Warden Billy Howell, left, of the Colquitt County Correctional Institute, presented a certificate and scholarship check to Abriana Stancil, second from left, on behalf of the Georgia Prison Wardens’ Association. With them are her mother, Wendy Stancil, a dispatcher at the Colquitt County E-911 Communications Center, and her father, James Stancil III, deputy warden of care and treatment at the Colquitt County Correctional Institute.

MOULTRIE, Ga. — Abriana Stancil was recently awarded one of 33 scholarships presented at the 79th Annual Georgia Prison Wardens’ Association awards banquet.

Warden Billy Howell, left, of the Colquitt County Correctional Institute, presented a certificate and scholarship check to Abriana, second from left, on behalf of the Georgia Prison Wardens’ Association. With them are her mother, Wendy Stancil, a dispatcher at the Colquitt County E-911 Communications Center, and her father, James Stancil III, deputy warden of care and treatment at the Colquitt County Correctional Institute.

Abriana will be continuing her studies this fall at Columbus State University in Columbus, Georgia, pursuing a degree in nursing.