Carter, Sidney

Tenure Summary

Sidney Carter has served as Warden of Coffee Correctional Facility since January 1, 2024. GPS records attribute 6 deaths at Coffee CF during Carter's tenure. All six deaths fall under cause category 6. No lawsuits have been filed naming Carter as a defendant, and no settlements are on record. The facility has separately drawn scrutiny for staff corruption and prior homicides predating Carter's appointment.

What Happened on Their Watch

Coffee Correctional Facility — Warden (January 1, 2024–present)

GPS records attribute 6 deaths at Coffee CF during Carter's tenure. The decedents, in chronological order, are: Jeffery B. Russell, 60, on January 8, 2024; Robert Adams, 52, on February 8, 2024; William Eric Green, 61, on May 24, 2024; David Lynn Waldrop, 70, on November 25, 2025; Richard Romeo Shelby, 60, on December 28, 2025; and Paul Travis Williams, 57, on March 23, 2026. All six deaths are recorded under the same cause category. The decedents range in age from 52 to 70, with a median age in the late 50s — a pattern consistent with an aging incarcerated population. No notes elaborating on individual circumstances appear in GPS records for these deaths.

Beyond the mortality record, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution has reported allegations of staff-level criminal conduct at the facility during this period. According to the AJC, former Coffee CF correctional officer Dacia Gaskins was indicted for conspiring to distribute cocaine, methamphetamine, oxycodone, and marijuana as part of a drug-trafficking operation. The AJC further reported, separately, that an incident report indicates four other inmates were involved in the stabbing death of Kendall Ja'Mal Cromer — a homicide that occurred at Coffee CF on November 30, 2020, predating Carter's tenure. GPS records also document the homicide of Hendricks Riley Gunn, 42, at Coffee CF on January 1, 2022, likewise before Carter's appointment; Gunn died from blunt force injuries to the head and neck.

Sources

• Atlanta Journal-Constitution — reporting on Coffee Correctional Facility homicides and staff indictment (Dacia Gaskins drug-trafficking allegation); URLs on file at GPS intel records dated May 2026
• GPS records — deaths attributed to Carter's facility-lead tenure at Coffee Correctional Facility; intel events documenting pre-tenure homicides of Kendall Ja'Mal Cromer (2020) and Hendricks Riley Gunn (2022)

Synthesized by GPS Intelligence System on May 22, 2026 from positions, attributed deaths, lawsuits, intel reports, and news mentions in the public corpus. The supporting data tables follow below.