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Chambers, Pashion
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Profile written May 31, 2026
This profile reflects positional accountability — this individual held the leadership roles shown during the dates shown, during which the listed deaths or lawsuits occurred. Inclusion does not constitute a legal finding of personal culpability for any specific incident.
Tenure Summary
Pashion Chambers began a career with the Georgia Department of Corrections as a behavioral health counselor in 2016, rising to supervisor of that unit before moving into custody administration. In 2022, Chambers was appointed Deputy Warden of Rutledge State Prison, a role held through the present. GPS records attribute 12 deaths to Chambers’ leadership tenure—all occurring at Rutledge State Prison between April 2022 and June 2025, during the period Chambers served as the facility’s deputy warden. No lawsuits name Chambers as a defendant, but the same records document multiple homicides, a contraband investigation involving staff, and a lawsuit alleging deficient mental-health care at the prison.What happened on their watch
Rutledge State Prison, Deputy Warden (2022–2025) Four months into Chambers’ deputy‑warden tenure, 65‑year‑old Boyzie Barnes died on April 30, 2022 (cause category unclassified per GPS records). The following year brought three more deaths: Daniel Tyler Nichols, 26, died on April 23, 2023, from asphyxia due to neck compression — an Atlanta Journal-Constitution investigation identified the death as a homicide. John Irvin Sr. Tidd, 59, died on July 18, 2023, and Leonard Leroy Dillard, 57, died on October 11, 2023; both deaths remain listed under an unclassified cause category. In 2024, six people died inside Rutledge while Chambers held the deputy post. Leroy House, 68, died January 3; Anthony Antonio Hand, 52, on January 28; Venteris Leon Hobson, 58, on July 7 — the AJC investigation reports Hobson’s death as an inmate‑to‑inmate assault homicide; Tony Jeromy Reddish, 45, on September 28; and Joe Payne, 73, on December 29. Five of those deaths are categorized as cause‑6 (unclassified) in GPS data; Hobson’s is recorded as a homicide. So far in 2025, three more deaths have been recorded: William Edward Houston, 75, on April 10 (unclassified); Alan Thomas Bryant, 46, on June 1 (listed as natural causes); and Brandon Keith Bolden, 37, on June 15 — noted in records as a homicide.While Chambers served as deputy warden, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that a sergeant at Rutledge, Erika Shonquandria Hall, allegedly admitted to supplying prisoners with cellphones, chargers, tobacco, and food in exchange for money on at least six occasions. An earlier contraband case involving officer Promise Tucker, who resigned in 2021 after admitting to smuggling tobacco, predates Chambers’ custody role. Separately, a lawsuit filed in January 2025 over the 2021 death of Curtis Mincey — which occurred prior to Chambers’ deputy‑warden appointment — alleges the prison failed to provide appropriate medical or psychological assistance to Mincey, who suffered from mental illness.
Sources
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution — homicide investigations and contraband allegation coverage (Hobson, Nichols deaths; Hall contraband admission)
- GPS records — personnel roster, death incidents, and facility‑event logs
- AJC Georgia Prison Homicides Investigation — cause‑of‑death details for Hobson and Nichols
- Federal court docket — Buttrum v. Herring (juvenile lifer parole suit filed during Chambers’ tenure, unrelated to the deaths)
Positions Held
| Title | Facility | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| DEPUTY WARDEN | RUTLEDGE STATE PRISON | 2022-01-01 → present |
| BEHAVIORAL HLTH COUNSELOR SPV | 2019-01-01 → 2021-12-31 | |
| BEHAVIORAL HLTH COUNSELOR 3 | 2016-01-01 → 2018-12-31 |
Deaths attributed during tenure
12 people died at facilities under Chambers, Pashion's leadership.
| Date | Decedent | Age | Facility | Role at time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-15 | BRANDON KEITH BOLDEN | 37 | RUTLEDGE STATE PRISON | DEPUTY WARDEN |
| 2025-06-01 | ALAN THOMAS BRYANT | 46 | RUTLEDGE STATE PRISON | DEPUTY WARDEN |
| 2025-04-10 | WILLIAM EDWARD HOUSTON | 75 | RUTLEDGE STATE PRISON | DEPUTY WARDEN |
| 2024-12-29 | JOE PAYNE | 73 | RUTLEDGE STATE PRISON | DEPUTY WARDEN |
| 2024-09-28 | TONY JEROMY REDDISH | 45 | RUTLEDGE STATE PRISON | DEPUTY WARDEN |
| 2024-07-07 | VENTERIS LEON HOBSON | 58 | RUTLEDGE STATE PRISON | DEPUTY WARDEN |
| 2024-01-28 | ANTHONY ANTONIO HAND | 52 | RUTLEDGE STATE PRISON | DEPUTY WARDEN |
| 2024-01-03 | LEROY HOUSE | 68 | RUTLEDGE STATE PRISON | DEPUTY WARDEN |
| 2023-10-11 | LEONARD LEROY DILLARD | 57 | RUTLEDGE STATE PRISON | DEPUTY WARDEN |
| 2023-07-18 | JOHN IRVIN SR TIDD | 59 | RUTLEDGE STATE PRISON | DEPUTY WARDEN |
| 2023-04-23 | DANIEL TYLER NICHOLS | 26 | RUTLEDGE STATE PRISON | DEPUTY WARDEN |
| 2022-04-30 | BOYZIE BARNES | 65 | RUTLEDGE STATE PRISON | DEPUTY WARDEN |
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