Blair, Sherryl F

Tenure Summary

Sherryl F. Blair has worked within the Georgia Department of Corrections since at least 2007, moving from a line correctional officer role at Burruss Correctional Training Center through a series of financial and administrative positions before ascending to facility-deputy and, ultimately, facility-lead accountability tiers. GPS records show one death attributed to a facility during Blair's deputy warden tenure, occurring at McEver Probation Detention Center in October 2023, along with two additional deaths at Dodge State Prison that GPS intel events associate with that facility — though Blair's documented assignment to Dodge covers only 2019, and those deaths occurred in 2022. No lawsuits naming Blair as a defendant and no intel reports are on file.

What Happened on Their Watch

Dodge State Prison — Deputy Warden (2019)
GPS records place Blair at Dodge State Prison as Deputy Warden during salary year 2019. Two deaths at Dodge are captured in GPS intel events: Douglas Anthony Forts, 57, died on June 2, 2022 from acute traumatic amputation of a finger sustained during a fight, and Hezekiah Sha'Nard Cuyler, 21, died on September 14, 2022 from blunt force trauma to the head. Both deaths occurred in 2022. Blair's facility assignment at Dodge is documented only for 2019; the 2020–2022 Deputy Warden salary records carry no facility identifier. GPS records do not confirm Blair's presence at Dodge at the time of either 2022 death, and no causal connection between Blair and those incidents is established in the available records.

McEver Probation Detention Center — Deputy Warden (2023) / Superintendent (2024–present)
Blair is documented as Deputy Warden at McEver Probation Detention Center during 2023. On October 7, 2023, Anthony Golson, 46, died at that facility. GPS records list the cause category as code 6 but include no further notes on circumstances. Blair subsequently rose to Correctional Superintendent at McEver, a role GPS records show continuing into 2025 at a salary of $79,123. No lawsuits, intel reports, or news mentions are associated with Blair or McEver in the available records.

Sources

• GPS records — positions table, deaths-during-tenure table, and intel events for Blair, Sherryl F (GPS ID 4197)
• GPS intel events — Death of Douglas Anthony Forts at Dodge State Prison (June 2, 2022)
• GPS intel events — Death of Hezekiah Sha'Nard Cuyler at Dodge State Prison (September 14, 2022)

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.