Cliett, Asia Deon

Tenure Summary

Asia Deon Cliett entered Georgia Department of Corrections service in 2015 as a correctional officer (annual salary record: $32,769.50) and was classified as CSM Correctional Officer 2 in 2016 and 2017. Per GDC personnel and salary records, she was promoted to Correctional Sergeant at Washington State Prison for 2018–2019, then to Correctional Lieutenant there in 2020. She transferred as a lieutenant to Johnson State Prison for 2021, returned to Washington State Prison as a Correctional Unit Manager for 2022–2023, and held a Unit Manager post from January 1 through October 15, 2024 with no facility listed of record.

On October 16, 2024 she was appointed Assistant Superintendent at Augusta Transitional Center, a facility-deputy tier role she still holds in the records, with a 2025 salary of $81,420.60 and a further single-date "Asst Supt, Correctional" entry at Augusta Transitional Center dated August 27, 2026.

One death is attributed to her leadership tenure: James Nicolas Waugh, age 30, at Augusta Transitional Center on July 5, 2026, when Cliett held the Assistant Superintendent role. GPS records list no lawsuits naming her as a defendant, no news reports naming her, and no intelligence reports or logged events at any of her facilities dated within her leadership periods.

What happened on their watch

Washington State Prison — Correctional Lieutenant (2020). No deaths are attributed to this posting, and no intelligence reports or logged events dated within this tenure are recorded. No lawsuits were filed against her while she held the position.

Johnson State Prison — Correctional Lieutenant (2021). No deaths are attributed to this posting. No intelligence reports or logged events dated within this tenure are recorded, and no lawsuits were filed against her in the role.

Washington State Prison — Correctional Unit Manager (2022–2023, including a single-day record dated November 22, 2023). No deaths are attributed to this posting, and no intelligence reports or logged events dated within these dates are recorded. No lawsuits were filed against her in the role.

Correctional Unit Manager (January 1 – October 15, 2024). This Unit Manager posting carries no facility of record, so no facility-level deaths are attributed to it.

Augusta Transitional Center — Assistant Superintendent (from October 16, 2024). This is the only posting with a death attributed to it. James Nicolas Waugh, 30, died at Augusta Transitional Center on July 5, 2026; the record identifies Cliett's role on that date as Assistant Superintendent. The record assigns a coded cause category but provides no narrative detail, so no cause of death is asserted here. No lawsuit against Cliett, no intelligence report, and no logged event dated within this tenure is recorded, and no news coverage naming her appears in the dataset. Her period of service at Augusta Transitional Center extends beyond this death per the salary and position records, including a separate single-date entry dated August 27, 2026.

Sources

• Georgia Department of Corrections personnel and salary records (position titles, facility assignments, and annual salaries, 2015–2026), as compiled by Georgia Prisoners' Speak — basis for the career trajectory and leadership tenures above.
• Georgia Prisoners' Speak death record for James Nicolas Waugh, age 30 — died July 5, 2026, Augusta Transitional Center, with Cliett listed as Assistant Superintendent at the time.

Synthesized by GPS Intelligence System on Sep 23, 2026 from positions, attributed deaths, lawsuits, intel reports, and news mentions in the public corpus. The supporting data tables follow below.