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Anthony, Dedrick M
Status: active
Profile written May 31, 2026
Current Position
Warden (Appling Integrated Treatment Facility)
Appling Integrated Treatment Facility
Salary
$70,329
2025 · state payroll
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
Dedrick M. Anthony’s career with the Georgia Department of Corrections began in 2009 as a correctional officer at Georgia State Prison, a facility later closed amid federal investigations into systemic violence and neglect. He advanced from sergeant to lieutenant, and by 2024 held dual leadership roles—Warden and Correctional Assistant Superintendent—at the Appling Integrated Treatment Facility. GPS records attribute one death to his leadership tenure: John Kevin Gazerro, 58, died on August 10, 2025, while Anthony was the Warden. No lawsuits name Anthony as a defendant, and no publicly recorded disciplinary actions appear against him in the provided data.What happened on their watch
Appling Integrated Treatment Facility (2024–present)
While Anthony served simultaneously as Warden and Correctional Assistant Superintendent at Appling ITF, GPS records show a single death: John Kevin Gazerro died there on August 10, 2025. The record lists a cause category of 6; no further circumstance or medical detail is available in the data. No lawsuits, intel allegations, or significant incidents tied directly to Anthony’s tenure at this facility appear in the GPS database.Georgia State Prison (2009, 2015–2016)
Anthony worked as a correctional officer (2009, 2015) and later as a sergeant (2016) at Georgia State Prison, a facility with a long history of federal court intervention. During his staff-level years there, the prison was already part of a troubled lineage: the landmark Guthrie v. Evans lawsuit had imposed 13 years of federal oversight that was later dismantled, and a 1978 riot left three dead. Although Anthony held no supervisory authority, his time overlapped with a period when the prison was accumulating the conditions that later prompted a Department of Justice investigation—one that, in 2024, identified the same constitutional violations as the original 1972 lawsuit. Per intel records, multiple deaths and allegations surfaced in the years immediately following his departure: in 2020–2021, seven homicides occurred inside the prison, including the stabbings of Joctavious Newsome, Demetrius Stubbins, and Fabian Garcia-Mata. A separate incident in 2020 involved a prisoner found severely malnourished with bite marks and fractures after allegedly being sexually assaulted by a cellmate. An Atlanta Journal-Constitution report documented the 2020 death of Brandon Peters, resulting in a $750,000 settlement over claims that officials failed to provide medical care. The Georgia Virtue published allegations by inmate David Dwayne Cassady, who said he was raped at the prison in 1996, later faced retaliation, and was held in solitary confinement for months without required hearings. None of these deaths or allegations are linked to Anthony’s actions; he held only line-staff roles at the time.Rogers State Prison (2022) and Other Postings (2017–2023)
Anthony served briefly as a Correctional Officer 2 at Rogers State Prison in 2022. After he left, that facility saw a controversial death in September 2024: Taylor Hunt was initially ruled a suicide, but evidence described in intel records—ligature marks, broken bones, puncture wounds—suggested homicide. No deaths are attributed to Anthony’s time there. He also worked as a Correctional Lieutenant at an unspecified facility (2017–2020) and at Emanuel Probation Detention Center (2023). GPS records show no deaths during those assignments.Litigation
No lawsuits against Dedrick M. Anthony are recorded.Sources
- GPS personnel records — career positions, salary data, and death attribution counts
- GPS deaths-during-tenure dataset — John Kevin Gazerro, Appling Integrated Treatment Facility
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution — allegations of medical neglect in Brandon Peters’ death (via GPS intel report)
- The Georgia Virtue — allegations of abuse, solitary confinement, and retaliation involving inmate David Dwayne Cassady (via GPS intel report)
- GPS intel events — Guthrie v. Evans settlement history, DOJ investigation of Georgia State Prison, homicide logs for Georgia State Prison, Taylor Hunt death at Rogers State Prison
Positions Held
| Title | Facility | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| CORRECTIONAL ASST. SUPT | 2025-01-01 → present | |
| Warden (Appling Integrated Treatment Facility) | APPLING INTEGRATED TREATMENT FACILITY | 2024-01-01 → present |
| CORRECTIONAL ASST. SUPT | APPLING INTEGRATED TREATMENT FACILITY | 2024-01-01 → 2024-12-31 |
| CORRECTIONAL LIEUTENANT | EMANUEL PROBATION DETENTION CENTER | 2023-01-01 → 2023-12-31 |
| CSM CORRECTIONAL OFFICER 2 | ROGERS STATE PRISON | 2022-01-01 → 2022-12-31 |
| CSM CORRECTIONAL LIEUTENANT | 2017-01-01 → 2020-12-31 | |
| CSM CORRECTIONAL SERGEANT | GEORGIA STATE PRISON | 2016-01-01 → 2016-12-31 |
| CORRECTIONS OFFICER (SP) | GEORGIA STATE PRISON | 2015-01-01 → 2015-12-31 |
| Correctional Officer | GEORGIA STATE PRISON | 2009-01-01 → 2009-12-31 |
Deaths attributed during tenure
1 people died at facilities under Anthony, Dedrick M's leadership.
| Date | Decedent | Age | Facility | Role at time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-10 | JOHN KEVIN GAZERRO | 58 | APPLING INTEGRATED TREATMENT FACILITY | Warden (Appling Integrated Treatment Facility) |
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