Carter, Sidney

Tenure Summary

Sidney Carter has served as Warden of Coffee Correctional Facility since January 1, 2024, and remains in that role as of the time of this writing. GPS records show six deaths attributed to Coffee Correctional Facility during Carter's tenure as facility lead. All six fall under cause category 6. No lawsuits naming Carter as a defendant are on record. The facility also carries a documented history of violent deaths and staff misconduct allegations predating Carter's appointment.

What Happened on Their Watch

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

GPS records attribute six deaths at Coffee Correctional Facility during Carter's tenure. Jeffery B. Russell, 60, died January 8, 2024; Robert Adams, 52, died February 8, 2024; William Eric Green, 61, died May 24, 2024; David Lynn Waldrop, 70, died November 25, 2025; Richard Romeo Shelby, 60, died December 28, 2025; and Paul Travis Williams, 57, died March 23, 2026. All six deaths are recorded under cause category 6; no additional notes or cause-of-death specifics appear in GPS records for these individuals. The decedents range in age from 52 to 70, with a median age in the late fifties.

Separately, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported allegations that a former Coffee Correctional Facility officer, Dacia Gaskins, was indicted for conspiring to distribute cocaine, methamphetamine, oxycodone, and marijuana as part of a drug-trafficking operation. The AJC also reported that an incident report indicates four other inmates were involved in the stabbing death of Kendall Ja'Mal Cromer at the facility. Cromer, 31, died November 30, 2020 from stab wounds to the neck and chest — prior to Carter's tenure. GPS records also document the homicide of Hendricks Riley Gunn, 42, who died January 1, 2022 from blunt force injuries to the head and neck, likewise before Carter assumed the warden role. These pre-tenure events establish a pattern of violent death and alleged staff corruption at the facility Carter now leads.

Sources

• Atlanta Journal-Constitution — allegation reporting on Dacia Gaskins indictment and Kendall Ja'Mal Cromer stabbing death at Coffee Correctional Facility (published/logged May 2026)
• GPS records — six deaths during Carter's warden tenure at Coffee Correctional Facility (2024–2026); two pre-tenure homicide events at the same facility (2020, 2022)

Synthesized by GPS Intelligence System on May 6, 2026 from positions, attributed deaths, lawsuits, intel reports, and news mentions in the public corpus. The supporting data tables follow below.