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Andre, Dorothy
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Profile written May 31, 2026
This profile reflects positional accountability — this individual held the leadership roles shown during the dates shown, during which the listed deaths or lawsuits occurred. Inclusion does not constitute a legal finding of personal culpability for any specific incident.
Tenure Summary
Dorothy Andre has been employed by the Georgia Department of Corrections since at least 2015, spending her entire career at Phillips State Prison. She progressed through the ranks from correctional officer to sergeant, lieutenant, and unit manager before being appointed Deputy Warden of Security on January 16, 2026. GPS records attribute a total of two deaths to her leadership tenure—both occurring at Phillips State Prison in a two-day span in February 2026, shortly after she assumed the deputy warden role. No lawsuits name Andre as a defendant.What happened on their watch
Andre’s only facility-leadership position is Deputy Warden of Security at Phillips State Prison, which she has held since January 16, 2026. During her tenure in that role, two deaths occurred that GPS attributes to her watch. On February 9, 2026, Rodger Scales, 40, died, and on February 11, 2026, Cornelius Burge, 42, died. Both deaths are classified under cause category 6 in GPS records—a category that typically corresponds to homicide in the GDC taxonomy. The records contain no additional details about the circumstances of these deaths.Andre’s earlier career at Phillips overlapped with a period of intense violence and allegations documented by outside sources. While she served as a lieutenant and then unit manager, the facility recorded multiple homicides, including the deaths of Dave Stone in November 2021 and Quafabian Melik McBride in September 2022. According to an Atlanta Journal-Constitution report cited in GPS’s intelligence database, Stone’s sister alleged that he was assaulted in a mental health ward—apparently with two pipes wrapped in a cloth—leaving him brain dead before life support was withdrawn. The AJC also reported allegations that officers at Phillips arranged for McBride to be brought to a lockdown unit on the day he was fatally stabbed in a gang-related fight; the Department of Justice later found that McBride’s killing triggered a multi-prison gang war, with Bloods attacking Crips across several facilities and twenty prisoners hospitalized. No direct connection between Andre and those specific events is documented, but they illustrate the environment at Phillips during the years she held supervisory positions prior to becoming deputy warden.
Sources
- Georgia Prisoners’ Speak intelligence database — personnel records, death attribution totals, and cause categories.
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution — reporting on Phillips State Prison homicides, including the allegations concerning Dave Stone’s assault and officer involvement in the McBride killing.
Positions Held
| Title | Facility | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| Deputy Warden of Security | PHILLIPS STATE PRISON | 2026-01-16 → present |
| CSM CORRECTIONAL UNIT MANAGER | PHILLIPS STATE PRISON | 2023-01-01 → present |
| CSM CORRECTIONAL LIEUTENANT | PHILLIPS STATE PRISON | 2021-01-01 → 2022-12-31 |
| CSM CORRECTIONAL SERGEANT | PHILLIPS STATE PRISON | 2017-01-01 → 2020-12-31 |
| CSM CORRECTIONAL OFFICER 2 | PHILLIPS STATE PRISON | 2016-01-01 → 2016-12-31 |
| CORRECTIONS OFFICER(WL) | PHILLIPS STATE PRISON | 2015-01-01 → 2015-12-31 |
Deaths attributed during tenure
2 people died at facilities under Andre, Dorothy's leadership.
| Date | Decedent | Age | Facility | Role at time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-11 | CORNELIUS BURGE | 42 | PHILLIPS STATE PRISON | Deputy Warden of Security |
| 2026-02-09 | RODGER SCALES | 40 | PHILLIPS STATE PRISON | Deputy Warden of Security |
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