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Copenhaver, Lenard M
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Profile written August 30, 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
Lenard M. Copenhaver appears in GPS records as “BUSINESS OPERATION SPEC(SP)” in 2015 and “ADMIN ASSISTANT SPV” in 2016. From 2017 through 2020, GPS lists him as Correctional Assistant Superintendent — a facility-deputy tier — without a named facility. Beginning in January 2021, GPS records him as Correctional Superintendent, and facility-specific records place him as Superintendent at Valdosta Transitional Center from September 1, 2021, through December 31, 2022.
GPS records attribute one death to Copenhaver’s leadership tenures, all at Valdosta Transitional Center. No lawsuits naming him as a defendant and no news mentions are recorded in the data provided. One GPS intel event describes an October 2022 escape at the same facility.
What happened on their watch
Valdosta Transitional Center — September 1, 2021 to December 31, 2022
GPS records attribute one death at Valdosta Transitional Center during Copenhaver’s listed tenure as Superintendent. The decedent is identified as Devante Jerry Daniels, 30, with an incident date of December 24, 2022. The record carries a cause category code of 6 but provides no narrative cause or notes. No lawsuit or news mention tied to Daniels appears in the GPS extract.
A separate GPS intel event, titled “Escape from Valdosta Transitional Center,” states that an escape occurred at the facility in October 2022 and that GDC issued no news release. The record does not link that escape to any death or allegation. GPS records do not attribute any deaths to Copenhaver’s earlier Correctional Assistant Superintendent postings.
Sources
- Georgia Prisoners’ Speak intelligence database — personnel record 4204 for Copenhaver, Lenard M (positions, attributed deaths, intel event)
Positions Held
| Title | Facility | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| Correctional Superintendent | VALDOSTA TRANSITIONAL CENTER | 2026-08-27 → present |
| CORRECTIONAL SUPERINTENDENT | VALDOSTA TRANSITIONAL CENTER | 2025-01-01 → present |
| CORRECTIONAL SUPERINTENDENT | 2021-01-01 → 2024-12-31 | |
| Correctional Superintendent | VALDOSTA TRANSITIONAL CENTER | 2023-11-22 → 2023-11-22 |
| Superintendent | VALDOSTA TRANSITIONAL CENTER | 2021-09-01 → 2022-12-31 |
| CORRECTIONAL ASST. SUPT | 2017-01-01 → 2020-12-31 | |
| ADMIN ASSISTANT SPV | 2016-01-01 → 2016-12-31 | |
| BUSINESS OPERATION SPEC(SP) | 2015-01-01 → 2015-12-31 |
Deaths attributed during tenure
1 people died at facilities under Copenhaver, Lenard M's leadership.
| Date | Decedent | Age | Facility | Role at time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-12-24 | DEVANTE JERRY DANIELS | 30 | VALDOSTA TRANSITIONAL CENTER | Superintendent |
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