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Fortune, Pierre
Status: active
Profile written July 12, 2026
Salary
$66,490
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
Pierre Fortune has climbed the ranks of the Georgia Department of Corrections from corrections officer to facility deputy over a decade. Beginning as a CO in 2015, he promoted to sergeant (2016–2019), then lieutenant (2020–2022), and since 2023 has served as Correctional Assistant Superintendent at the Atlanta Transitional Center (ATC). GPS records attribute one in-custody death to a facility during a leadership tenure held by Fortune: a single fatality at ATC in 2023, when he occupied the facility-deputy role. No lawsuits name him as a defendant.What happened on their watch
At the Atlanta Transitional Center, where Fortune began as an assistant superintendent in January 2023, one death is recorded during his tenure. On March 22, 2023, 44-year-old Joel Bennett died while in custody at ATC, per GDC records. The decedent is listed in GPS data with cause category 6 (Unknown/Pending). Notably, the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed in June 2026 that it holds no file for Bennett — neither by facility address search nor by name — meaning the death was likely certified at a hospital in another county or did not undergo a coroner’s inquiry, despite O.C.G.A. § 45‑16‑24 requiring such an inquiry for in‑custody deaths. The precise cause and circumstances of Bennett’s death remain unverified by any public medical examiner report. No other deaths, intel reports, or news mentions are tied to Fortune’s tenure at ATC.Sources
- GPS intelligence records — position history, death counts, and facility attribution for Pierre Fortune.
- GDC in-custody death records — Joel Bennett, Atlanta Transitional Center, March 22, 2023.
- Fulton County Medical Examiner correspondence (June 2026) — confirmed no record for Joel Bennett.
Positions Held
| Title | Facility | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| CORRECTIONAL ASST. SUPT | ATLANTA TRANSITIONAL CENTER | 2023-01-01 → present |
| CORRECTIONAL LIEUTENANT | 2020-01-01 → 2022-12-31 | |
| CORRECTIONAL SERGEANT | 2016-01-01 → 2019-12-31 | |
| CORRECTIONS OFFICER(WL) | 2015-01-01 → 2015-12-31 |
Deaths attributed during tenure
1 people died at facilities under Fortune, Pierre's leadership.
| Date | Decedent | Age | Facility | Role at time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-03-22 | JOEL BENNETT | 44 | ATLANTA TRANSITIONAL CENTER | CORRECTIONAL ASST. SUPT |
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