Anthony, Dedrick M

Tenure Summary

Dedrick M. Anthony is listed as an active Georgia Department of Corrections employee. GPS records show a career path from correctional officer at Georgia State Prison in 2009 and 2015, to CSM correctional sergeant at the same facility in 2016, then CSM correctional lieutenant from 2017 through 2020 with no facility identifier listed. Anthony later appears as a correctional officer 2 at Rogers State Prison in 2022, correctional lieutenant at Emanuel Probation Detention Center in 2023, and warden/assistant superintendent at Appling Integrated Treatment Facility from 2024 onward.

GPS records attribute one death to a facility-leadership tenure held by Anthony. The death is counted at Appling Integrated Treatment Facility. No lawsuits naming Anthony as a defendant appear in GPS records.

What happened on their watch

Georgia State Prison (2009, 2015, 2016). GPS records show no deaths attributed to Anthony’s postings at Georgia State Prison. His documented roles there were correctional officer in 2009 and 2015 and CSM correctional sergeant in 2016.

Rogers State Prison (2022). GPS records show no deaths attributed to Anthony’s 2022 posting. GPS intel records dated Sept. 1, 2026 contain public Facebook allegations about Rogers State Prison, including a fan-motor fire in H-2 that a formerly incarcerated man says was blamed on a prisoner after maintenance identified the motor as the cause; an account alleging a civilian farm supervisor supplied vapes and computer access on the GCI dairy detail; contraband claims against a counselor known as “Cowboy”; and a guard-stabbing allegation. The accounts are undated or posted later and do not specify whether they occurred during Anthony’s 2022 tenure.

Emanuel Probation Detention Center (2023). GPS records show no deaths attributed to Anthony’s posting.

Appling Integrated Treatment Facility (2024–present). GPS records count one death at Appling Integrated Treatment Facility during Anthony’s facility-leadership tenure. According to GPS records, John Kevin Gazerro, 58, died on Aug. 10, 2025; the death record lists Anthony’s role at the time as Warden (Appling Integrated Treatment Facility) and records cause category 6, with no narrative cause provided. Anthony’s warden posting at Appling begins Jan. 1, 2024 and has no end date in GPS records; a separate correctional assistant superintendent posting runs to July 15, 2025. No lawsuits naming Anthony as a defendant and no intel reports tied to Appling appear in the input.

Sources

• GPS records — personnel, death-attribution, and incident data.
• GPS intel records — Facebook public comment in a Georgia prison family group, dated Sept. 1, 2026, as archived by GPS.

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