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Barnes, Ronald Steve

On GDC's 2025 payroll

Profile written September 23, 2026

Current Position Warden Rutledge State Prison
Salary $85,281 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.

Per Georgia Department of Corrections personnel records compiled by Georgia Prisoners' Speak, no deaths are attributed to facility-leader tenures held by Ronald Steve Barnes. His career history is documented in the Positions table below.

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.

Positions Held

TitleFacilityTenure
Warden 1RUTLEDGE STATE PRISON2026-08-27 → present
WardenRUTLEDGE STATE PRISON2026-06-16 → present
CORRECTIONAL SUPERINTENDENTPAULDING PROBATION DETENTION CENTER2025-01-01 → present
CORRECTIONAL SUPERINTENDENT2023-01-01 → 2024-12-31
DEPUTY WARDENPAULDING PROBATION DETENTION CENTER2022-01-01 → 2022-12-31
DEPUTY WARDEN2021-01-01 → 2021-12-31
CSM CORRECTIONAL UNIT MANAGER2019-01-01 → 2020-12-31
CORRECTIONAL CAPTAIN2017-01-01 → 2018-12-31
CSM CORRECTIONAL LIEUTENANT2016-01-01 → 2016-12-31
CORRECTIONS OFFICER (SP)2015-01-01 → 2015-12-31

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