Anthony, Dedrick M

Tenure Summary

Dedrick M. Anthony has worked within the Georgia Department of Corrections since at least 2009, rising from Correctional Officer at Georgia State Prison through Sergeant, Lieutenant, and eventually Warden. GPS records show Anthony held staff and unit-supervisor roles at Georgia State Prison during some of its most violent years before the facility closed in early 2022. He subsequently served as a Correctional Officer at Rogers State Prison (2022), as a Lieutenant at Emanuel Probation Detention Center (2023), and assumed the Warden role at Appling Integrated Treatment Facility beginning in 2024. One death is attributed to a facility during Anthony's tenure at the facility-lead accountability tier: John Kevin Gazerro, 58, who died at Appling Integrated Treatment Facility on August 10, 2025, while Anthony held the Warden position. No lawsuits name Anthony as a defendant in GPS records.

What Happened on Their Watch

Georgia State Prison — Correctional Officer / Sergeant / Lieutenant (2009; 2015–2016; unit-supervisor tier 2017–2020)

Anthony held staff and unit-supervisor roles at Georgia State Prison across multiple years that overlap with documented systemic violence and allegations of neglect. GPS records show seven homicides at the facility between April 2020 and September 2021 alone: Raul Garcia Bailon (39, positional asphyxia/assault, April 21, 2020); Joctavious Artez Newsome (25, stab wound, November 4, 2020); Demetrius Stubbins (38, stab wound to chest, December 21, 2020); Christopher Dewayne Mathis (37, blunt force trauma to head, February 26, 2021); Christopher D'Corro Ward (29, carbon monoxide poisoning/smoke inhalation/methamphetamine toxicity following a fire, May 25, 2021); Fabian Garcia-Mata (27, multiple stab wounds, September 10, 2021); and Troy Donald Harvey (34, stab wound to chest, September 12, 2021). Anthony held a Lieutenant (unit-supervisor) role during the 2020–2021 period; GPS records do not specify which facility he was assigned to in those years, as facility identifiers are absent from the 2017–2020 position records.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution alleges that officials at Georgia State Prison failed to intervene and provide proper medical care to Brandon Peters, who suffered for days from severe symptoms before dying in his cell. The AJC separately reports that a prisoner was found severely malnourished — with every spinal bone bruised, a jaw fracture, and human bite marks — after allegedly being sexually assaulted by his cellmate and having his food stolen for months while staff failed to notice; GPS records place this incident in 2020. The Georgia Virtue alleges that inmate David Dwayne Cassady was held in solitary confinement for months without required 30-day segregation hearings in conditions including feces-covered walls, black mold, rodents, no lighting, and no heat or cooling; that his 2018 sexual assault claims were deemed "unfounded" by GDC, leading to the alleged assailant's return to his cell block and a subsequent stabbing of Cassady's partner nine times; and that Cassady went six months without a psychiatric evaluation or psychotherapy while in segregation. These allegations are attributed to sources cited by The Georgia Virtue and the AJC; they are not findings of fact. Georgia State Prison closed abruptly in early 2022 amid a federal investigation into GDC conditions, per GPS records. A 2024 DOJ investigation documented constitutional violations at Georgia State Prison that GPS records note mirrored findings from 50 years earlier.

Rogers State Prison — Correctional Officer 2 (2022)

Anthony served as a Correctional Officer at Rogers State Prison in 2022. GPS records document the death of Taylor Hunt at that facility on September 1, 2024 — after Anthony's recorded assignment there had ended. GDC officially classified Hunt's death as a suicide; GPS records note the body showed ligature marks, broken bones, bruises, and puncture and stab wounds, and that the official ruling has been contradicted by physical evidence. Anthony held no leadership-tier role at Rogers State Prison, and this death does not fall within his recorded tenure there.

Appling Integrated Treatment Facility — Warden (2024–present)

Anthony assumed the Warden role at Appling Integrated Treatment Facility in 2024. GPS records attribute one death to the facility during his tenure at the facility-lead tier: John Kevin Gazerro, 58, died on August 10, 2025. The cause category is recorded in GPS records as category 6; no further details or notes are included in the structured record. No lawsuits name Anthony in connection with this death, and no additional allegations specific to Appling are present in GPS records.

Sources

• Atlanta Journal-Constitution — allegations of medical neglect (Brandon Peters) and failure to protect (malnourished prisoner with bite marks and fractures) at Georgia State Prison
• The Georgia Virtue — allegations by David Dwayne Cassady regarding solitary confinement conditions, PREA access, sexual assault response, and psychiatric care denial at Georgia State Prison
• GPS records — position history, salary data, deaths during tenure, and facility event chronology for Georgia State Prison, Rogers State Prison, Emanuel Probation Detention Center, and Appling Integrated Treatment Facility
• DOJ investigation (2024) — documented constitutional violations at Georgia State Prison, per GPS records

Synthesized by GPS Intelligence System on May 6, 2026 from positions, attributed deaths, lawsuits, intel reports, and news mentions in the public corpus. The supporting data tables follow below.