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Farmer, Jeffrey A
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Profile written July 12, 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
Jeffrey A. Farmer began his Georgia Department of Corrections career as a corrections officer in 2015, then served as a behavioral health counselor from 2016 through 2020. In 2021, he moved into institutional leadership at Baldwin State Prison, first as Correctional Assistant Superintendent and then, from 2023 onward, as Deputy Warden. GPS records attribute 58 deaths to Farmer’s leadership tenure at Baldwin State Prison — all occurring while he held the role of assistant superintendent or deputy warden. The sample of those deaths includes both natural-causes cases and a series of homicides that drew attention from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, a federal civil-rights investigation, and lawsuits alleging unchecked violence and staff corruption inside the facility.What happened on their watch
Correctional Assistant Superintendent (2021–2022)
Farmer began supervising Baldwin State Prison as Correctional Assistant Superintendent in January 2021. During his two years in that post, GPS records show 16 deaths at the facility. The earliest, in April 2021, included the passing of Dewey William Bills (age 64) from natural causes, but by summer the deaths included a cluster of homicides. On June 15, 2021, Jose Martin Garcia‑Ibrra (41) died of multiple stab wounds to the head; on July 23, 2021, Edward Jamar McCloud (40) died of a sharp-force injury to the neck; on August 11, 2021, Jamari McClinton (21) was stabbed and killed just five days after being transferred from Phillips State Prison, where he had been in protective custody — a status that was removed upon his arrival at Baldwin, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s homicide investigation. Bedarius Clark (26) was found unresponsive in the segregation unit that same month and died of assault injuries. The Department of Justice announced its statewide investigation into Georgia prison violence and conditions that same year. In 2022, all 11 recorded deaths — including those of James Lee Black (27) and DeAndre Tobias Glover (24) — carried a cause category consistent with natural or medical deaths. In December 2022, the state paid a $5,000 liability settlement for an incident at Baldwin (tied to claimant Johnnie D. Jackson), per Georgia DOAS Risk Management records.Deputy Warden (2023–present)
Farmer was elevated to Deputy Warden in January 2023 and continues in that role. GPS records link 42 deaths at Baldwin to this period. Homicides persisted: on May 2, 2023, Fredrick Louis Spears Jr. (27) died of a stab wound to the torso; on October 4, 2023, Johnny Lee Vaughn (39) died after a fight involving multiple inmates, with an autopsy recording a stab wound. On August 21, 2024, Vincent Reshad Dyer (50) was killed by sharp-force chest trauma during a fight. In 2025, Henry Finley died of multiple puncture wounds in a homicide. As recently as April 2026, Ricky Carroll Mathis (38) died and is under investigation by the GDC Office of Professional Standards; his cause of death has not been publicly released.Alongside the fatalities, the Deputy Warden years have been marked by allegations of systemic staff misconduct and gang control. In February 2025, a lawsuit from Akeim Burgest alleged an officer threw a water bottle at him and later returned to shank him while a lieutenant watched, with a federal judge later ordering preservation of evidence, according to 13WMAZ. The mother of Joshua Emanuel Williams (who died in 2020, before Farmer’s leadership) filed a lawsuit alleging negligent cell placement with a known violent inmate. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that Lt. Tracey Wise admitted smuggling K‑2‑laced papers for a Bloods gang member three times, receiving $2,500 each, and that at least 360 prison employees had been arrested since 2018 for bringing in contraband. A 23‑defendant federal indictment in 2023 charged members of the Sex Money Murder gang, along with three former Baldwin correctional officers, with murders, assaults, and drug trafficking that operated from within Baldwin and other prisons over a decade. GPS records also note that Almir Harris, a diabetic inmate, died of diabetic ketoacidosis after allegedly being denied medical care in early 2025, and that Ricky Mathis’s death in April 2026 prompted a post on social media alleging that wardens had “watch[ed] all this” while officers forcibly returned a protective-custody inmate to a housing unit against his safety concerns.
No lawsuits in the GPS database name Jeffrey A. Farmer personally as a defendant.
Sources
- GPS records — death statistics, facility postings, and tenure data for Jeffrey A. Farmer
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution — “Georgia Prison Homicides Investigation” (homicide lists and victim details, multiple years)
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution — “Feds announce case targeting violent Georgia prison gang” (2023 indictment, staff arrests)
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution — “Advocates: Ga. prisons violent, understaffed” (2023 protest, DOJ investigation mention)
- 13WMAZ — “Baldwin State Prison guard sued over allegedly shanking inmate” (Akeim Burgest lawsuit, 2026)
- Georgia Department of Administrative Services Risk Management — state liability settlement ledger (Johnnie D. Jackson, $5,000, 2022)
Positions Held
| Title | Facility | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| DEPUTY WARDEN | BALDWIN STATE PRISON | 2023-01-01 → present |
| CORRECTIONAL ASST. SUPT | BALDWIN STATE PRISON | 2021-01-01 → 2022-12-31 |
| BEHAVIORAL HLTH COUNSELOR 2 | 2019-01-01 → 2020-12-31 | |
| BEHAVIORAL HLTH COUNSELOR 3 | 2016-01-01 → 2018-12-31 | |
| CORRECTIONS OFFICER(WL) | 2015-01-01 → 2015-12-31 |
Deaths attributed during tenure
58 people died at facilities under Farmer, Jeffrey A's leadership.
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