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Dennis, Pamela
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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
Pamela Dennis held Georgia Department of Corrections behavioral-health counselor positions from 2015 through 2023, according to GPS personnel records, with annual salary rising from $27,639.20 in 2015 to $42,454.56 in 2023. In 2024, Dennis became correctional assistant superintendent at Long Unit, a facility-deputy accountability tier role, with a listed salary of $50,618.10 in 2024 and $64,711.04 in 2025. GPS records show total deaths attributed to Dennis’s leadership tenure: 1; deaths by facility: Long Unit, 1.The single decedent was Cameron Ryan Paquette, 43, who died Feb. 13, 2024. The Long County Coroner and GBI Coastal Lab classified the cause as hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and the manner as natural. The provided record lists no lawsuits naming Dennis as a defendant, no intel reports, and no news mentions.
What happened on their watch
Long Unit — correctional assistant superintendent, 2024–2025. The one death attributed to Dennis’s tenure occurred early in Dennis’s first year in the role. On Feb. 13, 2024, Paquette collapsed and fell backward onto concrete while on a GDC work detail at the Ben Park / Bill Morris Park complex in Long County, according to the Long County Coroner death-investigation report (case 91-010-24) and GBI Coastal Lab autopsy. The supervising officer was C/O Dallas Dick; Paquette was last seen alive at 5:55 a.m. CPR was started by the officer and another inmate, and 911 was called. Wayne EMS transported Paquette to Wayne Memorial Hospital in Jesup, where Dr. Gerald Filmore pronounced him dead at 9:45 a.m. The GBI pathologist, Dr. Atkinson, performed the exam on Feb. 15, 2024, and listed the cause as hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease; manner was natural. GBI Death Investigation Specialist Heather Brown confirmed the cause in writing on Sept. 11, 2025, per GPS records. The provided records contain no allegation of staff misconduct related to this death, and GPS lists no lawsuits, intel reports, or news mentions tied to Dennis’s Long Unit tenure.Sources
- Long County Coroner death-investigation report, case 91-010-24, and GBI Coastal Lab autopsy, GBI case 2024-6000957, pathologist Dr. Atkinson, exam Feb. 15, 2024; GBI confirmation letter dated Sept. 11, 2025.
- GPS open-records request to Long County Coroner, response received June 4, 2026, via County Clerk Brandi Smiley; archived PDF “Long County.pdf” (5 pp coroner report + GBI cause-of-death letter).
- GPS personnel, salary, and death-attribution records.
Positions Held
| Title | Facility | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| Asst Supt, Correctional | LONG UNIT | 2026-08-27 → present |
| CORRECTIONAL ASST. SUPT | LONG UNIT | 2024-01-01 → present |
| Behavioral Hlth Counselor 3 | LONG UNIT | 2023-11-22 → 2023-11-22 |
| BEHAVIORAL HLTH COUNSELOR 3 | 2023-01-01 → 2023-12-31 | |
| BEHAVIORAL HLTH COUNSELOR 2 | 2022-01-01 → 2022-12-31 | |
| BEHAVIORAL HLTH COUNSELOR 3 | 2016-01-01 → 2021-12-31 | |
| BEH HEALTH/COUNSELOR (WL) | 2015-01-01 → 2015-12-31 |
Deaths attributed during tenure
1 people died at facilities under Dennis, Pamela's leadership.
| Date | Decedent | Age | Facility | Role at time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-02-13 | CAMERON RYAN PAQUETTE | 43 | LONG UNIT | CORRECTIONAL ASST. SUPT |
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