Carter, Sidney

Tenure Summary

During the same period, GPS intelligence records document a mass stabbing incident at Coffee on December 13, 2025, and a later grand jury indictment of 16 inmates in June 2026. Media reports describe those indicted inmates as alleged members of the Bloods street gang.

What happened on their watch

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

Separate from those seven deaths, GPS intel records log a series of stabbings at Coffee on December 13, 2025, leaving multiple inmates critically injured and requiring off-site medical care. GPS records describe a grand jury indictment dated June 30, 2026, on charges including aggravated assault, aggravated battery, violations of the Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act, and riot in a penal institution; the description states evidence was presented June 18. FOX 5 Atlanta and Yahoo reported that the 16 indicted inmates are alleged members of the Bloods street gang.

AJC coverage from May 2026 reported that former Coffee correctional officer Dacia Gaskins was indicted for conspiring to distribute cocaine, methamphetamine, oxycodone, and marijuana as part of a drug-trafficking operation. That report is an allegation; the records do not state when the alleged conduct occurred.

The intel file also contains two earlier deaths at Coffee that predate Carter’s listed January 1, 2024 start and are not included in the seven deaths attributed to his tenure: Kendall Ja’Mal Cromer, 31, died November 30, 2020, from stab wounds to the neck and chest; and Hendricks Riley Gunn, 42, died January 1, 2022, from blunt force injuries to the head and neck. An AJC report referenced in the intel file says an incident report indicated four other inmates were involved in Cromer’s death.

Sources

• GPS personnel and facility intelligence records — positions, death attributions, intel events
• FOX 5 Atlanta — report on 16 gang members charged in Coffee County prison stabbings
• Yahoo.com — article on 16 inmates charged in Coffee County
• Atlanta Journal-Constitution — Georgia prison homicide database/report and Dacia Gaskins indictment coverage

Synthesized by GPS Intelligence System on Aug 30, 2026 from positions, attributed deaths, lawsuits, intel reports, and news mentions in the public corpus. The supporting data tables follow below.