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Douglas, Jalaludin K
Status: active
Profile written July 19, 2026
Salary
$76,320
2025 · state payroll
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
Jalaludin K. Douglas began his Georgia Department of Corrections career as a correctional officer at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification State Prison (GDCP) in 2000, returning to the same facility as an officer in 2015–2016. After six years as a lieutenant (2017–2022), he served as a correctional unit manager at GDCP from 2023 through 2025. On April 16, 2026, Douglas was appointed Deputy Warden of Security at the Special Management Unit (SMU), the state’s maximum‑security prison in Jackson — his only leadership‑tier post. GPS records attribute one death to his tenure at the SMU: 32‑year‑old Antony Ramon Penick died on May 30, 2026. The cause is logged under category code 6; no further details have been released. Douglas has not been named as a defendant in any lawsuit. His ascent occurred while the SMU was operating under a federal contempt order and intense scrutiny from the U.S. Department of Justice and the Atlanta Journal‑Constitution for systemic violence, falsified records, and obstruction.What happened on their watch
At the Special Management Unit, where Douglas held the role of Deputy Warden of Security beginning April 16, 2026, the sole death attributed to his leadership tenure is that of Antony Ramon Penick, 32, on May 30, 2026 (GPS records). The official cause of death has not been made public beyond a category code. The SMU was already the subject of years of investigation and litigation when Penick died. In October 2024, the U.S. Department of Justice released a report calling Georgia’s prison conditions “inhumane,” noting that people were assaulted, stabbed, raped, and killed in woefully understaffed facilities, and that GDC officials had obstructed federal investigators by restricting access and making hurried repairs before visits, according to the Atlanta Journal‑Constitution. Earlier, in April 2024, U.S. District Judge Marc T. Treadwell held the GDC in contempt for violating a 2019 settlement designed to reform the SMU; the judge found that officials had falsified and backdated records and “thumb[ed] their noses” at compliance, per the AJC. The newspaper also reported that inmate Ricardo Daughtry’s death at the SMU went unchecked for nearly seven hours — a violation of the 30‑minute check policy — and that prison records were later altered to falsely show him attending activities after his death. Another AJC investigation revealed that SMU inmate Arthur Lee Cofield Jr. used a contraband cellphone to steal $11 million, highlighting severe security lapses. While these systemic failures predated Douglas’s appointment, the SMU remained under court supervision and public scrutiny at the time of Penick’s death. No public record directly links the death to the documented failures.Sources
- GPS records — career timeline, death of Antony Ramon Penick (May 30, 2026), and facility‑attribution count for Jalaludin K. Douglas.
- Atlanta Journal‑Constitution — “Georgia prison officials have repeatedly presented false or misleading information to federal investigators, state lawmakers, and a federal judge” (May 5, 2026, summarizing multiple findings, https://www.ajc.com/news/investigations/georgia-prison-officials-have-repeatedly-presented-false-or-misleading-information-to-federal-investigators-state-lawmakers-and-a-federal-judge/H76M74I6L5F5DKXEYSSZEQSLGY/).
- Atlanta Journal‑Constitution — reporting on the falsification of records in the Ricardo Daughtry death at the SMU (embedded in the above investigation).
- U.S. Department of Justice — October 2024 findings on unconstitutional conditions in Georgia prisons (summarized by the AJC).
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia — contempt order against GDC regarding the SMU settlement, issued April 2024 (Judge Marc T. Treadwell).
Positions Held
| Title | Facility | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| Deputy Warden of Security | SPECIAL MANAGEMENT UNIT | 2026-04-16 → present |
| CSM CORRECTIONAL UNIT MANAGER | GEORGIA DIAGNOSTIC AND CLASSIFICATION STATE PRISON | 2023-01-01 → present |
| CSM CORRECTIONAL LIEUTENANT | 2017-01-01 → 2022-12-31 | |
| CSM CORRECTIONAL OFFICER 2 | GEORGIA DIAGNOSTIC AND CLASSIFICATION STATE PRISON | 2016-01-01 → 2016-12-31 |
| CORRECTIONS OFFICER(WL) | GEORGIA DIAGNOSTIC AND CLASSIFICATION STATE PRISON | 2015-01-01 → 2015-12-31 |
| Correctional Officer | GEORGIA DIAGNOSTIC AND CLASSIFICATION STATE PRISON | 2000-01-01 → 2000-12-31 |
Deaths attributed during tenure
1 people died at facilities under Douglas, Jalaludin K's leadership.
| Date | Decedent | Age | Facility | Role at time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-30 | ANTONY RAMON PENICK | 32 | SPECIAL MANAGEMENT UNIT | Deputy Warden of Security |
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