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Hermann, Shelley Elizabeth
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Profile written May 31, 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
Shelley Elizabeth Hermann began her Georgia Department of Corrections career in 2010 as a Correctional Officer at Pulaski State Prison. Over the next fifteen years she held a variety of administrative and financial roles, including stints at Dodge State Prison, before returning to Pulaski in April 2025 as Deputy Warden of Administration. GPS records attribute four deaths to her leadership tenure at Pulaski—all occurring between May 2025 and March 2026. No deaths are attributed to her earlier staff-level or unknown-accountability positions.What happened on their watch
Hermann assumed the deputy warden post on April 16, 2025. In the eleven months that followed, four incarcerated women died at Pulaski State Prison.- Esmeralda Carillo Hernandez, 50, died on May 22, 2025. According to a handwritten report by Pulaski County Coroner Fred J. Clark III, the cause was natural (cancer) and the manner natural.
- Candace Lajon Morgan, 41, died on June 11, 2025. The same coroner’s records list her death as natural, also from cancer.
- Ronika Lashawn Carswell, 50, died on December 12, 2025. The coroner recorded no cause on the initial report and sent the body to the GBI Crime Lab for autopsy. GPS’s internal review notes that this step is typically reserved for deaths suspected to be non‑natural; the cause remains pending.
- Deneicia Nichelle Randall, 28, died on March 30, 2026. A user-submitted report to GPS describes the death as a suicide committed while Randall was in lockdown. The account has not yet been confirmed by a coroner’s report.
While Hermann served as deputy warden, Georgia Prisoners’ Speak documented a series of allegations about conditions at the prison under the new warden, Wendy Jackson. Reports dated from April 2025 through early 2026 describe a pattern of retaliation, intimidation, extended lockdowns, a non‑functional grievance process, and unsafe conditions. One incident in April 2025 involved gang members extorting $10,000 from a prisoner’s family. The facility was already under scrutiny: a U.S. Department of Justice investigation (2022‑2023) had found constitutional violations at Pulaski, and the Atlanta Journal‑Constitution had previously highlighted failures in medical care that led to a $1.5 million settlement in 2025 for Mollianne Fischer (left in a vegetative state in 2014) and a $925,000 settlement for Bonnie Rocheleau (who died from pneumonia in 2015 after inadequate care). Those medical cases predate Hermann’s tenure, but the settlements themselves were finalized in 2025.
No lawsuits naming Hermann as a defendant appear in GPS records.
Sources
- Pulaski County Coroner Fred J. Clark III — handwritten death investigation reports for Hernandez, Morgan, and Carswell (2025)
- GPS records — user‑reported death of Deneicia Nichelle Randall (March 2026)
- GPS intelligence reports — retaliation, intimidation, and unsafe conditions under Warden Wendy Jackson at Pulaski State Prison (2025‑2026)
- GPS incident report — gang extortion at Pulaski State Prison (April 2025)
- U.S. Department of Justice — civil rights investigation documenting constitutional violations at Pulaski State Prison (2022‑2023)
- Atlanta Journal‑Constitution — “Prison system failures cost Georgia taxpayers millions” (2025), reporting on the Fischer and Rocheleau settlements
- Atlanta Journal‑Constitution — “Two high‑ranking Georgia prison employees accused in sex cases” (2024), detailing the arrest of former Pulaski Deputy Warden Alonzo L. McMillian
Positions Held
| Title | Facility | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| Deputy Warden of Administration | PULASKI STATE PRISON | 2025-04-16 → present |
| DEPUTY WARDEN | 2025-01-01 → present | |
| BUSI SUPPORT ANALYST 1 | 2023-01-01 → 2024-12-31 | |
| American Correctional Association Facility Compliance Specialist | DODGE STATE PRISON | 2022-01-01 → 2022-12-31 |
| GCI Plant Manager | DODGE STATE PRISON | 2021-01-01 → 2021-12-31 |
| FINANCIAL OPS GENERALIST 1 | 2017-01-01 → 2019-12-31 | |
| Financial Operations Generalist I | DODGE STATE PRISON | 2015-01-01 → 2015-12-31 |
| Maintenance Secretary | DODGE STATE PRISON | 2011-01-01 → 2011-12-31 |
| Correctional Officer | PULASKI STATE PRISON | 2010-01-01 → 2010-12-31 |
Deaths attributed during tenure
4 people died at facilities under Hermann, Shelley Elizabeth's leadership.
| Date | Decedent | Age | Facility | Role at time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-30 | DENECIA NICHELLE RANDALL | 28 | PULASKI STATE PRISON | Deputy Warden of Administration |
| 2025-12-12 | RONIKA LASHAWN CARSWELL | 50 | PULASKI STATE PRISON | Deputy Warden of Administration |
| 2025-06-11 | CANDACE LAJON MORGAN | 41 | PULASKI STATE PRISON | Deputy Warden of Administration |
| 2025-05-22 | ESMERALDA CARILLO HERNANDEZ | 50 | PULASKI STATE PRISON | Deputy Warden of Administration |
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