A life-changing ceremony: 4 BCCI inmates walk at GED graduation

Four Bulloch County Correctional Institute inmates recently completed required course work and passed the exam to receive their GEDs as part of a partnership between the facility and Ogeechee Technical College. Pictured from left to right are Commissioner Roy Thompson, Justin Colbert, Matthew Quinn, Curtis Thrift and Warden Chris Hill. The face of one of the graduates has been blurred at his request. - photo by Special

W grad pic — Four Bulloch County Correctional Institute inmates recently completed required course work and passed the exam to receive their GEDs as part of a partnership between the facility and Ogeechee Technical College. Pictured from left to right are Commissioner Roy Thompson, Justin Colbert, Matthew Quinn, Curtis Thrift and Warden Chris Hill. The face of one of the graduates has been blurred at his request. - photo by Special

Four Bulloch County Correctional Institute inmates recently received their General Education Diplomas, and while they are not the first inmates to do so, the four young men are the first to take part in an official graduation ceremony at the facility. The graduation exercise took place in the correctional institute last week. Mayor Jan Moore and Commissioner Roy Thompson took part in the ceremony; Ogeechee Technical College’s Samantha Smith and Chief Counselor Tina Beckum presented diplomas to Justin Colbert, Matthew Quinn, Darvin Mancil and Curtis Thrift.

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