Carr, Willie E

Tenure Summary

Willie E. Carr's career with the Georgia Department of Corrections began in 2007, when records list him as a correctional officer at Dodge State Prison, where he is also listed as a sergeant in 2013. He moved to Johnson State Prison in 2014 as a sergeant, served there as a corrections officer in 2015, then rose through correctional lieutenant (2016–2018) and correctional unit manager (2019–2020). After a period as a business support analyst (2021–2024), he returned to Johnson State Prison as Deputy Warden of Security on November 1, 2024, and is recorded as Deputy Warden from January 1 through December 31, 2025. He is again listed as Deputy Warden of Security at Johnson from July 16, 2026.

GPS attributes 23 deaths at Johnson State Prison to his leadership tenures there — the entire attributed total, all at that one facility. Of those, 20 carry a cause of Unknown/Pending and three are listed as homicides. GPS's records list no lawsuit naming Carr as a defendant, and no news reports naming him directly. Carr's status is listed as active, with no sourced status change on file.

What happened on their watch

Johnson State Prison — Deputy Warden of Security (November 1, 2024 – March 31, 2025). Five of the 23 deaths attributed to Carr's leadership fall within this posting. Four are listed with a cause of Unknown/Pending and one as a homicide.

• John W Williams died November 8, 2024, at Johnson State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending and his age as 68.
• Richard Charles Bishop died December 2, 2024, at Johnson State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending and his age as 91.
• Jason Dwight Mitchell died December 9, 2024, at Johnson State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending and his age as 45.
• Kevin Kosturi died December 13, 2024, at Johnson State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Homicide and his age as 29.
• Calvin Obie Boynton died December 21, 2024, at Johnson State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending and his age as 61.

Johnson State Prison — Deputy Warden (January 1 – December 31, 2025). Eighteen of the attributed deaths fall within this posting, ranging in age from 32 to 86. Two are listed as homicides; the remaining sixteen as Unknown/Pending.

• Justin Brandon Hulett died February 12, 2025, at Johnson State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Homicide and his age as 38.
• Robert Barnwell died May 4, 2025, at Johnson State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending and his age as 80.
• Paul Russell Brewster died June 9, 2025, at Johnson State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Homicide and his age as 48.
• John Charles Rhoten died June 15, 2025, at Johnson State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending and his age as 54.
• Robert Joseph Pruett died June 26, 2025, at Johnson State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending and his age as 61.
• Dewayne Bess died July 10, 2025, at Johnson State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending and his age as 63.
• Joseph Wayne Clayton died July 12, 2025, at Johnson State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending and his age as 32.
• Robert Glenn Tanner died July 15, 2025, at Johnson State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending and his age as 56.
• Justin Haley Freeman died July 20, 2025, at Johnson State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending and his age as 44.
• Russell Scott Carter died July 23, 2025, at Johnson State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending and his age as 42.
• Larry Sherall Richards died July 29, 2025, at Johnson State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending and his age as 86.
• Loy Alpheus Iii Windham died July 31, 2025, at Johnson State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending and his age as 54.
• Matthew Glenn Maynard died September 14, 2025, at Johnson State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending and his age as 65.
• Jarvis Dontez Walker died September 26, 2025, at Johnson State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending and his age as 39.
• Aubrie Henley died October 5, 2025, at Johnson State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending and his age as 69.
• Roger James died October 29, 2025, at Johnson State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending and his age as 68.
• Marc Charles Neermann died November 2, 2025, at Johnson State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending and his age as 69.
• Calvin R Norwood died December 30, 2025, at Johnson State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending and his age as 72.

On January 21, 2025, a lawsuit was filed over the death of David Lamar Henegar at Johnson State Prison, recorded against Carr's Deputy Warden role. Allegations sourced to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution state that Henegar, who had a disability, was choked over the course of hours by a cellmate who had also stomped on his chest and strangled him; that the cellmate was mentally ill and had previously attacked him; and that officers failed to intervene despite neighboring prisoners screaming for help. These are claims made in the litigation, not findings.

Johnson State Prison — Deputy Warden of Security (from July 16, 2026). GPS lists Carr in this role from that date, alongside a separate one-day Deputy Warden entry on August 27, 2026. On July 21, 2026, the Georgia Department of Corrections held a ribbon-cutting for a new 20-bed Medical Intensive Infirmary at Johnson State Prison, part of a modular construction program that added 524 beds at Dodge, Lee, Montgomery, Hays and Johnson state prisons. A report published July 20, 2026 on the YouTube channel of Tyler C. Ryals, listed against Carr's Deputy Warden of Security role, relays a former staff member's account of a dangerously understaffed shift at Johnson in spring 2024 where a use-of-force incident went unreported, and an incarcerated person's allegation of being restrained and tortured. Those are the sources' claims.

Litigation

• Lawsuit filed January 21, 2025 over the death of David Lamar Henegar at Johnson State Prison; per the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the suit alleges a cellmate attack over hours, prior violence by that cellmate, and officers' failure to intervene. Carr is not recorded as a defendant; the case is listed against his Deputy Warden role at the facility.

Sources

• Atlanta Journal-Constitution — allegations in the Henegar lawsuit at Johnson State Prison, January 21, 2025
• Tyler C. Ryals (YouTube channel) — witness claim recorded July 20, 2026 concerning Johnson State Prison
• Georgia Department of Corrections — modular housing and Medical Intensive Infirmary announcement and ribbon-cutting, July 21, 2026
• GPS death registry and facility personnel records — 23 deaths attributed to Carr's leadership tenures at Johnson State Prison

Synthesized by GPS Intelligence System on Oct 11, 2026 from positions, attributed deaths, lawsuits, intel reports, and news mentions in the public corpus. The supporting data tables follow below.