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Chaney, Mable Larose
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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
Mable Larose Chaney held a Correction Administration role in 2015 before serving continuously as Deputy Warden at Dooly State Prison from 2016 through 2025. GPS records attribute 48 deaths to the facility during Chaney’s tenure as Deputy Warden, a period that attracted repeated media and oversight attention for violence, medical failures, and systemic disorder. No lawsuits naming Chaney as a defendant appear in the available records.What happened on their watch
Deputy Warden, Dooly State Prison (January 2016 – December 2025) Across her nearly decade-long posting, 48 deaths were recorded at the facility. GPS records show that multiple deaths were classified as homicides. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s investigation into prison killings, Dimitri Merci Jackson died from a stab wound to the chest in January 2023, Chad Taylor Roadifer died of delayed complications from blunt force head trauma in October 2023, and Brian Lee Wainwright was killed in January 2024. Other deaths labeled homicide in GPS records include Joshua Parrott (strangulation, January 2025), Horario Philmore (February 2025, described in an inmate report as strangulation), Darrow Brown (stabbed on the walk, November 2025), and Zeary Davante Davis (bled to death on a dorm floor after a stabbing, September 2024). Several other decedents — for instance, Carlos Omar Soldiew-Acosta, Ancioni Leroy Wallace, and Dexter Andres Levy — are recorded with cause category 6; a coroner later alleged that Soldiew-Acosta may have been dead for more than 24 hours before his body was found, per the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.Allegations of medical neglect also surfaced. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that James Yarbrough suffered uncontrolled diabetes for months at Dooly and died of ketoacidosis in August 2020. In 2024, the son of a prisoner told GPB that medical staff put his father’s treatment “on the back burner,” contributing to his death from sepsis.
During Chaney’s tenure, Dooly State Prison operated under severe strain. Intel records document that by early 2025 the prison held roughly 1,593 people — 212% of its original design capacity — while facing a statewide correctional officer vacancy rate of approximately 50%. In late November 2025, an investigation found that many housing units had no officer present for hours or entire shifts. The facility experienced a series of gang-related fights and stabbings: in March and April 2025, multiple dormitory fights left inmates hospitalized, and the Georgia Department of Corrections publicly described several altercations as gang-related.
Contraband and security breakdowns were also documented during Chaney’s watch. In December 2025, a corrections officer cadet was caught trying to smuggle 640 grams of pure methamphetamine into the prison, per WGXA. In the same period, inmate Abraham Rivas was charged with an organized scheme to defraud after allegedly impersonating a sheriff’s deputy to steal $1,000 from a Florida victim; Rivas later claimed, according to Wesh.com and WALB, that correctional staff were aware of inmate scams and that he used fraud proceeds to buy marijuana inside the prison.
Sources
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution — homicide reports and medical neglect investigation during 2020–2024 tenure at Dooly State Prison
- GPB — report on DOJ investigation and allegations of delayed medical care at Dooly
- WGXA — reports on meth smuggling by cadet and gang-related fights in 2025
- WALB, Wesh.com, News-journalonline.com — reporting on inmate fraud scheme and staff awareness allegations
- GPS records — death counts, incident logs, staffing and overcrowding reports
Positions Held
| Title | Facility | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| DEPUTY WARDEN | DOOLY STATE PRISON | 2016-01-01 → present |
| CORRECTION ADMINISTRATION | 2015-01-01 → 2015-12-31 |
Deaths attributed during tenure
48 people died at facilities under Chaney, Mable Larose's leadership.
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