Glenn, Phillip

Tenure Summary

What happened on their watch

From 2022 through 2023, Glenn served as Deputy Warden at Coastal State Prison. During this period, GPS records list multiple deaths, including that of 33‑year‑old Hendrick Godwin in December 2022 and 25‑year‑old Ryan Archer in December 2023. One death, that of Salomon Andres Ramirez in October 2023, was described by the Atlanta Journal‑Constitution as an “apparent homicide.”

Glenn became Warden at Coastal in January 2024. Over the next two and a half years, the number of recorded deaths rose sharply. Among them were Raymond Littles, 49, who died in April 2024 in what an AJC list classified as a homicide; Preston Massey, 79, and John Bankhead, 46, in May 2024; and a cluster in early 2026: on February 26, Aiden Snapp, 21, died after what prisoner reports described as a brutal beating that caused massive head injuries and internal bleeding, and Anteveis Brown, 49, was reported to have been stabbed in a dorm. Two days later, GPS records show Stanley Brown and Terry Kendall both died at the facility. Many of the 95 total deaths involve men over 50, and cause‑of‑death categories in the data are predominantly unspecified or under investigation.

During Glenn’s tenure, broader systemic concerns about Coastal surfaced. A 2024 U.S. Department of Justice investigation concluded that conditions across Georgia prisons, including Coastal, violated the Eighth Amendment by failing to protect incarcerated people from violence and neglect. In April 2026, a Georgia Department of Public Health inspection gave the prison a score of 70, citing live roaches, a dead mouse, mold, and improper food temperatures. State records showed spending of over $5,000 on pest control at Coastal between May and November 2025, while corrections officials said they had no records related to mold remediation.

Intel reports gathered by GPS from news outlets and prisoner communications allege further harms. According to WTOC, workers and inmates reported a “human rights crisis” at Coastal, including claims that correctional officers regularly beat prisoners and withheld food as punishment. A news aggregation report noted that workers and inmates alleged a human rights crisis was occurring at the prison. Inmate reports filed with GPS described severe food shortages: one report in May 2026 said the kitchen was closed for “debugging” and that some men received no supper at all, with limited commissary access. These allegations, while unverified, align with the documented deterioration in health scores and the findings of the federal investigation.

Litigation

• Hagans v. Ward — Filed December 14, 2023, in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia (4:23‑cv‑00352). The case was terminated on July 16, 2025. The lawsuit does not name Glenn, though it appears in the database as connected to his record; its subject matter involves claims related to a firearm on the premises, which other reporting ties to an incident at Smith State Prison.

Sources

• GPS death records and facility‑tenure data — documenting 95 deaths at Coastal State Prison during Glenn’s leadership roles.
• Atlanta Journal‑Constitution — “Ga prison homicides: A list of those killed” (multiple references to Coastal deaths, including a homicide classification for Salomon Andres Ramirez).
• U.S. Department of Justice — 2024 investigation finding that conditions in Georgia prisons, including Coastal, violate the Constitution.
• Georgia Department of Public Health — April 2026 inspection report scoring Coastal State Prison at 70.
• WTOC — reporting on allegations of a human rights crisis, beatings, and food withholding at Coastal (February 2026).
• GPS user reports — prisoner accounts describing a death by beating on February 26, 2026, and food shortages in May 2026.
• News aggregation feed via News.google.com — articles citing workers’ and inmates’ allegations of a human‑rights crisis at Coastal.
• Georgia Department of Corrections maintenance records — expenditure data for pest control at Coastal, showing no records for mold remediation (cited via WTOC investigation).

Synthesized by GPS Intelligence System on Aug 2, 2026 from positions, attributed deaths, lawsuits, intel reports, and news mentions in the public corpus. The supporting data tables follow below.