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Corrections Deputies To Graduate Tomorrow

Release Date: December 12, 2005

The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office will be graduating 23 Corrections Deputies at a ceremony tomorrow night.

“We are pleased to graduate these Corrections Deputies. These men and women are to be commended for their efforts to serve our community by working at the Shelby County Jail,” said Shelby County Sheriff Mark H. Luttrell, Jr.

During the past five weeks, the Corrections Deputies have been part of a rigorous training course which included the latest jail security methods, physical agility and Sheriff’s Office policies and procedures.

The Corrections Deputies will be assigned to the men’s division of the jail at 201 Poplar.

“These graduates have shown a high degree of professionalism and dedication throughout the course of their training. The additional staff will certainly help ensure that inmates in our care and custody remain safe and secure,” said Chief Jailer James E. Coleman.

The graduation ceremony will be held tomorrow night (December 13) at six o’clock at the Agricenter, which is located at 7777 Walnut Grove Road, Memphis, Tennessee.

With tomorrow night’s graduation, the Sheriff’s Office will now have 846 Corrections Deputies which serve at both the men’s facility downtown and the women’s Jail East facility at 6201 Haley Road.

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