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Fort, Karl D
Status: active
Profile written July 12, 2026
Current Position
CSM Correctional Officer 2
Salary
$24,374
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
Karl D. Fort climbed the ranks of the Georgia Department of Corrections over nearly a decade, holding facility‑leadership roles as a Correctional Superintendent and later as a Warden from 2016 through 2023. Despite these years of command authority, GPS records attribute zero deaths to the facilities under his watch. His trajectory was interrupted in 2024 when he was demoted to a CSM Correctional Officer 2 — a rare reversal — and in 2023, during his final year as a warden, he was named as a defendant in a federal lawsuit. The case was terminated without a recorded payout, but it remains the only visible litigation tied to his leadership tenure.What happened on their watch
Fort’s earliest identified role was a “Correction Administration” position in 2015, for which accountability‑tier data is unavailable. From 2016 through 2020, he held the title of Correctional Superintendent — a facility‑lead tier — at an unspecified GDC location. GPS records show no inmate deaths during these years. In 2021 and 2022, he advanced to Warden 1, again with no attributed fatalities. In 2023, while serving as Warden 3, a lawsuit was filed: Tucker v. Duttlinger in the Southern District of Georgia. The public docket names Fort among the defendants, but its allegations are not detailed in the case record. The suit was terminated on January 3, 2024, with no settlement amount disclosed. Then, in 2024, Fort was reclassified to a Correctional Officer 2 role, a demotion from warden‑level authority. The record offers no explanation for the change, and no further incidents or deaths have been linked to him.Litigation
- Tucker v. Duttlinger, No. 1:23‑cv‑00128 (S.D. Ga., filed Sept. 11, 2023; terminated Jan. 3, 2024). The docket lists Karl D. Fort as a defendant. The case closed without a recorded monetary outcome, and the nature of the claims is not specified in the publicly available docket.
Sources
- GPS intelligence records — personnel file for Karl D. Fort, including position history and attributed deaths.
- CourtListener docket for Tucker v. Duttlinger — filing and termination details.
Positions Held
| Title | Facility | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| CSM CORRECTIONAL OFFICER 2 | 2024-01-01 → present | |
| WARDEN 3 | 2023-01-01 → 2023-12-31 | |
| WARDEN 1 | 2021-01-01 → 2022-12-31 | |
| Warden | WASHINGTON STATE PRISON | 2020-07-01 → 2022-03-31 |
| CORRECTIONAL SUPERINTENDENT | 2016-01-01 → 2020-12-31 | |
| CORRECTION ADMINISTRATION | 2015-01-01 → 2015-12-31 |
Lawsuits as defendant
| Case # | Court | Filed | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1:23-cv-00128 | GASD | 2023-09-11 | terminated |
Deaths attributed during tenure
3 people died at facilities under Fort, Karl D's leadership.
| Date | Decedent | Age | Facility | Role at time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-03-28 | LARRY ELMO LAROCHE | 63 | WASHINGTON STATE PRISON | Warden |
| 2022-01-05 | DAVID TERRY MELTON | 25 | WASHINGTON STATE PRISON | Warden |
| 2020-12-21 | LATAVIOUS LANIER KIRKLAND | 31 | WASHINGTON STATE PRISON | Warden |
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