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Bracewell, Sheila
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Profile written August 23, 2026
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
According to GPS personnel records, Sheila Bracewell worked in correction administration in 2015 and then served as deputy warden at Whitworth Women’s Facility from January 1, 2016 through December 31, 2025. GPS records attribute one death to her facility leadership tenure: one death at Whitworth Women’s Facility. The dataset contains no lawsuits naming Bracewell as a defendant, no intel reports tied to her facilities, and no news mentions.What happened on their watch
Correction Administration, 2015 — no facility listed. GPS records show no deaths attributed to this posting.Deputy Warden, Whitworth Women’s Facility, 2016–2025. GPS records show one death attributed to her tenure at the facility. On January 10, 2025, Rhianna Woods died. GDC-released January 2025 mortality data carried in GPS records lists “Acute Respiratory Failure/ Possible Drug Overdose.” Per GPS records, the DeKalb County Medical Examiner case 25-0059 lists the cause as acute drug (benzodiazepine) intoxication and describes the death as a drug death; the notes state Woods reportedly swallowed something the evening of January 8, 2025, then had seizures, and admission blood work was positive for benzodiazepine. GPS records flag a facility discrepancy: the medical examiner report places Woods at Metro Reentry Facility, while the GPS database lists Whitworth Women’s Facility. The facility field was left unchanged pending administrative decision. A GPS administrative note hypothesizes that GDC may perform a technical or administrative transfer to Metro when an inmate is near death or sent to an Atlanta-area hospital, but the note identifies this only as a hypothesis, not an established fact. No lawsuits, intel reports, or news mentions tied to Bracewell appear in the provided data.
Sources
- GPS personnel and positions database — Bracewell, Sheila profile
- Georgia Department of Corrections January 2025 mortality data, as carried in GPS records
- DeKalb County Medical Examiner case 25-0059, as summarized in GPS records
Positions Held
| Title | Facility | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| DEPUTY WARDEN | WHITWORTH WOMEN’S FACILITY | 2016-01-01 → present |
| Deputy Warden | WHITWORTH WOMEN’S FACILITY | 2023-11-22 → 2023-11-22 |
| CORRECTION ADMINISTRATION | 2015-01-01 → 2015-12-31 |
Deaths attributed during tenure
1 people died at facilities under Bracewell, Sheila's leadership.
| Date | Decedent | Age | Facility | Role at time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-10 | Rhianna Woods | — | WHITWORTH WOMEN’S FACILITY | DEPUTY WARDEN |
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