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Blair, Sherryl F
Status: active
Profile written July 12, 2026
Salary
$79,123
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
Sherryl F. Blair began her career with the Georgia Department of Corrections in 2007 as a Correctional Officer at Burruss Correctional Training Center. She moved through a series of administrative and financial roles—Accountant Paraprofessional, Administrative Assistant Supervisor, and Financial Ops Generalist—before entering facility leadership. In 2019, she became Deputy Warden at Dodge State Prison, and she held Deputy Warden posts at other facilities from 2020 through 2022. In 2023, Blair served as Deputy Warden at McEver Probation Detention Center, and in mid-2024 she was promoted to Superintendent there, a position she continues to hold. During her leadership-tenure years, GPS records attribute a total of one death to a facility under her watch: the death of Anthony Golson at McEver in 2023, while she was Deputy Warden. No lawsuits naming Blair as a defendant appear in the available records.What happened on their watch
Blair’s first leadership-tier posting came as Deputy Warden at Dodge State Prison in 2019. GPS records show no deaths attributed to the facility during that year. She subsequently held Deputy Warden roles at facilities not identified in the personnel data from 2020 through 2022, also with no attributed deaths. In 2023, she took the Deputy Warden post at McEver Probation Detection Center. On October 7 of that year, Anthony Golson, 46, died at the facility. According to GPS death records, the death is categorized under cause category 6. Blair remained at McEver, becoming Superintendent on June 16, 2024, and she occupies that position as of 2025. As of the data’s compilation, no further deaths have been recorded at McEver during her tenure as Superintendent.Litigation
No lawsuits naming Sherryl F. Blair as a defendant were identified in the present records.Sources
- GPS personnel records — employment timeline and facility assignments.
- GPS death records — Anthony Golson, death at McEver Probation Detention Center on October 7, 2023 (cause category 6), during Blair’s tenure as Deputy Warden.
Positions Held
| Title | Facility | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| CORRECTIONAL SUPERINTENDENT | McEVER PROBATION DETENTION CENTER | 2025-01-01 → present |
| Superintendent | McEVER PROBATION DETENTION CENTER | 2024-06-16 → present |
| CORRECTIONAL SUPERINTENDENT | 2024-01-01 → 2024-06-15 | |
| DEPUTY WARDEN | McEVER PROBATION DETENTION CENTER | 2023-01-01 → 2023-12-31 |
| DEPUTY WARDEN | 2020-01-01 → 2022-12-31 | |
| DEPUTY WARDEN | DODGE STATE PRISON | 2019-01-01 → 2019-12-31 |
| FINANCIAL OPS GENERALIST 3 | BURRUSS C.T.C | 2018-01-01 → 2018-12-31 |
| Business Support Analyst I | 2017-01-01 → 2017-12-31 | |
| Administrative Assistant III (supervisor) | BURRUSS C.T.C | 2016-01-01 → 2016-12-31 |
| Accounts Payable Paraprofessional | 2015-01-01 → 2015-12-31 | |
| Accountant Paraprofessional | 2010-01-01 → 2010-12-31 | |
| Correctional Officer | BURRUSS C.T.C | 2007-01-01 → 2007-12-31 |
Deaths attributed during tenure
1 people died at facilities under Blair, Sherryl F's leadership.
| Date | Decedent | Age | Facility | Role at time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-10-07 | ANTHONY GOLSON | 46 | McEVER PROBATION DETENTION CENTER | DEPUTY WARDEN |
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