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Bryant, Delisha L
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Profile written September 6, 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
Delisha L. Bryant entered the Georgia Department of Corrections as a correctional officer at Autry State Prison in 2007. Salary records then list her as a CSM Correctional Unit Manager from 2019 through 2024 without a facility assignment, with a one-day Valdosta State Prison unit-manager entry on November 22, 2023. Records place Bryant at Valdosta State Prison in overlapping Unit Manager and Deputy Warden postings from January 1 to March 15, 2025, and as Deputy Warden of Security from March 16, 2025 onward.
GPS records attribute 22 deaths to Bryant’s leadership tenure, all at Valdosta State Prison. No lawsuits in the provided records name Bryant as a defendant. The deaths in the ledger run from March 16, 2025, through August 13, 2026, and include coroner-ruled homicides, a GBI-certified suicide, and a large share of still-unknown or pending causes.
What happened on their watch
Autry State Prison — Correctional Officer, 2007. GPS records show no deaths or allegations attributed to this staff-level posting.
CSM Correctional Unit Manager, 2019–2024. The structured records list no facility assignment for these salary years and attribute no facility-tenure deaths to the role.
Valdosta State Prison — Unit Manager / Deputy Warden and Deputy Warden of Security, 2023–present. The earliest of the 22 attributed deaths, Chet Elliott, is dated March 16, 2025, the same day Bryant’s Deputy Warden of Security posting begins. Among the 22, Anthony Prothro, 34, is documented by a GBI medical examiner report as a suicide by hanging on April 7, 2025. Four records carry cause_category 3: Jevion Benham, 21, whose death the Lowndes County coroner ruled a strangulation homicide after his body went undiscovered for about two days; William Springer, 36, reported stabbed in the face and head in September 2025; Brandon McGee, 33, whose body was sent to the GBI Crime Lab; and Sergio Hernandez, 39. Ronnie Jackson, 62, has notes describing a seizure and fall. Sixteen of the 22 records list cause_category 6, unknown or pending. One such record, Robert Watkins, 38, carries a Telegram-relay tip that his body may have been undiscovered for about two days and an inmate-witness allegation of suicide, but GPS records leave the cause uncorroborated. James Loreno is marked an unverified user report with a probable but not yet confirmed match to James Edward Loren.
During the same period, intel reports at Valdosta State Prison document broader facility concerns. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that 80% of correctional officer positions were vacant, and a public Facebook commenter alleging he was a former supervisor said staff were pressured to make false staffing statements and that a deputy warden retaliated against him for refusing. WALB reported family allegations that staff did not respond for hours after Springer was stabbed and that GDC failed to contact the family. WTOC reported coroner Austin Fiveash’s criticism that the two-day delay in discovering Benham’s body was a major security concern. WRDW reported GDC’s allegation that an inmate staged a flooded-cell viral video. Operation Skyhawk coverage in the AJC and Yahoo detailed contraband and drug-trafficking allegations involving Valdosta inmates and officers. The intel file also documents earlier Valdosta violence before Bryant’s deputy tenure — including the 2024 killings of Shane Griffith, Melvin Towns, Ricky Harris, and Rufus Lane — but those deaths are not among the 22 attributed in the ledger.
Sources
- GPS structured personnel and mortality records
- GDC June 2026 monthly mortality report
- GBI Medical Examiner report ME-25-40260 (Anthony Prothro autopsy)
- GDC Open Records Response R030514-072526 (Benham incident report)
- GA DOAS Risk Management settlement ledger (Open Records)
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution — multiple investigations of Valdosta State Prison deaths, staffing, and contraband
- WALB — Springer stabbing and family allegations
- WTOC — coroner criticism concerning Benham discovery delay
- WRDW — flooded-cell video dispute
- Yahoo News — Ramirez drug-trafficking allegations
- Public Facebook comment archived by GPS
Positions Held
| Title | Facility | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| Deputy Warden | VALDOSTA STATE PRISON | 2026-08-27 → present |
| Deputy Warden of Security | VALDOSTA STATE PRISON | 2025-03-16 → present |
| Unit Manager | VALDOSTA STATE PRISON | 2025-01-01 → present |
| DEPUTY WARDEN | VALDOSTA STATE PRISON | 2025-01-01 → present |
| CSM CORRECTIONAL UNIT MANAGER | 2019-01-01 → 2024-12-31 | |
| CSM Correctional Unit Manager | VALDOSTA STATE PRISON | 2023-11-22 → 2023-11-22 |
| Correctional Officer | AUTRY STATE PRISON | 2007-01-01 → 2007-12-31 |
Deaths attributed during tenure
22 people died at facilities under Bryant, Delisha L's leadership.
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