APPLING INTEGRATED TREATMENT FACILITY
Facility Information
- Bed Capacity
- 206 beds
- Address
- 252 West Park Drive, Baxley, GA 31513
- Mailing Address
- P.O. Box 247, Baxley, GA 31513
- County
- Appling County
- Operator
- GDC (Georgia Dept. of Corrections)
- Warden
- Dedrick Anthony
- Phone
- (912) 367-1761
- Fax
- (912) 367-1774
- Staff
- Assistant Superintendent: Gregory Griffin
About
Appling Integrated Treatment Facility (Appling ITF) is a Georgia Department of Corrections facility that GPS has begun documenting through direct source reporting, with at least one confirmed transfer to the facility recorded in April 2026. As an integrated treatment facility, Appling ITF operates within a GDC system that GPS independently tracks as having recorded 1,795 deaths in custody since 2020 — a crisis of mortality and accountability that forms the systemic backdrop against which all GDC facilities, including Appling, must be understood. GPS's intelligence on Appling ITF remains limited at this stage, and this page will be updated as reporting expands.
Leadership & Accountability (as of 2024 records)
Officials currently holding positional authority at this facility, with deaths attributed to GPS-tracked records during their leadership tenure. Inclusion reflects role-based accountability, not legal findings of personal culpability. Death counts shown as facility / career.
| Role | Name | Since | Deaths this facility / career |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warden (Appling Integrated Treatment Facility) (facility lead) | Anthony, Dedrick M | 2024-01-01 | 1 / 1 |
Key Facts
- 95 deaths GDC deaths tracked by GPS system-wide in 2026 through May 5, including 27 confirmed homicides and 56 unknown/pending
- 1,795 total GDC deaths independently tracked by GPS since 2020 — GDC does not publicly report cause of death
- ~$20 million Georgia has paid nearly $20 million since 2018 to settle claims involving GDC prisoner deaths, neglect, and injuries
- 1,243 inmates GDC individuals classified as having poorly controlled health conditions as of May 1, 2026 — system-wide context for treatment facilities
By the Numbers
- 29 Confirmed Homicides in 2026
- 1,797 Total Deaths Tracked by GPS
- 2,530 Waiting in Jail (Backlog)
- 1,243 Poorly Controlled Health Conditions
- 40.99 Average Inmate Age
- 60.38% Black Inmates
Mortality Statistics
1 deaths documented at this facility from 2020 to present.
Deaths by Year
- 2026: 0
- 2025: 1
- 2024: 0
- 2023: 0
- 2022: 0
- 2021: 0
- 2020: 0
Food Safety Inspections
No inspection records are on file with the Georgia Department of Public Health for this facility. GPS has filed an open records request asking where these records are maintained.
What the score doesn't measure. DPH grades kitchen compliance on inspection day — food storage, temperatures, pest control. It does not grade whether today's trays are clean. GPS reporting has found broken dishwashers at most Georgia state prisons we've documented; trays go out wet, stacked, and visibly moldy — including at facilities with recent scores near 100.
Who inspects. Most Georgia state prisons sit in rural counties — often with fewer than 20,000 people, several with fewer than 10,000. The environmental health inspector lives in that community and often knows the kitchen staff personally. Rural inspection regimes don't have the structural independence you'd expect in a city-sized health department. Read the scores accordingly.
Read the investigation: “Dunked, Stacked and Served: Why Georgia Prison Trays Are Making People Sick”
Recent reports (1)
Source-attributed observations and allegations from news coverage and reports submitted to GPS. Each entry credits its source.
- READER REPORT Submitted via GPS public submission form Recorded by GPS: Apr 18, 2026PATTERN — APPLING INTEGRATED TREATMENT FACILITY: Daryl was transferred from Lauren’s County jail, on 4/1/2026 to Appling ITF. Daryl called me later that day…Read source →
No public claims yet meet the synthesis threshold for this topic. The intelligence team is reviewing source records.
Timeline (1)
Source Articles (2)
Former leadership
Officials who previously held leadership roles at this facility.
| Role | Name | Tenure | Deaths this facility / career |
|---|---|---|---|
| CORRECTIONAL ASST. SUPT (facility deputy) | Anthony, Dedrick M | 2024-01-01 → 2024-12-31 | 1 / 1 |
| CORRECTIONAL ASST. SUPT (facility deputy) | Pritchett, Lonnie Shane | 2021-01-01 → 2021-12-31 | — / — |
| DEPUTY WARDEN (facility deputy) | Brown, Vashti J | 2021-01-01 → 2021-12-31 | — / 5 |