Salisbury, MD - Thirty-three jail and correctional officers from Wicomico, Worcester, Somerset, Dorchester, and Talbot Counties graduated in the 117^th entrance-level class of the Eastern Shore Criminal Justice Academy (ESCJA) operated by Wor-Wic Community College in Salisbury, Maryland.

Graduation exercises, which were held in Guerrieri Hall on the college campus, featured a commencement address by Dr. Jennifer A. Beskid, executive director of the Correctional Training Commission.

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

In addition to Robinson, graduates included Adrian Condell, Jacob Corry, Ty'quan Cunningham, Ijukakumo Festus-Ari, Thomas Freelove, Dalra Handy, Johnnie Hitchens, Isaiah Morris and Robert Robbins of the Wicomico County Department of Corrections; Patricia Abrams, Karen Jones, Justin Newsome and William Taylor of the Worcester County Jail and Detention Center; Nicholas Bradford of the Somerset County Detention Center; Collin Bradshaw, Kenneth Conklin, Loudnise Edmond, Ethan Harshbarger, Christopher Hutchins, Edil Nieves, Cheryl Richardson, Lineda Saint Louis, Brandon Sturgis, Steeve Toussaint and Robert Tyler of the Eastern Correctional Institution; Kutiesha Bailey, Matthew Bohler, Brian Elzey, Master Shipley and Drew Warfield of the Dorchester County Department of Corrections; and Torrey Boyd and Luke Stern of the Talbot County Department of Corrections.

WICOMICO GRADUATES. Officers from the Wicomico County Department of Corrections who graduated in the 117^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, Adrian Condell, Jacob Corry, Ty'quan Cunningham, Ijukakumo Festus-Ari and Thomas Freelove. In the front row, from left, are Dalra Handy, Johnnie Hitchens, Isaiah Morris and Robert Robbins.

WORCESTER GRADUATES. Officers from the Worcester County Jail and Detention Center who graduated in the 117^th entrance-level class of the Eastern Shore Criminal Justice Academy operated by Wor-Wic Community College in Salisbury are, from left, Patricia Abrams, Karen Jones, Justin Newsome and William Taylor.

SOMERSET GRADUATES. Officers from Somerset County who graduated in the 117^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, Nicholas Bradford of the Somerset County Detention Center and Collin Bradshaw, Kenneth Conklin, Brandon Sturgis, Ethan Harshbarger, Christopher Hutchins and Edil Nieves of the Eastern Correctional Institution (ECI). In the front row, from left, are Cheryl Richardson, Lineda Saint Louis, Loudnise Edmond, Steeve Toussaint and Robert Tyler of ECI.

UPPER SHORE GRADUATES. Upper Shore jail and correctional officers who graduated in the 117^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, Kutiesha Bailey, Matthew Bohler, Brian Elzey and Master Shipley of the Dorchester County Department of Corrections. In the front row, from left, are Drew Warfield of the Dorchester County Department of Corrections and Torrey Boyd, Bryshonda Robinson and Luke Stern of the Talbot County Department of Corrections.