Douglas, Jalaludin K

Tenure Summary

Jalaludin K. Douglas's documented career with the Georgia Department of Corrections spans roughly 2000 to the present, almost entirely inside one institution. He began as a Correctional Officer at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification State Prison (GDCP) in 2000, returned to the same facility as a Correctional Officer in 2015 and 2016, and was promoted to Correctional Lieutenant for 2017 through 2022, a period during which the records list no facility assignment. From 2023 through 2025 he served as a CSM Correctional Unit Manager at GDCP, with salary records showing a rise from $64,915.07 in 2023 to $76,319.52 in 2025. On April 16, 2026, he moved to the Special Management Unit (SMU) as Deputy Warden of Security, his first facility-deputy-tier post.

One death is attributed to his leadership tenure, and it occurred at SMU: Antony Ramon Penick, age 32, died on May 30, 2026, while Douglas held the Deputy Warden of Security role there. The records provide no public narrative for the death and do not state a manner or cause in narrative form. No lawsuits naming Douglas as a defendant, no intelligence reports or events, and no news mentions of him are documented in the records provided for any period of his career.

What happened on their watch

Special Management Unit — Deputy Warden of Security (from April 16, 2026)

The single death attributed to Douglas's leadership falls in this posting. Per GPS custodial-death records, Antony Ramon Penick, 32, died at the Special Management Unit on May 30, 2026, roughly six weeks after Douglas assumed the Deputy Warden of Security position. The records list a cause category for the death but carry no public narrative describing the circumstances, and no cause of death is stated in the material available here; nothing in the records connects the death to any specific action, order, or omission, and no such inference should be drawn. He also appears in a single-day record as "Deputy Warden" at SMU dated August 27, 2026, alongside the continuing Deputy Warden of Security entry, which has no end date.

Georgia Diagnostic and Classification State Prison — CSM Correctional Unit Manager (2023–2025)

Douglas held a unit-supervisor-tier post at GDCP across 2023, 2024, and 2025. No deaths are attributed to his tenure in that role in the records provided, and no intel reports or events dated within that period are listed. Because this was a unit-supervisor tier position rather than a facility-leadership one, the absence of attributed deaths here reflects how the records are compiled and is not a finding about conditions at GDCP during those years.

Earlier periods — Correctional Officer at GDCP in 2000, 2015, and 2016, and Correctional Lieutenant from 2017 through 2022 — are non-leadership roles and are documented only by title and dates; no incident or death data is attached to them.

Litigation

No lawsuits listing Douglas as a defendant are documented in the records provided.

Sources

• Georgia Prisoners' Speak — personnel, salary, and custodial-death records for Jalaludin K. Douglas (GDC roster data; death record for Antony Ramon Penick, May 30, 2026, Special Management Unit)
• No Atlanta Journal-Constitution or other news coverage, court filings, or DOJ documents naming Douglas appear in the records provided

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.