Hammock, Alisa M

Tenure Summary

Alisa M. Hammock's documented GDC career begins in 2015 in a "Correction Administration" post — a staff-tier position not tied to any facility — before moving into facility leadership at Hays State Prison, where records list them as Deputy Warden from 2016 continuously into 2026 (salary rising from $42,740.66 in 2016 to $75,369.12 in 2025). The records include single-date entries placing them in the Deputy Warden role at Hays on Nov. 22, 2023, and Aug. 27, 2026.

Per GPS mortality tracking, 36 deaths at Hays State Prison are attributed to Hammock's leadership tenure there — the entirety of their attributed death total, since their only other documented posting carried no facility assignment. The records sample of named decedents runs from March 2020 through March 2026, with recorded causes including stabbings, sharp-force injuries and blunt-force trauma; decedents' ages in the sample range from 25 to 82. Hammock is named as a defendant in two pending federal lawsuits in the Northern District of Georgia (Mckenzie v. Oliver, filed 2026; Daker v. Jones, filed 2024). No news mentions naming Hammock directly appear in the records.

What happened on their watch

Correction Administration, 2015 (staff tier, no facility). Records list a single non-facility administrative post for calendar year 2015. No facility is attached, and no deaths are attributed to this period.

Deputy Warden, Hays State Prison, 2016 – 2026. All 36 deaths attributed to Hammock's tenure occurred at Hays, per GPS records. The named sample includes Quintez Deshon Smith (25, Aug. 29, 2022), recorded in incident records as dying of multiple sharp-force injuries; Jorge Renberto Ventura (35, June 5, 2021), stab wounds to neck, torso and extremities with two other inmates recorded as involved; Anthony Lamar McGhee (34, March 29, 2020); Talore Stihles Blackford (31, Oct. 28, 2023), multiple stab wounds to the neck; Jeremy Edward Price (36, March 2, 2024), stab wounds to neck and chest, classified a homicide in incident reports and on his death certificate; Freddie Lee Talley (31, May 6, 2024), a stab wound to the chest, with seven weapons recovered ranging from 9 to 22 inches and three inmates receiving disciplinary reports but no charges; Thomas Johnson (82, Oct. 24, 2024); and, more recently, Melvin Gay Johnson (35, Jan. 27, 2026) and Corey Anwar Dubose (47, March 23, 2026).

Two AJC items tied to Hays during this tenure are logged as allegations. A March 31, 2025 report states that a former Hays guard smuggled methamphetamine and other contraband to inmates for over a month. A Jan. 21, 2025 report states that Tammy Price — mother of Jeremy Price — alleged GDC was concealing its inability to protect prisoners by omitting manner-of-death information from mortality reports. Federal officials announced on Feb. 10, 2025 that a former Hays guard had been sentenced for smuggling methamphetamine and other contraband. Records also note officer Voltaire Pierre's sentencing to more than eight years in federal prison for bringing marijuana, cocaine and methamphetamine into Hays in noodle-soup containers over four months in 2018.

State liability payouts recorded against Hays during the tenure, per the GA DOAS Risk Management settlement ledger (Open Records), include $80,000 (Joshua Blash, 2016), $65,000 (Monica Rodriguez, 2016), $650,000 (Charles L. Broady Jr., 2017), $15,000 (Travarus Smith, 2017), $250 (Kendrick R. Martin, 2017), $23,000 (Alexander Williams, 2019), $5,000 (Uriah Raheem, 2019), $29,000 (Cecelia Carson, 2020) and $35,000 (Synita Hudgins, 2022). On Jan. 7, 2025 Georgia announced a $600 million prison spending surge including a $24 million, 126-bed "hardened" module at Hays; a further $24 million hardened unit at Hays was announced Oct. 19, 2025. Dataset entries dated Oct. 18, 2025 describe historical Hays incidents — three homicides within a month in late 2012–early 2013 and a correctional officer stabbed 22 times — that predate this tenure. Other records logged against the same period concern other facilities, including a 2025 investigation into malnutrition and food service centered on Rogers State Prison and coverage of the 2020 Ware State Prison riot.

Litigation

• Mckenzie v. Oliver, No. 4:26-cv-00108 (N.D. Ga., filed April 28, 2026) — pending; Hammock listed as a defendant. Claim details are not in the provided records.
• Daker v. Jones, No. 4:24-cv-00173 (N.D. Ga., filed July 15, 2024) — pending; Hammock listed as a defendant. Claim details are not in the provided records.

Sources

• Atlanta Journal-Constitution — former Hays guard contraband-smuggling allegation (March 31, 2025); Tammy Price allegations on mortality-report omissions (Jan. 21, 2025)
• U.S. Attorney / federal officials — sentencing announcement, former Hays guard (Feb. 10, 2025)
• Court records (CourtListener dockets) — Mckenzie v. Oliver; Daker v. Jones
• GA DOAS Risk Management settlement ledger (Open Records) — Hays State Prison liability payouts, 2016–2022
• GDC incident reports and death certificates as cited in Hays State Prison event records
• Georgia Prisoners' Speak mortality tracking — 36 deaths attributed at Hays State Prison during this tenure

Synthesized by GPS Intelligence System on Sep 23, 2026 from positions, attributed deaths, lawsuits, intel reports, and news mentions in the public corpus. The supporting data tables follow below.