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Glenn, Phillip
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Profile written August 9, 2026
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
Phillip Glenn’s career with the Georgia Department of Corrections spans more than two decades, with leadership postings at Coastal State Prison as a deputy warden and, most recently, as warden. GPS records attribute 95 deaths to Coastal State Prison during Glenn’s leadership tenures at that facility, making the prison one of the deadliest in the state system under his watch. Glenn is named as a defendant in the federal lawsuit Hagans v. Ward, filed in 2023. His tenure coincided with a U.S. Department of Justice investigation that concluded conditions at Georgia prisons—including Coastal—violate the Eighth Amendment, as well as with repeated health-inspection failures and worker allegations of a “human rights crisis” inside the facility.What happened on his watch
Coastal State Prison — Deputy Warden of Administration (2014)
Glenn served a year as deputy warden of administration at Coastal State Prison in 2014. GPS records do not associate any deaths with that specific stint.Coastal State Prison — Deputy Warden (2022–2023)
Glenn returned to Coastal as a deputy warden in 2022. During his tenure in that role, GPS records show 26 deaths at the facility in 2022 and at least 12 in 2023. While the cause category for most of these deaths is unclassified in GPS data, one is listed as a homicide: Salomon Andres Ramirez, 43, whose death was investigated by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution as an apparent homicide. By late 2023, the facility was the subject of a federal lawsuit, Hagans v. Ward, which named Glenn as a defendant; the case was closed in 2025 with no disclosed settlement.Coastal State Prison — Warden (2024–2026)
Glenn assumed the top warden role at Coastal in January 2024, a position he continues to hold. GPS records indicate that more than 60 deaths occurred at the prison during his warden tenure through mid-2026. The death records include several homicides with detailed allegations: Aiden Snapp, 21, was “brutally beaten” and died of massive head injuries and internal bleeding in February 2026, per a user report received by GPS; Anteveis Brown, 49, was killed in a dorm stabbing the same day, according to prisoner reports.Broader institutional findings overlapped Glenn’s wardenship. The DOJ’s 2024 investigation concluded that the Georgia Department of Corrections fails to protect incarcerated people from violence and neglect, violating the Eighth Amendment. During Glenn’s tenure, Coastal State Prison’s health inspection scores dropped from 87 in February 2025 to 70 in April 2026, when officials cited live roaches, a dead mouse in mop water, mold, and broken equipment. Workers and incarcerated people reported that correctional officers “brutally beat inmates regularly” and withheld food as punishment, according to a WTOC investigation in 2026. In the same period, an inmate relayed to GPS that the kitchen was closed for “debugging,” with some prisoners receiving no supper. Separately, maintenance records obtained by WTOC showed over $5,000 spent on pest control between May and November 2025, while the GDC said it had no records of mold remediation.
Litigation
- Hagans v. Ward, No. 4:23-cv-00352 (S.D. Ga.), filed December 14, 2023, closed July 16, 2025. Glenn was a named defendant. No settlement amount is recorded.
Sources
- GPS records — death, position, and lawsuit data for Phillip Glenn
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution — homicide investigation (Salomon Andres Ramirez) and DOJ findings
- WTOC — “human rights crisis” allegations at Coastal State Prison
- Georgia Department of Public Health inspection reports — April 2026 health score
- Hagans v. Ward court docket (Southern District of Georgia)
- U.S. Department of Justice — 2024 investigation of Georgia prison conditions
Positions Held
| Title | Facility | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| WARDEN 2 | COASTAL STATE PRISON | 2024-01-01 → present |
| Warden | COASTAL STATE PRISON | 2024-06-16 → 2026-05-31 |
| Deputy Warden | COASTAL STATE PRISON | 2023-11-22 → 2023-11-22 |
| DEPUTY WARDEN | COASTAL STATE PRISON | 2022-01-01 → 2023-12-31 |
| DEPUTY WARDEN | 2016-01-01 → 2021-12-31 | |
| BUSINESS OPERATIONS | 2015-01-01 → 2015-12-31 | |
| Deputy Warden of Administration | COASTAL STATE PRISON | 2014-01-01 → 2014-12-31 |
| Maintenance Engineer | SMITH STATE PRISON | 2011-01-01 → 2011-12-31 |
| Trades Supervisor | COASTAL STATE PRISON | 2004-01-01 → 2004-12-31 |
Lawsuits as defendant
| Case # | Court | Filed | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4:23-cv-00352 | GASD | 2023-12-14 | terminated |
Deaths attributed during tenure
95 people died at facilities under Glenn, Phillip's leadership.
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