Banks, Mary L

Tenure Summary

Mary L Banks' GDC career is documented from 2015, when records list her as a Corrections Officer (SP) at an annual salary of $37,132.32. She appears as a Correctional Lieutenant in 2016 and 2017, a Correctional Captain in 2018, and a Correctional Unit Manager from 2019 through 2023. A Nov. 22, 2023 position record places her as Correctional Unit Manager at Autry State Prison, and she held the Deputy Warden post there across 2024 and 2025; a further Deputy Warden record at Autry is dated Aug. 27, 2026.

Seven deaths are attributed to her leadership tenure — all seven at Autry State Prison, all recorded while she held the Deputy Warden role there, per Georgia Prisoners' Speak's authoritative facility counts. The records contain no lawsuits naming her as a defendant, no intelligence reports at her facilities, and no news reports that name her. Four facility event entries dated Jan. 1, 2025 concern Legionella contamination at Autry.

What happened on their watch

Non-facility postings, 2015–2023. Banks is recorded as Correctional Officer (SP) in 2015, Correctional Lieutenant in 2016 and 2017, Correctional Captain in 2018, and Correctional Unit Manager from 2019 through 2023. No facility is associated with these entries.

Autry State Prison — Correctional Unit Manager, Nov. 22, 2023. A single-day record places Banks in the Unit Manager role at Autry. No deaths are attributed to her time in that position.

Autry State Prison — Deputy Warden, 2024–2025 (and a further record dated Aug. 27, 2026). All seven deaths attributed to Banks' leadership occurred while she was Deputy Warden at Autry, according to GPS's counts. The records list these decedents: Alerick Campbell, 56 (Dec. 22, 2024); Harvey Jack Woodard, 69 (May 8, 2025); Alton Anson Kelly, 61, and James Melvin Tudor, 86, both on Aug. 23, 2025; Richard Merritt, 75 (Oct. 20, 2025); Chaudhry Abudl Rashid, 74 (Nov. 11, 2025); and Richard Cleveland Castleberry, 72 (Apr. 23, 2026). Ages ranged from 56 to 86, and five of the seven decedents were 69 or older. Every one of the seven is recorded under the same cause category in the records; the decedent entries carry no accompanying public narrative.

Facility conditions during the Deputy Warden tenure. Four event entries dated Jan. 1, 2025 — inside Banks' Deputy Warden posting, where each entry lists her role at the time as Deputy Warden — describe Legionella bacteria contamination at Autry State Prison, an inmate who tested positive for Legionnaires' disease in 2021, and the facility's June 2023 closure for plumbing and HVAC upgrades and infrastructure repairs. The 2021 diagnosis and the 2023 closure both predate her appointment as Deputy Warden in January 2024; the records place the entries themselves within her tenure.

No intel reports, allegations, or named news coverage tied to Banks appear in the provided records.

Sources

• Georgia Prisoners' Speak personnel database — position, facility, and salary records for Mary L Banks, 2015–2026
• Georgia Prisoners' Speak death records — seven decedents at Autry State Prison during her Deputy Warden tenure
• Georgia Prisoners' Speak facility event records — four entries dated Jan. 1, 2025 on Legionella contamination and the June 2023 closure at Autry State Prison

Synthesized by GPS Intelligence System on Sep 23, 2026 from positions, attributed deaths, lawsuits, intel reports, and news mentions in the public corpus. The supporting data tables follow below.