Blakely, DON Eric

Tenure Summary

Don Eric Blakely’s documented Georgia Department of Corrections career runs from 2015 through 2018, with annual salary records showing a steady rise from $63,734.16 in a correction administration post to $93,833.84 as a Warden 2. The records list four positions: Correction Administration (2015), Deputy Warden (2016), Correctional Sr. Mgr (2017), and Warden 2 (2018), the last being the only posting at the facility-leadership tier. No facility is named for any of these positions in the underlying records.

The headline accountability figure is zero: no deaths are attributed to any leadership tenure held by Blakely, and there are no per-facility death totals. His name appears in one federal lawsuit in which he was listed as a defendant — Maree v. Richardson (7:19-cv-00046), filed in the Middle District of Georgia on March 20, 2019, after his Warden 2 year had ended, and terminated on December 7, 2021.

What happened on their watch

Warden 2 (2018) — facility not recorded. This is Blakely’s only leadership-tier posting in the records. No deaths are attributed to it, no intel reports or intel events are recorded at any facility for this period, and no news coverage naming Blakely is recorded.

Deputy Warden (2016). Non-leadership tier. The records document the role and year only; no facility is listed, and no death, incident, or report data is attached.

Correction Administration (2015) and Correctional Sr. Mgr (2017). Non-leadership, non-facility tiers. The records document the titles, dates, and salary only.

Litigation

• Maree v. Richardson, No. 7:19-cv-00046 (M.D. Ga.). Filed March 20, 2019; terminated December 7, 2021. Blakely is recorded as a defendant in this case. The docket data provided does not state the claims asserted, whether the case involved a death in custody, whether Blakely was served or appeared, or the terms of termination. No monetary outcome is recorded. Because the filing postdates the end of his recorded Warden 2 tenure (December 31, 2018), the records do not establish that the suit arose from conduct during any position listed above; that connection cannot be confirmed from this data.

Sources

• CourtListener — docket for Maree v. Richardson, No. 7:19-cv-00046 (GAMD), filed 2019-03-20, terminated 2021-12-07
• Georgia Department of Corrections position and salary records (2015–2018), compiled by Georgia Prisoners’ Speak

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.