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Dills, Allen L
On GDC's 2025 payroll
Profile written September 23, 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
Allen L. Dills's career with the Georgia Department of Corrections spans more than two decades, beginning in administrative posts at Arrendale State Prison — accountant paraprofessional (2002) and personnel manager (2009) — before he moved into custody leadership. He was Deputy Warden of Administration at Phillips State Prison in 2012, held central-office business operations and business support analyst positions in 2015–2017, then served as Correctional Superintendent at Arrendale Transitional Center (2018) and Warden 1 there (2019–2020). He was Warden 1 (2021) and then Warden (Aug. 1, 2021–Dec. 31, 2024) at Arrendale State Prison, and WARDEN 3 at Metro Reentry Facility from 2023 through Jan. 15, 2026. On Jan. 16, 2026 he moved into regional administration as Assistant Director for the North Region, followed by Director for the North Region (June 2026) and Region Director (Aug. 27, 2026). He is listed as active.
Across his facility-leadership tenures, 32 deaths are attributed to the institutions he led — 18 at Metro Reentry Facility and 14 at Arrendale State Prison, per GPS facility death records. The records reviewed contain no lawsuit naming Dills as a defendant and no news report naming him directly.
What happened on their watch
Arrendale Transitional Center — Correctional Superintendent (2018); Warden 1 (2019–2020). No deaths are attributed to these postings, and no intel reports or events are recorded for them.
Arrendale State Prison — Warden 1 (2021); Warden (Aug. 1, 2021–Dec. 31, 2024). Fourteen deaths are attributed to his leadership at Arrendale. Those documented include Davida Anderson (56, Sept. 4, 2021), Natasha Arnold (30, Oct. 18, 2021), Lisa Ann Lebis (49, Jan. 15, 2022), Cheryl Ann Snover (62), Amberly Dawn Stockton (33), Angela Denise Anderson (39, Sept. 11, 2022 — records describe the cause as asphyxia due to neck and chest compression), Bobbi Lynn Smith (37), Ruby Anne Evans (58), Sharon Denise Wimberly (63), Monica Sanders Robinson (43), Sherry Elaine Joyce (61, April 27, 2024), Hallie Marie Reed (23, May 5, 2024), Lauri Parker (60) and Amie Rodriguez (47) in September 2024. GPS intel records state that Joyce and Reed were strangled in the prison's mental health unit (A Unit) eight days apart, and that arrest warrants allege fellow inmate Jeanni Geuea was responsible for both.
Other items recorded at Arrendale during this tenure: the May 1, 2024 arrest of Lieutenant Russell Edwin Clark for sexual contact with a prisoner (booked into the Habersham County jail, bond set at $5,600, per GPS intel records); and records dated Dec. 28, 2024 documenting the reopening of the condemned C-2 unit despite asbestos, mold, and sewage hazards, along with inmate Inez Ottis's account that she was transferred to F-1 ("gangland") and lost her work detail after filing a grievance about C-2 conditions with Deputy Warden Ballenger, with alleged retaliation and a threatened transfer to Pulaski State Prison. The retaliation characterization is an allegation from that account.
Metro Reentry Facility — WARDEN 3 (2023–Jan. 15, 2026). Eighteen deaths are attributed to this posting, including Bobby C. Gayton (81, Jan. 2023), Roy Edward Harrell (75, Oct. 2023), James Joseph Marino (40, Nov. 2023), Lakeith Shunta Bonner (40) and Richard Kevin Meadows (63), both on Jan. 24, 2024, Keithal Landon Greatheart (63), Benjamin August Harter (85), Timothy Crumbley (65), Larry Jones (76), Joshua Jean Hanks (36), Harden Millard Walker (70), Willie James Johnson (74), Sammy Bernard Palmer (54), John Whitfield (61, Oct. 5, 2025), Wilson Beavers (66, Oct. 10, 2025), Stephen Mott (52, Oct. 20, 2025), Rodney Corbin (55, Oct. 23, 2025), and Robert Rodriguez Johnson (46, Jan. 1, 2026 — while Dills still held WARDEN 3 there). Decedents recorded at Metro range in age from 36 to 85. No public narrative accompanies any of these death records.
Sources
- Georgia Prisoners' Speak — GDC personnel and salary records for Allen L. Dills, 2002–2026 (positions, titles, facility assignments)
- Georgia Prisoners' Speak — facility death records for Arrendale State Prison (14) and Metro Reentry Facility (18) during his leadership tenures
- Georgia Prisoners' Speak — intel event records at Arrendale State Prison during 2022–2024, including death, arrest, and housing-conditions items; no source URLs are attached to these entries
- No court filings, DOJ documents, or named news publications appear in the records reviewed for this profile
Positions Held
| Title | Facility | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| Region Director | 2026-08-27 → present | |
| Director for the North Region | 2026-06-01 → present | |
| Assistant Director for the North Region | 2026-01-16 → present | |
| WARDEN 3 | METRO REENTRY FACILITY | 2023-01-01 → present |
| Warden 3 | Arrendale State Prison | 2023-11-22 → 2023-11-22 |
| WARDEN 3 | Arrendale State Prison | 2022-01-01 → 2022-12-31 |
| Warden | Arrendale State Prison | 2021-08-01 → 2024-12-31 |
| WARDEN 1 | Arrendale State Prison | 2021-01-01 → 2021-12-31 |
| WARDEN 1 | ARRENDALE TRANSITIONAL CENTER | 2019-01-01 → 2020-12-31 |
| CORRECTIONAL SUPERINTENDENT | ARRENDALE TRANSITIONAL CENTER | 2018-01-01 → 2018-12-31 |
| BUSI SUPPORT ANALYST 3 | 2016-01-01 → 2017-12-31 | |
| BUSINESS OPERATIONS | 2015-01-01 → 2015-12-31 | |
| Deputy Warden of Administration | PHILLIPS STATE PRISON | 2012-01-01 → 2012-12-31 |
| Personnel Manager | Arrendale State Prison | 2009-01-01 → 2009-12-31 |
| Accountant Paraprofessional | Arrendale State Prison | 2002-01-01 → 2002-12-31 |
Deaths attributed during tenure
32 people died at facilities under Dills, Allen L's leadership.
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