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Farmer, Jeffrey A
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Profile written August 30, 2026
Salary
$74,325
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
Jeffrey A. Farmer’s GDC record begins with a corrections officer posting in 2015, followed by behavioral health counselor roles from 2016 through 2020, per salary records. He moved into facility leadership at Baldwin State Prison in 2021 as Correctional Assistant Superintendent, and is listed as Deputy Warden from 2023 through the latest database entries. GPS records attribute 60 deaths to Baldwin State Prison during his facility-leader tenure there — the full count in the database for his leadership postings. No lawsuit in the GPS system names Farmer as a defendant; litigation and reporting during the period has instead targeted line officers and conditions at Baldwin.What happened on their watch
Baldwin State Prison — Correctional Assistant Superintendent, 2021–2022
During Farmer’s assistant superintendent tenure, GPS and Atlanta Journal-Constitution records document a cluster of homicides: Bedarius Jarkeez Clark, 26, found unresponsive in segregation on Aug. 21, 2021; Jamari Charell McClinton, 21, stabbed Aug. 11, 2021 after his protective custody status was removed upon transfer from Phillips State Prison; Edward McCloud, 40, died July 23, 2021 from a sharp-force injury to the neck; and Jose Martin Garcia-Ibrra, 41, died June 15, 2021 from multiple stab wounds. Other deaths from this span were coded by GDC as natural or undetermined in UCLA Law Behind Bars Data Project records, including Dennis Eugene Cronk, 72, and Joe Andrew Cousins, 72. A GA DOAS ledger shows a $5,000 state payout tied to a 2022 Baldwin incident involving Johnnie D. Jackson. The U.S. Department of Justice announced in 2021 an investigation into violence and conditions in Georgia prisons, per GPS records.Baldwin State Prison — Deputy Warden, 2023 onward
The count continued during Farmer’s deputy warden tenure. Homicides in GPS and AJC records include Fredrick Louis Spears Jr., 27, killed May 2, 2023 by a stab wound to the torso; Johnny Lee Vaughn, 39, killed Oct. 4, 2023 in a multi-inmate fight; and Vincent Reshad Dyer, 50, who died Aug. 21, 2024 from sharp force chest trauma. A Baldwin County jury later convicted Traquan Bangs of malice murder in Dyer’s death, sentencing him to life without parole plus five years, according to 13WMAZ. GPS records also list Henry Finley’s Jan. 19, 2025 death as homicide due to multiple puncture wounds, per a GDC-released mortality PDF. A separate intel record states Al Mir Harris, 23, died Dec. 31, 2024 from diabetic ketoacidosis after denial of medical care; the underlying source is not identified. Other events on the property included the Oct. 1, 2023 killing of Correctional Officer Robert Clark by inmate Layton Lester, a March 2023 work-detail escape by William Knight, and an October 2023 advocate protest over understaffing and medical neglect.Litigation
- Moore v. Waller, 5:26-cv-00135 (M.D. Ga., filed April 13, 2026): Gary Moore sued four Baldwin officers — Lt. Sherri V. Waller and COs Angela Jackson, Matthew Brooks, and Daphne Hillman — alleging they failed to protect Vincent Dyer. 13WMAZ reported claims that Dyer had reported threats and asked to move, an officer allowed inmates into his dormitory, officers did not respond during or after the attack, and logbooks failed to document it accurately. No disposition is listed in GPS records.
- Burgest v. GDC staffers (filed February 2026; case number not in GPS records): Akeim Burgest sued an officer and a lieutenant, alleging the officer threw a water bottle at him, returned with a shank, and stabbed him while the lieutenant stood by. A federal judge ordered evidence preservation in April 2026, per 13WMAZ/GPS records.
- Lawsuit by the mother of Joshua Emanuel Williams (filed January 2025; no case number in GPS records): Alleges Williams was negligently placed in a cell with an inmate who had previously stabbed other inmates, per the AJC. Williams’ death occurred in July 2020, before Farmer’s Baldwin leadership tenure.
Sources
- GPS personnel and mortality records, including the GDC-released January 2025 mortality PDF.
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution — Georgia Prison Homicides Investigation; contraband and gang-related coverage.
- 13WMAZ — reporting on the Dyer and Burgest lawsuits and the Traquan Bangs conviction.
- UCLA Law Behind Bars Data Project custodial mortality dataset, obtained via open records from GDC.
- GA DOAS Risk Management settlement ledger via open records.
- U.S. Department of Justice investigation announcement, as captured in GPS records.
Positions Held
| Title | Facility | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| Deputy Warden | BALDWIN STATE PRISON | 2026-08-27 → present |
| DEPUTY WARDEN | BALDWIN STATE PRISON | 2023-01-01 → present |
| Deputy Warden | BALDWIN STATE PRISON | 2023-11-22 → 2023-11-22 |
| 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
60 people died at facilities under Farmer, Jeffrey A's leadership.
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