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Hatcher, Shay D
Not on GDC's 2025 payroll (last listed 2024)
Profile written September 23, 2026
This profile reflects positional accountability — this individual held the leadership roles shown during the dates shown, during which the listed deaths or lawsuits occurred. Inclusion does not constitute a legal finding of personal culpability for any specific incident.
Tenure Summary
GPS records show no deaths attributed to facility-leader tenures held by Shay D. Hatcher. Their career history is documented in the Positions table below.
Hatcher's listed GDC positions run from 2015 through 2024: a correction-administration post in 2015 (staff tier), WARDEN 1 from 2016 through 2018, WARDEN 2 from 2019 through 2020, and REGION DIRECTOR from 2021 through 2024. No facility assignment is recorded in the positions data, so no per-facility death totals apply. Within the records supplied, Hatcher's leadership postings have no attributed deaths, no intel reports or intel events dated inside those tenures, and no news mentions naming them.
Litigation
Court records indexed against Hatcher list three terminated federal cases in which they appear as a defendant. None of the dockets as supplied record a stated claim, finding, or monetary outcome, and none is connected in the data to a death:
- Diamond v. Owens, No. 5:15-cv-00050 (M.D. Ga.), filed Feb. 19, 2015; terminated Feb. 12, 2016.
- Singleton v. Owens, No. 4:14-cv-00290 (N.D. Ga.), filed Nov. 19, 2014; terminated Dec. 13, 2016. (Predates the 2015 position listed for Hatcher.)
- Diamond v. Georgia Department of Corrections, No. 4:13-cv-00511 (M.D. Ga.), filed Dec. 4, 2013; terminated Feb. 28, 2014. (Predates the 2015 position listed for Hatcher.)
No outcome amount is recorded for any of the three. The docketed defendant names in the case titles differ from Hatcher's; the records supplied do not describe their role in these matters.
Sources
- CourtListener federal dockets — Diamond v. Owens (5:15-cv-00050); Singleton v. Owens (4:14-cv-00290); Diamond v. Georgia Department of Corrections (4:13-cv-00511)
- Georgia Prisoners' Speak personnel index — GDC position and salary records for Shay D. Hatcher, 2015–2024
Positions Held
| Title | Facility | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| REGION DIRECTOR | 2021-01-01 → 2024-12-31 | |
| WARDEN 2 | 2019-01-01 → 2020-12-31 | |
| WARDEN 1 | 2016-01-01 → 2018-12-31 | |
| CORRECTION ADMINISTRATION | 2015-01-01 → 2015-12-31 |
Lawsuits as defendant
| Case # | Court | Filed | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5:15-cv-00050 | GAMD | 2015-02-19 | terminated |
| 4:14-cv-00290 | GAND | 2014-11-19 | terminated |
| 4:13-cv-00511 | GAMD | 2013-12-04 | terminated |
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