Glenn, Phillip

Tenure Summary

Phillip Glenn held a series of ascending roles inside the Georgia Department of Corrections, most significantly serving as Deputy Warden and later Warden at Coastal State Prison, a facility that became a locus of scrutiny for violence, neglect, and institutional decay. According to GPS records, 93 deaths are attributed to his leadership tenures there — spanning his time as Deputy Warden (2022–2023) and as Warden (January 2024 through late May 2026). Multiple lawsuits name Glenn as a defendant, including a currently pending civil action filed in 2025. News reports, health inspections, and inmate accounts from his watch describe a facility in crisis: homicides, a “human rights crisis” alleged by workers, a failing physical plant, and a plummeting health score.

What happened on their watch

Coastal State Prison — Deputy Warden (2022–2023)
During Glenn’s service as Deputy Warden, GPS records show a steady rhythm of deaths, many of them recorded under cause category 6, often involving older men, but also several among younger prisoners. Among them, according to an Atlanta Journal-Constitution investigation, the October 2023 death of Salomon Andres Ramirez, 43, was an apparent homicide. The facility operated under a cloud: the U.S. Department of Justice had been examining Georgia’s prison system since September 2021, and a state Senate panel launched its own review. In late 2023, a lawsuit — Hagans v. Ward — was filed in the Southern District of Georgia, naming Glenn among the defendants; the case was terminated in mid‑2025.

Coastal State Prison — Warden (2024–May 2026)
After Glenn assumed the warden’s role in January 2024, deaths continued without pause. GPS records document a homicide in April 2024, when Raymond Littles, 49, was killed. In February 2026, two men died on the same day: 21‑year‑old Aiden Snapp was brutally beaten and died of massive head injuries and internal bleeding, while Anteveis Brown, 49, was killed in a dorm stabbing, according to user reports. Earlier that month, WTOC aired a report in which workers and inmates alleged a “human rights crisis” inside Coastal: correctional officers regularly beat prisoners, withheld food as punishment, and subjected men to lockdowns of seven to ten days without showers. The report described crumbling infrastructure, black mold in housing units, rat and mice infestations, and frequent air‑conditioning failures — a picture consistent with a health inspection in April 2026 that issued a score of 70 after finding live roaches, a dead mouse in mop water, mold, and improper food temperatures. The score had dropped from 87 a year earlier. An inmate report from May 2026 said the kitchen was closed for “debugging,” supper was a single hamburger and hot dog with some men receiving nothing, and commissary was restricted.

Litigation during Glenn’s wardenship includes a 2025 suit over the 2021 death of Kion E. Parks — alleging five inmates stabbed him — and another over Rufus Ramon Lee’s death, both filed while he commanded the facility. Hughey v. Glenn, filed in May 2025 in the Northern District of Georgia, directly names Glenn and remains pending. A Coastal State Prison employee was arrested in January 2026 for trading with inmates without the warden’s consent, and in February 2026 a federal judge rebuked GDC Commissioner Tyrone Oliver for failing to comply with court orders. Glenn’s tenure as warden concluded on or about June 1, 2026, when David Stokes was reassigned to the post.

Litigation

• Hughey v. Glenn (No. 4:25‑cv‑00122, N.D. Ga., filed May 15, 2025) — pending
• In Re Bio Lab Class Actions (No. 1:24‑cv‑04407, N.D. Ga., filed Sept. 30, 2024) — pending
• Hagans v. Ward (No. 4:23‑cv‑00352, S.D. Ga., filed Dec. 14, 2023) — terminated July 16, 2025
• Securities and Exchange Commission v. Mohamed (No. 1:22‑cv‑03252, N.D. Ga., filed Aug. 15, 2022) — terminated Sept. 19, 2023
• Brinkley v. Waters (No. 2:18‑cv‑00089, S.D. Ga., filed July 18, 2018) — terminated Aug. 16, 2021
• In Re Ethicon Physiomesh Flexible Composite Hernia Mesh Products Liability (No. 1:17‑md‑02782, N.D. Ga., filed June 2, 2017) — pending
• Lewis v. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (No. 1:14‑cv‑03838, N.D. Ga., filed Dec. 2, 2014) — terminated Aug. 11, 2015

Sources

• Atlanta Journal-Constitution — investigation of Georgia prison homicides, including the death of Salomon Andres Ramirez at Coastal State Prison
• WTOC — February 2026 reporting on alleged human rights crisis at Coastal State Prison, including staff and inmate accounts of beatings, sanitation failures, and lockdowns
• Georgia Department of Public Health — health inspection report of Coastal State Prison (April 2026) scoring 70 and documenting vermin, mold, and food-safety violations
• CourtListener — dockets for Hughey v. Glenn, Hagans v. Ward, and other suits naming Phillip Glenn as a defendant
• GPS death records — structured data attributing 93 deaths to Coastal State Prison during Glenn’s leadership tenures, with individual entries for Aiden Snapp, Anteveis Brown, Salomon Ramirez, Raymond Littles, and others
• Inmate reporting — user-submitted accounts of food deprivation and kitchen closures at Coastal State Prison (May 2026)

Synthesized by GPS Intelligence System on Jun 7, 2026 from positions, attributed deaths, lawsuits, intel reports, and news mentions in the public corpus. The supporting data tables follow below.