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Fortune, Pierre
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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 joined the Georgia Department of Corrections in 2015 as a correctional officer and advanced steadily through the ranks — sergeant (2016–2019), lieutenant (2020–2022) — before reaching a facility-deputy accountability tier as Correctional Assistant Superintendent at the Atlanta Transitional Center, a post he has held since 2023. GPS records show one death attributed to a facility during Fortune's tenure at the leadership level: Joel Bennett, age 44, who died at the Atlanta Transitional Center on March 22, 2023. No lawsuits naming Fortune as a defendant, no intel reports, and no news mentions appear in GPS records.
What Happened on Their Watch
Atlanta Transitional Center — Correctional Assistant Superintendent (2023–present)
Fortune held the facility-deputy role at the Atlanta Transitional Center when Joel Bennett, 44, died on March 22, 2023. GPS records identify the cause category as code 6 but include no additional notes specifying manner or circumstances of death. No lawsuits have been filed naming Fortune in connection with Bennett's death, and no intel reports or news coverage tied to this incident appear in GPS records.
Sources
- GPS records — career and salary data for Pierre Fortune, 2015–2025
- GPS records — death record for Joel Bennett, Atlanta Transitional Center, March 22, 2023
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 |
Positions Held
| Title | Facility | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| CORRECTIONAL ASST. SUPT | ATLANTA TRANSITIONAL CENTER | 2025-01-01 → 2025-12-31 |
| CORRECTIONAL ASST. SUPT | ATLANTA TRANSITIONAL CENTER | 2024-01-01 → 2024-12-31 |
| CORRECTIONAL ASST. SUPT | ATLANTA TRANSITIONAL CENTER | 2023-01-01 → 2023-12-31 |
| CORRECTIONAL LIEUTENANT | 2022-01-01 → 2022-12-31 | |
| CORRECTIONAL LIEUTENANT | 2021-01-01 → 2021-12-31 | |
| CORRECTIONAL LIEUTENANT | 2020-01-01 → 2020-12-31 | |
| CORRECTIONAL SERGEANT | 2019-01-01 → 2019-12-31 | |
| CORRECTIONAL SERGEANT | 2018-01-01 → 2018-12-31 | |
| CORRECTIONAL SERGEANT | 2017-01-01 → 2017-12-31 | |
| CORRECTIONAL SERGEANT | 2016-01-01 → 2016-12-31 | |
| CORRECTIONS OFFICER(WL) | 2015-01-01 → 2015-12-31 |
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