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Chaney, Mable Larose
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Profile written August 2, 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 began her Georgia Department of Corrections career in a central Correction Administration role in 2015, and in 2016 she was appointed Deputy Warden at Dooly State Prison – a post she has held continuously through at least 2025. GPS records attribute 49 deaths to Dooly State Prison during her facility-leader tenure, all recorded while she served as Deputy Warden. No lawsuits in the GPS database name Chaney as a defendant. The deaths occurred against a backdrop of severe crowding and staffing crises: internal GPS event reports note that by early 2025 the prison, built for 750, held 1,593 people – 212% of design capacity – while the statewide correctional officer vacancy rate hovered around 50%.What happened on their watch
At Dooly State Prison, Chaney’s tenure has been marked by a sustained stream of in-custody deaths, serious violence, and operational breakdowns. The 49 deaths span from early 2020 through the first months of 2026. While the majority carry a GPS cause category of 6 (not publicly specified), multiple deaths are documented as homicides, and others raise allegations of medical neglect or delayed discovery.Among the fatalities with public cause-of-death documentation:
- Brian Lee Wainwright (January 4, 2024) and Chad Taylor Roadifer (October 27, 2023) were both listed in an Atlanta Journal-Constitution prison homicides investigation, with Roadifer’s cause given as “delayed complications of blunt force head trauma.”
- Dimitri Merci Jackson (January 3, 2023) died of a stab wound to the chest, per the AJC.
- Joshua Parrott (January 12, 2025) – a GDC-released mortality report for that month records “Homicide due to Strangulation.”
- Zeary Davante Davis (September 26, 2024) was killed in an inmate assault; a GDC internal report confirms he was assaulted by another prisoner, while the coroner recorded the cause as “undetermined.”
- Darrow Brown (November 7, 2025) was reportedly stabbed by a gang member while being escorted, according to a user report in GPS records.
- Horatio Philmore (February 2, 2025) – inmate reports indicate strangulation, though the death was officially declared a suicide.
- Samuel Jacob Blackmon (January 19, 2026) and Timothy Glenn Williams (April 17, 2025) are among several deaths where cause information was derived from prisoner reports rather than official GDC sources.
Allegations of medical indifference also emerge. An AJC investigation reported that James Robb Yarbrough (died August 14, 2020) suffered uncontrolled diabetes for months and died of ketoacidosis in a case of alleged medical malpractice. GPB cited a family allegation that medical staff put a dying man’s treatment “on the back burner,” contributing to a sepsis death. A Dooly County coroner told the AJC that Carlos Omar Soldiew-Acosta (died June 22, 2024) may have been dead more than a day before his body was found.
The facility has seen repeated episodes of mass violence. In 2026, a gang-related fight injured nine inmates on May 22, triggering a statewide lockdown of all GDC prisons. An earlier fight on March 23 sent five inmates to the hospital, and on April 1 multiple stabbings reportedly led to three prisoners being airlifted. Violence extended to staff: in December 2025, Deputy Warden Charles Hudson was bitten by an inmate; earlier, a corrections cadet was caught attempting to smuggle 640 grams of methamphetamine into the prison.
Broader systemic conditions are documented in GPS intelligence events. Reports from January 2025 describe housing units left without officer supervision for entire shifts due to a staffing collapse, while Dooly’s population swelled far beyond original design. Despite the deployment of cell phone blocking technology in early 2025, contraband phones were used to call for help during a stabbing that same year.
Sources
- GPS records (death totals and decedent data)
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution — Georgia Prison Homicides Investigation and medical malpractice reporting
- GDC official January 2025 mortality data (cause of death for Joshua Parrott)
- WGXA — reporting on gang fights and meth smuggling at Dooly
- 13WMAZ — gang-related fight injuries
- WALB — inmate fraud scheme at Dooly
- Georgia Public Broadcasting (GPB) — family allegations of medical neglect
- Dooly County Coroner findings (reported by AJC)
- GPS case management and intel reports — staffing collapse, mass stabbings, lockdown events
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
49 people died at facilities under Chaney, Mable Larose's leadership.
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