Chambers, Pashion

Tenure Summary

Pashion Chambers entered the Georgia Department of Corrections in 2016 as a Behavioral Health Counselor 3, a position she held through 2018, then served as a Behavioral Health Counselor Supervisor from 2019 through 2021. In 2022 she moved into facility leadership as a Deputy Warden at Rutledge State Prison, the post listed for her in salary records for 2022 through 2025. A separate Deputy Warden personnel record places her at Central State Prison for a single date, November 22, 2023. On July 16, 2026, she became Deputy Warden of Care and Treatment at Rutledge State Prison, and an additional Rutledge Deputy Warden entry is dated August 27, 2026. Her status is active.

Twelve deaths are attributed to her leadership tenures, all of them at Rutledge State Prison, per GPS's death registry: three listed as homicides, one as a suicide, one as natural/medical, and seven as unknown/pending. No lawsuit naming Chambers as a defendant appears in these records. A $20,000 State of Georgia liability payout tied to Rutledge State Prison and a 2024 incident is recorded in the Georgia DOAS Risk Management settlement ledger, obtained through an open-records request.

What happened on their watch

Rutledge State Prison — Deputy Warden (2022 through 2025 records, plus entries in 2026). All 12 deaths attributed to her tenures are recorded here, per GPS's death registry:

• Boyzie Barnes died April 30, 2022, at Rutledge State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending and his age as 65.
• Daniel Tyler Nichols died April 23, 2023, at Rutledge State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Homicide and his age as 26. A GPS event record states he died from asphyxia due to neck compression.
• John Irvin Sr Tidd died July 18, 2023, at Rutledge State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Suicide and his age as 59.
• Leonard Leroy Dillard died October 11, 2023, at Rutledge State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending and his age as 57.
• Leroy House died January 3, 2024, at Rutledge State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending and his age as 68.
• Anthony Antonio Hand died January 28, 2024, at Rutledge State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending and his age as 52.
• Venteris Leon Hobson died July 7, 2024, at Rutledge State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Homicide and his age as 58. A GPS event record states he died from an inmate-to-inmate assault, and that a coroner told a TV station he was found dead in his cell after a fight with his cellmate.
• Tony Jeromy Reddish died September 28, 2024, at Rutledge State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending and his age as 45.
• Joe Payne died December 29, 2024, at Rutledge State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending and his age as 73.
• William Edward Houston died April 10, 2025, at Rutledge State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending and his age as 75.
• Alan Thomas Bryant died June 1, 2025, at Rutledge State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Natural/Medical and his age as 46.
• Brandon Keith Bolden died June 15, 2025, at Rutledge State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Homicide and his age as 37.

Two matters arose at the facility while Chambers held the Deputy Warden role. On June 19, 2024, the Georgia DOAS Risk Management settlement ledger records a $20,000 liability payout tied to Rutledge State Prison and a 2024 incident, naming Amber Brejae Walker. On January 21, 2025, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported a lawsuit in which Curtis Mincey's sister alleged that he suffered from a mental illness but did not receive appropriate medical or psychological assistance; the same date's AJC reporting on Operation Skyhawk carried an allegation that Sergeant Erika Shonquandria Hall admitted to providing prisoners with cellphones, chargers, tobacco and food in exchange for money on at least six occasions at Rutledge State Prison. Both are allegations by their sources, not adjudicated findings.

Central State Prison — Deputy Warden (single-date record, November 22, 2023). These records attribute no deaths to that posting.

Rutledge State Prison — Deputy Warden of Care and Treatment (from July 16, 2026). Two intel submissions are tied to this role. An anonymous report dated September 17, 2026, stated that Rutledge State Prison had been taken off lockdown. A Telegram group report dated October 1, 2026, claimed that the facility reported a suicide involving an incarcerated person with mental health needs, that the facility was locked down, and that a coroner and investigators were present. These are unverified submissions, not registry deaths.

Sources

• GPS death registry — 12 deaths attributed to Rutledge State Prison during Chambers's deputy warden and care-and-treatment tenures.
• Atlanta Journal-Constitution — January 21, 2025, reporting on the Curtis Mincey lawsuit allegation and on the Operation Skyhawk contraband allegations involving Sergeant Erika Shonquandria Hall at Rutledge State Prison.
• Georgia DOAS Risk Management settlement ledger (open records) — $20,000 liability payout tied to Rutledge State Prison and a 2024 incident (Amber Brejae Walker).
• GPS case submissions — anonymous September 17, 2026, lockdown report and October 1, 2026, Telegram group report of a suicide at Rutledge 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.