Carter, Sidney

Tenure Summary

Sidney Carter has held the Warden role at Coffee Correctional Facility since January 1, 2024, a facility-leadership posting that remains open-ended in the records; his status is listed as active. Every death attributed to his leadership tenure occurred at that one facility: seven deaths at Coffee Correctional Facility, per GPS's death registry. The registry entries span from January 2024 to July 2026. No lawsuit naming Carter as a defendant appears in the records reviewed.

The deaths on his watch are recorded as Unknown/Pending as to cause, and the facility's tenure is also marked by a series of stabbings, a gang-related indictment of sixteen inmates, and the indictment of a former correctional officer on drug-trafficking conspiracy charges.

What happened on their watch

Coffee Correctional Facility — Warden, from January 1, 2024 to present. Seven deaths are attributed to Carter's tenure as Warden, all at Coffee Correctional Facility, per GPS's death registry. GPS's registry lists the cause for each as Unknown/Pending:

• Jeffery B Russell died January 8, 2024, at Coffee Correctional Facility; GPS's registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending. Age 60.
• Robert Adams died February 8, 2024, at Coffee Correctional Facility; GPS's registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending. Age 52.
• William Eric Green died May 24, 2024, at Coffee Correctional Facility; GPS's registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending. Age 61.
• David Lynn Waldrop died November 25, 2025, at Coffee Correctional Facility; GPS's registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending. Age 70.
• Richard Romeo Shelby died December 28, 2025, at Coffee Correctional Facility; GPS's registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending. Age 60.
• Paul Travis Williams died March 23, 2026, at Coffee Correctional Facility; GPS's registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending. Age 57.
• Fletcher Mccloud died July 27, 2026, at Coffee Correctional Facility; GPS's registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending. Age 44.

Six of the seven were in their fifties or older; Mccloud, at 44, was the youngest.

Beyond the deaths, the intel records dated inside Carter's tenure describe violence and contraband at the facility. A GPS event record describes a series of stabbings at Coffee Correctional Facility on December 13, 2025, leaving multiple inmates critically injured and requiring off-site life-saving medical care; Carter held the Warden role on that date.

A January 21, 2025 Atlanta Journal-Constitution report — an incident report reference — indicates that four other inmates were involved in the stabbing death of Kendall Ja'Mal Cromer at Coffee Correctional Facility, according to the AJC.

On January 31, 2025, the AJC reported that Dacia Gaskins, a former correctional officer at Coffee Correctional Facility, had been indicted for conspiring to distribute illegal drugs; a separate AJC report of the same date states the indictment alleged a conspiracy to distribute cocaine, methamphetamine, oxycodone and marijuana as part of a drug-trafficking operation. The records describe these as allegations.

A Georgia grand jury indicted 16 inmates on charges including aggravated assault, aggravated battery, violations of the Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act, and riot in a penal institution, after evidence was presented on June 18, per GPS event records tied to the facility during Carter's tenure. FOX 5 Atlanta and Yahoo.com reported on June 30, 2026 that the sixteen — alleged members of the Bloods gang — engaged in a series of stabbings that critically injured multiple inmates. An inmate report dated September 22, 2026 states that a lockdown at the facility was lifted, with residents resuming normal movement including evening chow.

Sources

• GPS death registry — seven deaths recorded at Coffee Correctional Facility during Sidney Carter's Warden tenure
• Atlanta Journal-Constitution — January 21, 2025 incident report on the stabbing death of Kendall Ja'Mal Cromer; January 31, 2025 reports on the Dacia Gaskins drug-conspiracy indictment
• FOX 5 Atlanta — June 30, 2026 report on 16 inmates charged in Coffee Correctional Facility stabbings
• Yahoo.com — June 30, 2026 report on the same indictment
• GPS event and intel records — December 13, 2025 stabbing series; June 18 grand jury indictment record; September 22, 2026 inmate report on the lockdown being lifted

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.