Hermann, Shelley Elizabeth

Tenure Summary

Shelley Elizabeth Hermann's documented career with the Georgia Department of Corrections opens in 2010 as a correctional officer at Pulaski State Prison and then moves through clerical, financial and compliance posts at Dodge State Prison: maintenance secretary (2011), financial operations generalist (2015 and again 2017–2020), GCI plant manager (2021), and American Correctional Association facility compliance specialist (2022), followed by a business support analyst role in 2023–2024. In January 2025 she returned to Pulaski State Prison as deputy warden, and on April 16, 2025 moved into the deputy warden of administration position there; the records carry a further deputy warden entry at Pulaski dated August 27, 2026.

GPS's death registry attributes 10 deaths to her leadership tenure, every one of them at Pulaski State Prison, all recorded while she held the deputy warden and deputy warden of administration posts at that facility. No lawsuit naming her as a defendant appears in the records, and the records contain no news coverage naming her directly.

What happened on their watch

Pulaski State Prison — correctional officer, 2010. Non-leadership post; the records show the title and dates only.

Dodge State Prison — maintenance secretary (2011), financial operations generalist I (2015), GCI plant manager (2021), ACA facility compliance specialist (2022). Non-leadership posts; the records show titles and dates. Financial operations generalist and business support analyst entries for 2017–2020 and 2023–2024 carry no facility in the records.

Pulaski State Prison — deputy warden, January 1, 2025 to April 15, 2025; deputy warden of administration, April 16, 2025 onward. Ten deaths are attributed to her tenure here, per GPS's death registry:

• Stephanie Sabrina Gary died March 5, 2025, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Natural/Medical, age 55.
• Esmeralda Carillo Hernandez died May 22, 2025, at Pulaski State Prison; Natural/Medical, age 50.
• Candace Lajon Morgan died June 11, 2025, at Pulaski State Prison; Natural/Medical, age 41.
• Ronika Lashawn Carswell died December 12, 2025, at Pulaski State Prison; Natural/Medical, age 50.
• Denecia Nichelle Randall died March 30, 2026, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Suicide, age 28.
• Karen Michelle Lindsey died May 24, 2026, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, age 59.
• Tulia Eustache died June 3, 2026, at Pulaski State Prison; Unknown/Pending, age 66.
• Monika Yvette Bradley died July 5, 2026, at Pulaski State Prison; Unknown/Pending, age 43.
• Kristi Ray Perkins died July 12, 2026, at Pulaski State Prison; Natural/Medical, age 59.
• Jane Doe died October 19, 2026, at Pulaski State Prison; Natural/Medical.

On July 14, 2026, the GDC's Office of Professional Standards opened investigations into the deaths of Perkins and Bradley as standard procedure, and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation was reported to be investigating to determine their causes of death. In the Perkins death, officials reported no signs of an altercation or foul play.

Two other accounts are recorded against the facility during her administration post. A family member reported on April 6, 2026 that an incarcerated person at Pulaski was severely assaulted by other incarcerated people, and that a prior warning call to the facility went unaddressed in the period before the assault — an allegation, not an established finding. On October 19, 2026 an inmate account reported that a captain at Pulaski was removed from their position over excessive force, likewise an allegation.

Recorded events also describe tuberculosis activity at the prison: a woman transferred from McRae Women's Diagnostic Facility to Pulaski became acutely ill and was hospitalized October 3, 2026, and died of tuberculosis complications, with a related death recorded October 30, 2026; on October 23, 2026 the GDC said it had completed contact tracing, would test exposed staff and offenders, and had initiated quarantine of identified dorms or areas. Separately, on February 10, 2026, GPS received reports describing a pattern of intimidation, retaliation, extended lockdowns and grievance-process failures at Pulaski under then-new warden Wendy Jackson, during Hermann's tenure as deputy warden of administration.

Sources

• GPS death registry — ten deaths recorded at Pulaski State Prison during Hermann's deputy warden tenure
• Georgia Department of Corrections, Office of Professional Standards — investigations into the deaths of Kristi Perkins and Monika Bradley (July 14, 2026)
• Georgia Bureau of Investigation — reported inquiry into the causes of the Perkins and Bradley deaths
• GDC statements on tuberculosis contact tracing, testing and quarantine at Pulaski State Prison (October 23, 2026)
• GPS case submissions — family member account of an assault and an unaddressed warning call (April 6, 2026); inmate account of a captain removed over excessive force (October 19, 2026); reports concerning warden Wendy Jackson (February 10, 2026)

Synthesized by GPS Intelligence System on Nov 1, 2026 from positions, attributed deaths, lawsuits, intel reports, and news mentions in the public corpus. The supporting data tables follow below.