Glenn, Phillip

Tenure Summary

Phillip Glenn's Georgia Department of Corrections record begins with a 2004 Trades Supervisor post at Coastal State Prison and runs through a 2011 Maintenance Engineer assignment at Smith State Prison, a 2014 Deputy Warden of Administration post at Coastal, a 2015 Business Operations position, and Deputy Warden payroll records from 2016 through 2021 that name no facility. GDC records place him in facility-deputy roles at Coastal State Prison in 2022 and 2023, and then in the facility's top job: "Warden 2" from January 1 to June 15, 2024, "Warden" from June 16, 2024 through May 31, 2026, and a 2025 "Warden 2" payroll record showing a salary of $103,452. His personnel status is listed as active.

GPS attributes 94 deaths to Glenn's tenures at Coastal State Prison — every one of them at that facility. During the same span, a 2024 U.S. Department of Justice investigation found that Georgia prisons including Coastal State were failing to protect inmates from violence and neglect and unconstitutional conditions, concluding GDC violated the Eighth Amendment; a state health inspection scored Coastal's food service at 70 in April 2026; and one lawsuit, Hagans v. Ward, named him as a defendant from December 2023 until it was terminated in July 2025.

What happened on their watch

Coastal State Prison — Deputy Warden of Administration (2014). Records list Glenn in this role for 2014.

Coastal State Prison — Deputy Warden (records for 2022 and 2023, including a single-date Deputy Warden entry on November 22, 2023). Deaths recorded in the registry during this period include Ryan Chase Archer, 25, who died December 13, 2023, from a stab wound to the chest after a fight with other prisoners, and Salomon Andres Ramirez, 43, who died October 20, 2023, in a death GDC classified as an apparent homicide. Two state liability payouts tied to Coastal fall in this window, per the GA DOAS Risk Management settlement ledger (Open Records): $600,000 linked to Dennis Carpenter (incident 2022) and $8,000 linked to Ronald Ray Agan (incident 2023).

Coastal State Prison — Warden 2 / Warden (January 2024 – May 31, 2026). Registry records name Raymond Littles, 49, who died April 16, 2024, in an incident classified as a homicide, with another prisoner disciplined. Between September 2025 and April 2026, GPS's registry records these 25 deaths at Coastal:

• Rene Alvarado Salazar died April 19, 2026, at Coastal State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, age 38.
• Mark Jr Young died April 17, 2026, at Coastal State Prison; Unknown/Pending, age 75.
• Terry Kendall died February 27, 2026, at Coastal State Prison; Unknown/Pending, age 67.
• Stanley Brown died February 27, 2026, at Coastal State Prison; Unknown/Pending, age 61.
• Anteveis Brown died February 26, 2026, at Coastal State Prison; Homicide, age 49.
• Aiden Snapp died February 26, 2026, at Coastal State Prison; Homicide, age 21.
• Richard Parks died February 21, 2026, at Coastal State Prison; Unknown/Pending, age 62.
• Malik Ortiz died February 12, 2026, at Coastal State Prison; Unknown/Pending, age 29.
• Dejarvis Walker died February 9, 2026, at Coastal State Prison; Unknown/Pending, age 25.
• Michael Garcia died February 1, 2026, at Coastal State Prison; Unknown/Pending, age 45.
• Thomas Lee Garrison died January 26, 2026, at Coastal State Prison; Unknown/Pending, age 78.
• Deandre Martez Walker died January 22, 2026, at Coastal State Prison; Unknown/Pending, age 37.
• Jabe Clark died January 17, 2026, at Coastal State Prison; Unknown/Pending, age 32.
• Kevin Lloyd Strickland died January 13, 2026, at Coastal State Prison; Unknown/Pending, age 52.
• James Dion Gilmore died December 26, 2025, at Coastal State Prison; Unknown/Pending, age 46.
• Thomas Jacob Johnson died December 23, 2025, at Coastal State Prison; Unknown/Pending, age 57.
• Jeffrey Brandon Deaton died December 20, 2025, at Coastal State Prison; Unknown/Pending.
• Nelson Nmn Williams died December 4, 2025, at Coastal State Prison; Unknown/Pending, age 54.
• James Joseph Reinke died November 29, 2025, at Coastal State Prison; Unknown/Pending, age 66.
• Thomas Floyd East died November 18, 2025, at Coastal State Prison; Unknown/Pending, age 71.
• Christopher Eugene Smith died November 18, 2025, at Coastal State Prison; Unknown/Pending, age 53.
• Eric Milton Bone died November 7, 2025, at Coastal State Prison; Unknown/Pending, age 61.
• Jerry Lewis Manley died November 6, 2025, at Coastal State Prison; Unknown/Pending, age 68.
• Ernest Denson died October 29, 2025, at Coastal State Prison; Unknown/Pending, age 62.
• Randall Clark Morris died September 29, 2025, at Coastal State Prison; Unknown/Pending, age 53.

