McEVER PROBATION DETENTION CENTER
Facility Information
- Address
- 2100 Kings Chapel Road, Perry, GA 31069
- Mailing Address
- P.O. Box 1430, Perry, GA 31069
- County
- Houston County
- Operator
- GDC (Georgia Dept. of Corrections)
- Warden
- Sherryl Blair
- Phone
- (478) 988-7024
- Fax
- (478) 988-7026
- Staff
- Assistant Superintendent: Shawn Hilton
- Chief of Security: Eric Walling
- Business Office: Cassandra Askew
About
McEver Probation Detention Center has drawn documented concerns from GPS sources regarding gang control, officer indifference, and administrative failures to address violations within the facility. Set against a statewide crisis in which GPS has independently tracked 1,795 deaths across Georgia's prison system since 2020, McEver PDC represents a facility where systemic accountability gaps — endemic to the Georgia Department of Corrections as a whole — manifest at the probation detention level. Available source intelligence points to a pattern of unchecked internal power structures and staff non-intervention that GPS continues to investigate.
Leadership & Accountability (as of 2025 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CORRECTIONAL SUPERINTENDENT (facility lead) | Blair, Sherryl F | 2025-01-01 | 1 / 1 |
| CORRECTIONAL ASST. SUPT (facility deputy) | Hilton, Shawn T | 2025-01-01 | 1 / 1 |
Key Facts
- 1,795 Total deaths tracked by GPS across GDC system since 2020 — cause-of-death data is GPS-reported, not GDC-disclosed
- 95 deaths in 2026 GPS-tracked GDC deaths year-to-date as of May 5, 2026, including 27 confirmed homicides and 56 unknown/pending
- ~$20 million Georgia paid nearly $20 million since 2018 in settlements for GDC-related prisoner deaths, injuries, and neglect
- 52,912 Total GDC population as of May 1, 2026, with 2,481 additional people waiting in county jails for GDC bed space
By the Numbers
- 51 Confirmed Homicides in 2025
- 97 Deaths in 2026 (GPS tracked)
- 1,243 Poorly Controlled Health Conditions
- 45 In Mental Health Crisis
- 24 Lawsuits Tracked
- 30,138 Violent Offenders (56.39%)
Mortality Statistics
1 deaths documented at this facility from 2020 to present.
Deaths by Year
- 2026: 0
- 2025: 0
- 2024: 0
- 2023: 1
- 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 4, 2026PATTERN — McEVER PROBATION DETENTION CENTER: Website comment on ACA Compliance article. Former McEver PDC inmate describes: gang bullying and control, officers/administration ignoring violations,…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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Superintendent (facility lead) | Blair, Sherryl F | 2024-06-16 → present | 1 / 1 |
| CORRECTIONAL SUPERINTENDENT (facility lead) | Thomas, Micheal | 2022-01-01 → 2022-12-31 | — / 20 |
| CORRECTIONAL ASST. SUPT (facility deputy) | Hilton, Shawn T | 2024-01-01 → 2024-12-31 | 1 / 1 |
| DEPUTY WARDEN (facility deputy) | Blair, Sherryl F | 2023-01-01 → 2023-12-31 | 1 / 1 |
| CORRECTIONAL ASST. SUPT (facility deputy) | Hilton, Shawn T | 2023-01-01 → 2023-12-31 | 1 / 1 |
| CORRECTIONAL ASST. SUPT (facility deputy) | Hilton, Shawn T | 2022-01-01 → 2022-12-31 | 1 / 1 |
| CORRECTIONAL ASST. SUPT (facility deputy) | Hilton, Shawn T | 2021-01-01 → 2021-12-31 | 1 / 1 |
| CORRECTIONAL ASST. SUPT (facility deputy) | Peoples, Delvin Rasaunn | 2018-01-01 → 2018-12-31 | — / 44 |
| Chief of Security (specialty lead) | Blackshear, Janice Denise | 2018-01-01 → 2018-12-31 | — / 9 |