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Barnes, Ronald Steve

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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.

GPS records show no deaths attributed to facility-leader tenures held by Barnes, Ronald Steve. Their career history is documented in the Positions table below.

| Year | Title | Accountability Tier | Facility |
|------|-------|-------------------|----------|
| 2015 | Corrections Officer | Staff | Not recorded |
| 2016 | CSM Correctional Lieutenant | Unit Supervisor | Not recorded |
| 2017 | Correctional Captain | Unit Supervisor | Not recorded |
| 2018 | Correctional Captain | Unit Supervisor | Not recorded |
| 2019 | CSM Correctional Unit Manager | Unit Supervisor | Not recorded |
| 2020 | CSM Correctional Unit Manager | Unit Supervisor | Not recorded |
| 2021 | Deputy Warden | Facility Deputy | Not recorded |
| 2022 | Deputy Warden | Facility Deputy | Paulding Probation Detention Center |
| 2023 | Correctional Superintendent | Facility Lead | Not recorded |
| 2024 | Correctional Superintendent | Facility Lead | Not recorded |
| 2025 | Correctional Superintendent | Facility Lead | Paulding Probation Detention Center |

The three cases listed in the litigation records — Harper v. Ford Motor Company (GAND, filed 2019), Jackson v. Bennett (GASD, filed 2012), and Mainor v. Lazer Spot Inc (GAND, filed 2011) — predate or fall outside Barnes's documented GDC leadership tenures, name other primary defendants, and do not appear on their face to involve Barnes in a GDC capacity. GPS has not independently confirmed Barnes's role, if any, in those matters.

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

Positions Held

TitleFacilityTenure
CORRECTIONAL SUPERINTENDENTPAULDING PROBATION DETENTION CENTER2025-01-01 → 2025-12-31
CORRECTIONAL SUPERINTENDENT2024-01-01 → 2024-12-31
CORRECTIONAL SUPERINTENDENT2023-01-01 → 2023-12-31
DEPUTY WARDENPAULDING PROBATION DETENTION CENTER2022-01-01 → 2022-12-31
DEPUTY WARDEN2021-01-01 → 2021-12-31
CSM CORRECTIONAL UNIT MANAGER2020-01-01 → 2020-12-31
CSM CORRECTIONAL UNIT MANAGER2019-01-01 → 2019-12-31
CORRECTIONAL CAPTAIN2018-01-01 → 2018-12-31
CORRECTIONAL CAPTAIN2017-01-01 → 2017-12-31
CSM CORRECTIONAL LIEUTENANT2016-01-01 → 2016-12-31
CORRECTIONS OFFICER (SP)2015-01-01 → 2015-12-31

Lawsuits as defendant

Case #CourtFiledStatus
1:19-cv-04196GAND2019-09-17terminated
2:12-cv-00135GASD2012-08-03terminated
1:11-cv-00971GAND2011-03-25terminated

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