Reported events during this posting include two deaths in one day on March 3, 2026 and a second death within one week on February 26, 2026; an employee arrested January 23, 2026 for trading with inmates without the warden's consent; five inmates indicted for a violent assault (reported October 21, 2025); and an inmate witness report dated May 9, 2026 that kitchen closure for pest extermination sharply reduced meal service. The Georgia Department of Public Health inspected Coastal on April 23, 2026 and issued a grade of 70, citing live roaches, a dead mouse in backed-up mop water, mold, improper food temperatures and broken equipment, with correction due May 3; a separate record shows health scores falling from 87 in February 2025 to 80 in October and 70 at the most recent inspection. Inspectors' findings reported by The Georgia Virtue also include plumbing failures, mildew in the ice machine, no sanitizer in a three-compartment sink, fish at 122°F and chicken at 98°F, and mold-like growth on kitchen ceiling tiles. WTOC reported workers' and inmates' allegations of a human rights crisis: lockdowns of seven to ten days without showers, lockdowns blocking programs needed for early parole credits, food withheld as punishment, beatings of inmates, black mold and pest infestations, and GDC records showing no officers disciplined for violence against inmates over a six-month period in 2025; the same reporting notes a federal judge found Commissioner Tyrone Oliver in failure to comply with court orders and questioned whether GDC deems itself above the law. WALB reported that a March 2020 assault at Coastal was forwarded for investigation but no records of such an investigation exist, and that the same individual later strangled a cellmate at another prison. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported allegations in two suits: that a broken cell lock allowed assailants to reach and kill Rufus Ramon Lee, and that five inmates stabbed Kion E. Parks to death at Coastal on September 14, 2021.

Litigation

• Hagans v. Ward, No. 4:23-cv-00352 (GASD), filed December 14, 2023, terminated July 16, 2025; status terminated; no outcome amount recorded. Glenn is listed as a defendant.

Sources

• GPS death registry — deaths attributed at Coastal State Prison, 2022–2026 tenure records
• U.S. Department of Justice — 2024 investigation into Georgia prison conditions, including Coastal State
• Atlanta Journal-Constitution — homicide reporting and lawsuit allegations concerning Rufus Ramon Lee and Kion E. Parks
• WTOC — human rights crisis reporting, lockdown and violence allegations, pest-control records, federal judge's remarks
• The Georgia Virtue — April 2026 health inspection findings
• WALB — reporting on the March 2020 assault and the missing investigation record
• Georgia Department of Public Health — April 23, 2026 inspection, grade 70
• GA DOAS Risk Management settlement ledger (Open Records) — $600,000 Carpenter payout, $8,000 Agan payout
• Court records — Hagans v. Ward, No. 4:23-cv-00352

Synthesized by GPS Intelligence System on Oct 11, 2026 from positions, attributed deaths, lawsuits, intel reports, and news mentions in the public corpus. The supporting data tables follow below.