The Georgia Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) held a graduation ceremony for 73 newly trained Juvenile Correctional Officer (JCO) cadets on Friday, February 21, at the Georgia Public Safety Training Center in Forsyth, Ga. The cadets have joined the ranks of other JCOs at DJJ secure facilities across the state.

“Juvenile Correctional Officers work to ensure a safe and secure environment for rehabilitating and transforming the young lives we serve,” said DJJ Commissioner Shawanda Reynolds-Cobb. “I am so grateful for these officers’ commitment to the DJJ mission. I welcome them to our team of juvenile justice professionals.”

Basic Juvenile Correctional Officer Training (BJCOT) is a 200-hour comprehensive program that provides basic skills training in security practices and procedures. To complete the program, a cadet must meet established standards on written examinations that evaluate cognitive knowledge and performance-oriented studies.

The graduates are assigned to a DJJ detention center or development campus in Baldwin, Bibb, Chatham, Clayton, Cobb, Dalton, DeKalb, Dodge, Evans, Floyd, Fulton, Hall, Laurens, Muscogee, Richmond, Rockdale, Terrell, Thomas, Ware, and Wilkes counties.

Here is a list of BJCOT Class #273 graduates and their hometowns:

Graduate Names	Hometowns
Trenyonna Allen	Rome, Ga.
Avery Anderson	Milledgeville, Ga.
Phonquasia Baker	McRae, Ga.
Logan Bosely	Columbus, Ga.
Sha’Kara Braxton	Macon, Ga.
Stephon Burnett	Augusta, Ga.
Allen Burns	Columbus, Ga.
Otha Byrd III	Augusta, Ga.
Andrew Callaway	Baconton, Ga.
Marty Carnegie	Stone Mountain, Ga.
Gregory Carr	Calhoun, Ga.
Marvin Charles	McDonough, Ga.
Jessica Cintron	Buford, Ga.
Jonathan Collier	Atlanta, Ga.
Tela Curry	Conyers, Ga.
Obeng Dwamena	Douglasville, Ga.
Deron Edmond	Decatur, Ga.
Retavia Floyd	Rome, Ga.
Marvin Franklin	Milton, Ga.
Latavia Godfrey	Eastman, Ga.
Amy Zambrano-Gomez	McDonough, Ga.
Darius Gray	Atlanta, Ga.
Zachery Green	Kennesaw, Ga.
Katelyn Grier	Gainesville, Ga.
Christopher Hamilton	Stone Mountain, Ga.
Anthony Havelock, Jr.	Hampton, Ga.
Amber Huffman	Pooler, Ga.
Mya Jackson	Gainesville, Ga.
Keadriyan Jolley	Eastman, Ga.
Justin Jones	Atlanta, Ga.
Brianna King	Jeffersonville, Ga.
Jada King	Atlanta, Ga.
Antquinette Langston	Augusta, Ga.
Jontavious Lawson	Dawson, Ga.
Dashun Lewis	Augusta, Ga.
Jod-iann Lewis	Decatur, Ga.
Keyona Louis	Atlanta, Ga
Traquan Luke	Albany, Ga.
Breanna Magness	Augusta, Ga.
Ciara Marcellis	Smyrna, Ga.
Shaneshia Mathis	Augusta, Ga.
Patria McCarthy	Richland, Ga.
Terry McGee	Atlanta, Ga.
Davonte McKay	Atlanta, Ga.
Kamiyah Mcleod	Forest Park, Ga.
Jason Mitchell	Conyers, Ga.
Dartanyon Moore	Decatur, Ga.
Kori Moser	Byron, Ga.
Tike Mydell	Rincon, Ga.
Charity Nix	Marietta, Ga.
Kenyanna Oliver	South Fulton, Ga.
Avias Parker	Duluth, Ga.
Micah Person	Pendergrass, Ga.
Cedric Powell	Statham, Ga.
Kelsey Rawls	Statesboro, Ga.
Jahniya Reese	Jonesboro, Ga.
Nikkita Rice	Waycross, Ga.
Porscha Robinson	Oxford, Ga.
Liza Rodriguez	Gainesville, Ga.
Jamelle Roshell	Hampton, Ga.
Sunidnee Sanders	Columbus, Ga.
Yunique Scott	Douglas, Ga.
Jondavius Shakespeare	Atlanta, Ga.
Karyssa Smith	Stockbridge, Ga.
Victoria Thurman	Forsyth, Ga.
Caroline Tillman	Washington, Ga.
Shameshia Timpson	Fort Gaines, Ga.
Treodis Tisdale	Augusta, Ga.
Detreston Walker	Hampton, Ga.
Robert Walden	Thomasville, Ga.
Muheim White	Dublin, Ga.
Billy Williams	Bonaire, Ga.
Cornelius Williams	Washington, Ga.