Two Bridges Regional Jail (TBRJ) is proud to announce that six people received GEDs and were honored with a graduation ceremony where they were allowed to dress in caps and gowns and have pictures taken for their families.

Those attending the ceremony were Colonel Mark Westrum, Lt. James Bailey, Programs Officers Heidi Grover and Sue Sutter, Pastor Wally Staples, Superintendent of Schools. Alan Hawkins, Anne Fensie, Director of the Wiscasset Adult Program, Vanessa Richards and Elizabeth Potter teachers from Adult Education, Naomi Bonang, TBRJ and Jessica Tarr, VOA. The diplomas were awarded by Anne Fensie. Congratulatory speeches were given by many of those present.

TBRJ is very committed to educational programing addressing a wide range of topics such as Substance Abuse, Anger Management, Parenting and other Life Skills. In order to be awarded a GED a person must pass the five tests consisting of Math, Science, Social Studies, Reading and Writing with a combined average of at least 450. Wiscasset Adult Education instructors come into the jail to do intakes and pretesting and, based on the scores, people are put into classes in the areas they need help with. The jail also employs a part time teacher who works with people to help bring up pretest scores and lets them know what to expect when they take the real test. The jail also has several Literacy Volunteers who come in and work with students with literacy issues.

The jail is very proud of the graduates and thanks all of those who helped the inmates with their accomplishments. The jail hopes that this will be a stepping-stone for them to acquire more education be it vocational, college or whatever they chose.