Twenty-nine jail and correctional officers from Wicomico, Worcester, Somerset, Dorchester, and Talbot counties graduated in the 118^th entrance-level class of the Eastern Shore Criminal Justice Academy (ESCJA) operated by Wor-Wic Community College in Salisbury. 

Graduation exercises, held in Guerrieri Hall on the college campus, featured a commencement address by Joseph Hughes, deputy director of the Talbot County Department of Corrections.

Donald Rollyson Jr., associate director of the ESCJA, and Rob Dell'Erba, ESCJA coordinator, presided at the ceremony. Nykeema Kellam of the Wicomico County Department of Corrections was the class speaker.

WICOMICO GRADUATES: Officers from the Wicomico County Department of Corrections who graduated in the 118^th entrance-level class of the Eastern Shore Criminal Justice Academy operated by Wor-Wic Community College in Salisbury are, from left, Gregory Elliott, Marc-shae Jones, Nykeema Kellam, Jordan Sterling, and Bertha Ward.

WORCESTER GRADUATES: Officers from the Worcester County Jail and Detention Center who graduated in the 118^th entrance-level class of the Eastern Shore Criminal Justice Academy operated by Wor-Wic Community College in Salisbury are shown, from left, Gabriel Aluma, Kennishia Douglas, Brandon Mason, and Felix Paradis.

ECI GRADUATES: Officers from the Eastern Correctional Institution (ECI) who graduated in the 118^th 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, Yonas Abraham, Trace Adams, Chance Boyd, Janaya Bradberry, Craig Brown, Barbara Buabeng and Sheila Epright. In the front row, from left, are Keisha Gibbs, Widgy Guillaume, Lance Hopkins Sr., Ace Lassey, Chad Luzader, Cheryl Wakeman, and Dawn White.

SCDC GRADUATE: Michael Mears of the Somerset County Detention Center graduated in the 118^th entrance-level class of the Eastern Shore Criminal Justice Academy operated by Wor-Wic Community College in Salisbury.

DORCHESTER GRADUATES: Dorchester County Department of Corrections officers who graduated in the 118^th entrance-level class of the Eastern Shore Criminal Justice Academy operated by Wor-Wic Community College in Salisbury are shown, from left, Danny Huster, Mark Logan, and Joshua Shockley.

TALBOT GRADUATES: Talbot County Department of Corrections officers who graduated in the 118^th entrance-level class of the Eastern Shore Criminal Justice Academy operated by Wor-Wic Community College in Salisbury are shown, from left, Cody Fairbank and M.B. Terrell.