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Anthony, Dedrick M
Status: active
Profile written July 12, 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 spans more than 15 years, from line staff to facility leadership. He began as a Correctional Officer at Georgia State Prison in 2009 and rose through non‑supervisory and first‑line supervisory roles — sergeant, lieutenant — at the same institution and later at Rogers State Prison and Emanuel Probation Detention Center. In 2024 he became Warden of Appling Integrated Treatment Facility while also holding the deputy‑level title of Correctional Assistant Superintendent. GPS records attribute one death during his leadership tenures: a 58‑year‑old man, John Kevin Gazerro, died at Appling Integrated Treatment Facility on August 10, 2025, while Anthony was serving as Warden. No lawsuits name Anthony as a defendant, though several of the prisons he worked in were, during his assignments, the subjects of federal investigations, substantial settlements, and investigative reporting on systemic failures.What happened on their watch
Georgia State Prison (2009, 2015‑2020)
Anthony served at Georgia State Prison first as a Correctional Officer in 2009 and again in 2015, then as a Sergeant in 2016, and finally as a Lieutenant from 2017 through 2020. While he held a supervisory role as Lieutenant, the prison recorded multiple homicides — among them Raul Garcia Bailon (April 2020), Joctavious Artez Newsome (November 2020), and Demetrius Stubbins (December 2020) — and the state later paid $750,000 to settle the death of Brandon A. Peters, who died in his cell in November 2020 after days of severe symptoms that, according to a claim cited by the Atlanta Journal‑Constitution, officials failed to treat. A 2024 Department of Justice investigation documented constitutional violations at Georgia State Prison that echoed the findings of the decades‑earlier Guthrie v. Evans remedial decrees. The facility was closed abruptly in early 2022 amid a broader federal inquiry into GDC conditions.Rogers State Prison (2022)
Anthony worked as a CSM Correctional Officer 2 at Rogers State Prison during 2022. GPS intelligence records from that period reference a guard‑stabbing allegation at the prison, though no further detail is available. No deaths are attributed to Anthony’s time in this role.Emanuel Probation Detention Center (2023)
As a Correctional Lieutenant at Emanuel PDC in 2023, Anthony’s tenure produced no attributed deaths and no major incidents in the available records.Appling Integrated Treatment Facility (2024‑present)
Anthony entered leadership as Warden (and concurrently Correctional Assistant Superintendent) of Appling Integrated Treatment Facility in January 2024. The single death attributed to his leadership tenure occurred on August 10, 2025: John Kevin Gazerro, age 58, died at the facility. The cause of death is recorded under category 6 (the specific cause is not detailed in the provided data). No allegations, lawsuits, or systemic findings are linked to the facility during Anthony’s tenure in the available records.Sources
- GPS records and structured personnel intelligence
- Atlanta Journal‑Constitution — reporting on Brandon Peters’ death and the state’s $750,000 settlement
- The Georgia Virtue — allegations regarding conditions at Georgia State Prison
- GA DOAS Risk Management settlement ledger (Open Records) — settlements tied to Georgia State Prison and Rogers State Prison incidents
- Department of Justice investigation — constitutional violations at Georgia State Prison documented in 2024
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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