Glenn, Phillip

Tenure Summary

Phillip Glenn's Georgia Department of Corrections record runs from a 2004 Trades Supervisor posting at Coastal State Prison through two decades of maintenance and administrative work to the top job at the same facility. In between: Maintenance Engineer at Smith State Prison in 2011; Deputy Warden of Administration at Coastal in 2014; Business Operations in 2015; and Deputy Warden roster years from 2016 through 2021 with no facility listed. He is recorded as Deputy Warden at Coastal for the 2022 and 2023 salary years and appears in a Deputy Warden slot there again on November 22, 2023. He became Warden 2 at Coastal on January 1, 2024, and served as Warden there from June 16, 2024 through May 31, 2026, with a 2025 salary of $103,452.

GPS's death registry attributes 94 deaths to Glenn's leadership tenure, every one of them at Coastal State Prison. Two of the registry's leadership-tenure entries carry a homicide cause; the rest of the recent entries are logged as Unknown/Pending. The same period produced a 2024 U.S. Department of Justice finding that Georgia prisons, including Coastal, fail to protect inmates from violence and unconstitutional conditions; a February 2026 WTOC report in which workers and inmates described a "human rights crisis" at the prison; and an April 2026 Georgia Department of Public Health inspection that scored the facility 70. A federal lawsuit naming Glenn as a defendant, Hagans v. Ward, was filed December 14, 2023 and terminated July 16, 2025.

What happened on their watch

Coastal State Prison — Deputy Warden (2022–2023)

In the period Glenn is recorded as Deputy Warden at Coastal, the registry lists 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 what GDC classified as an apparent homicide. Two state liability payouts in the GA DOAS Risk Management settlement ledger are tied to the facility in this window: $600,000 for Dennis Carpenter (2022 incident) and $8,000 for Ronald Ray Agan (2023 incident).

Coastal State Prison — Warden 2 and Warden (January 1, 2024 – May 31, 2026)

This is the posting that carries the accountability figure: 94 deaths at Coastal State Prison attributed to Glenn's leadership tenure, per the GPS registry. The registry names the following among the dead at Coastal during that tenure:

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

Other recorded deaths at Coastal in this window include Raymond Littles, 49, who died April 16, 2024 in an incident classified as a homicide, with another prisoner disciplined. WTOC confirmed an inmate death at the prison on February 12, 2026 and another on February 15, 2026, reported a second death within one week on February 26, 2026, and two inmates dying on the same day on March 3, 2026.

Two lawsuits filed January 21, 2025 relate to deaths at the prison: one brought by Rufus Ramon Lee's mother alleges a broken cell lock allowed assailants from other cells and dorms to reach and kill him, and a second alleges five inmates stabbed Kion E. Parks to death at Coastal on September 14, 2021, per AJC reporting.

Allegations documented against the facility during this tenure, each tied to Glenn's Warden role, include: a WTOC report (February 12, 2026) in which workers and inmates described a human rights crisis — lockdowns of seven to ten days without shower access, alleged regular beatings of inmates, alleged withholding of food as punishment, black mold in housing units, rodent infestations and HVAC failures; the same reporting cites a DOJ finding criticizing overuse of lockdowns and isolation, GDC records showing no correctional officers disciplined for violence against inmates over six months of 2025, and a federal judge scolding Commissioner Tyrone Oliver for failure to comply with court orders. A WALB report (February 13, 2026) states 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 to death at another prison. An inmate report dated May 9, 2026 describes a kitchen closure for pest extermination that sharply reduced meal service. Five inmates were indicted for a violent assault at the prison (October 21, 2025, and again reported May 13, 2026), and an employee was arrested January 23, 2026 and charged with trading with inmates without the consent of the warden or superintendent.

On April 23, 2026, Georgia Department of Public Health inspectors visited Coastal 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 a May 3 correction deadline; the facility's health scores had declined from 87 in February 2025 to 80 in October and 70 at the most recent inspection. The Georgia Virtue (April 24, 2026) reported the underlying findings: exit doors with gaps allowing insects and rodents, multiple plumbing failures, hot-held fish at 122°F and chicken at 98°F against a 135°F requirement, mildew in the ice machine, no sanitizer in a sink in active use, mold-like growth on kitchen ceiling tiles, and repeat violations. WTOC obtained maintenance records showing over $5,000 spent on pest control from May to November 2025, while GDC said it had no records related to mold remediation.

Litigation

• Hagans v. Ward, No. 4:23-cv-00352 (court listed as GASD) — filed December 14, 2023; terminated July 16, 2025. No outcome amount is recorded. Glenn is listed as a defendant.
• Filed January 21, 2025: a suit by Rufus Ramon Lee's mother alleging a broken cell lock allowed assailants from other cells and dorms to reach and kill him at Coastal (per AJC reporting).
• Filed January 21, 2025: a suit alleging five inmates stabbed Kion E. Parks to death at Coastal on September 14, 2021 (per AJC reporting).
• GA DOAS Risk Management settlement ledger payouts tied to Coastal: $600,000 (Dennis Carpenter, 2022 incident) and $8,000 (Ronald Ray Agan, 2023 incident).

Sources

• CourtListener — docket for Hagans v. Ward, 4:23-cv-00352
• Atlanta Journal-Constitution — prison homicide reporting and the Rufus Ramon Lee and Kion E. Parks lawsuits (January 21, 2025)
• WTOC — February 12, 2026 human rights crisis report; pest-control spending records, May–November 2025
• WALB — February 13, 2026 report on the unrecorded Coastal assault investigation
• The Georgia Virtue — April 24, 2026 health inspection findings
• Georgia Department of Public Health — April 23, 2026 inspection of Coastal State Prison, grade 70
• U.S. Department of Justice — 2024 findings on Georgia prison conditions
• GA DOAS Risk Management settlement ledger (open records)
• News.google.com aggregated items on Coastal State Prison (May 2026)
• Georgia Prisoners' Speak — death registry entries for Coastal State Prison

Synthesized by GPS Intelligence System on Oct 4, 2026 from positions, attributed deaths, lawsuits, intel reports, and news mentions in the public corpus. The supporting data tables follow below.