Adams, Chequita

Tenure Summary

Chequita Adams’s GDC personnel file traces a series of administrative staff roles before a leadership posting. She worked as a Human Resources Tech at Augusta State Medical Prison in 2020; as an HR Tech 2 at Northwest Residential Substance Abuse Treatment Center in 2021 ($16,941.12); as a Financial Ops Generalist 2 in 2022 with no facility listed; as a Financial Ops Generalist 3 at Baldwin State Prison in 2023 ($39,397.16); and as an Accounting Technician 3 at Baldwin State Prison in 2024 ($44,595.01). The file also lists an Accounting Technician 3 in 2025 with no facility listed ($46,179.36), and a single-day Accounting Technician 3 entry at Baldwin State Prison dated Aug. 27, 2026. On Jan. 16, 2026, Adams began as Deputy Warden of Administration at Hancock State Prison, a posting listed with no end date.

GPS records attribute five deaths to Adams’s facility-leadership tenure, all at Hancock State Prison. The database contains no lawsuits naming Adams as a defendant.

What happened on their watch

Hancock State Prison — Deputy Warden of Administration (Jan. 16, 2026–present)

GPS records list five decedents at Hancock during Adams’s deputy warden tenure: Steven Monroe Wood (54, Jan. 25, 2026), Jaylin Bell (32, Feb. 6, 2026), Jerrod Johnson (27, Feb. 18, 2026), Jacorey Derrelle Pearson (36, April 7, 2026), and Albert Chapa (57, July 30, 2026). Four of the five are coded in GPS data under cause category 3; Chapa is coded under category 6.

For Wood, GPS notes link a Union Recorder account that he was discovered in his cell needing medical treatment after a physical attack, taken to Washington County Regional Medical Center, transferred to Wellstar MCG in Augusta, and died at 1:29 p.m. According to 41NBC, Bell died following an altercation with his roommate; a Telegram inmate report relayed in GPS records described him as “killed by roommate in the hole (G1).” GPS notes state Johnson was fatally stabbed around 4:45 p.m. and died before EMS crews arrived. The structured records for Pearson and Chapa contain no narrative cause detail beyond the category codes.

The GPS intelligence file also contains a Telegram relay report dated March 24, 2026 alleging that Gangster Disciples attacked Crips inmates while they slept in the H1 dormitory at Hancock. During the same period, an Atlanta Journal-Constitution investigation described rampant corruption, massive understaffing and record homicides in the GDC, and referenced a 2024 U.S. Department of Justice report describing violence, sexual assaults and gang-run prisons. None of the facility-level allegations name Adams individually.

Sources

• GPS structured personnel, death, and intelligence records
• Union Recorder — Steven Monroe Wood beating death article, Jan. 25, 2026
• 41NBC — Jaylin Bell death reporting
• Atlanta Journal-Constitution — investigation and DOJ report coverage, February 2026
• U.S. Department of Justice — 2024 report as referenced by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Synthesized by GPS Intelligence System on Aug 30, 2026 from positions, attributed deaths, lawsuits, intel reports, and news mentions in the public corpus. The supporting data tables follow below.