Fleming, Charles M

Tenure Summary

Charles M. Fleming has held a series of progressively senior roles in the Georgia Department of Corrections since at least 2015, according to GPS records. His career trajectory moved from correctional operations and lieutenant positions into facility-level leadership, serving as an assistant superintendent, deputy warden, and ultimately correctional superintendent. GPS records attribute a total of 1 death to Fleming’s leadership tenure, all occurring at the Charles D. Hudson Transitional Center. No lawsuits have been filed against Fleming directly in connection with that death, though he has been a defendant in several unrelated civil cases. His current status is listed as active.

What happened on their watch

Charles D. Hudson Transitional Center (Superintendent, 2025)
During Fleming’s time as Correctional Superintendent, the facility recorded one death: on June 24, 2025, resident Mickey Skyles, age 62, died. GPS records classify the death under cause category 6. Months earlier, on April 6, 2025, multiple GPS incident entries document an alleged assault by a CERT team at the center. According to these records, officers under Lt. Lonesca Carlton from Rutledge State Prison entered the facility and beat resident Michael Schullerman without justification, causing a split lip that required 12 stitches; a coerced false statement about the injury is also alleged. The intel reports tie the incident directly to the Charles D. Hudson Transitional Center, where Fleming was then the highest‑ranking facility administrator. No known disciplinary findings or litigation have emerged from this event in the provided data.

Litigation

GPS records include five civil suits naming Fleming as a defendant, though none appear related to his corrections responsibilities:

• Mainor v. Lazer Spot Inc, 1:11‑cv‑00971 (N.D. Ga., filed 2011‑03‑25, terminated 2013‑11‑20)
• Morris v. Augusta Richmond County Georgia, 1:14‑cv‑00196 (S.D. Ga., filed 2014‑10‑09, terminated 2017‑03‑21)
• Avery v. Newton County Recreation Commission, 1:18‑cv‑05417 (N.D. Ga., filed 2018‑11‑28, terminated 2021‑07‑30)
• In Re Georgia Senate Bill 202, 1:21‑mi‑55555 (N.D. Ga., filed 2021‑12‑23, pending)
• Kolstedt v. Tmx Finance Corporate Services Inc, 4:23‑cv‑00076 (S.D. Ga., filed 2023‑03‑31, terminated 2025‑09‑02)

None of these cases contain settlement amounts or allegations tied to Fleming’s role in the Georgia Department of Corrections.

Sources

• GPS personnel and death records — career positions; death of Mickey Skyles at Charles D. Hudson Transitional Center
• GPS intel event entries — CERT team assault on Michael Schullerman at the same facility, April 6, 2025
• CourtListener dockets — civil cases where Charles M. Fleming is a named defendant (links provided in structured data)

Synthesized by GPS Intelligence System on May 31, 2026 from positions, attributed deaths, lawsuits, intel reports, and news mentions in the public corpus. The supporting data tables follow below.