Hilton, Shawn T

Tenure Summary

Shawn T. Hilton's record in the Georgia Department of Corrections begins in 2015 as a corrections officer, moving through correctional officer 2 (2016), correctional sergeant (2017–2019), and correctional lieutenant (2020), per GDC position and salary records. In 2021 he moved into facility leadership as Correctional Assistant Superintendent at McEver Probation Detention Center, a facility-deputy post he held across the 2021 through 2025 salary years; a further entry dated August 27, 2026 lists him again as "Asst Supt, Correctional" at McEver. He is listed as active.

GPS attributes 2 deaths to his leadership tenure, both at McEver Probation Detention Center. No lawsuit naming Hilton as a defendant appears in GPS's records, and no intelligence report, intelligence event, or news mention naming him directly appears for any of his postings. Because both deaths occurred at the same facility while he held the same leadership role, the record shows concentration at one site rather than a pattern documented across facilities; GPS's registry lists both causes as Unknown/Pending, so no cause-category finding can be drawn from them.

What happened on their watch

McEver Probation Detention Center — Correctional Asst. Supt (facility-deputy tier), 2021–2025

Two deaths in GPS's death registry fall inside Hilton's tenure as Correctional Assistant Superintendent at McEver, and the registry's role-at-time field places him in that position on both dates:

• Tyrone Quimby died August 20, 2022, at McEver Probation Detention Center; GPS's registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending. He was 63.
• Anthony Golson died October 7, 2023, at McEver Probation Detention Center; GPS's registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending. He was 46.

Both decedents were older than the youngest adult population typically described in corrections mortality reporting, but with cause recorded as Unknown/Pending for each, GPS's records support no finding about how either death occurred, whether the two are related, or whether any condition at the facility contributed. No lawsuit against Hilton arising from either death appears in GPS's records. No intelligence report or intelligence event dated within his McEver leadership tenure is recorded for that facility in his file, and no news report naming him is recorded. The records therefore establish the deaths, the dates, the facility, the ages, and the leadership role he held on each date — and nothing further about circumstances.

For the earlier portions of his career — corrections officer (2015), correctional officer 2 (2016), correctional sergeant (2017–2019), and correctional lieutenant (2020) — the records state only these titles and date ranges, with no facility assigned. Periods outside facility leadership are not covered by the deaths, intelligence reports, or events in this file, and no conclusion should be drawn from their absence.

Sources

• Georgia Prisoners' Speak death registry — entries for Tyrone Quimby (died August 20, 2022, McEver Probation Detention Center, cause Unknown/Pending) and Anthony Golson (died October 7, 2023, McEver Probation Detention Center, cause Unknown/Pending), each with the role of Correctional Asst. Supt recorded at the time of death
• Georgia Department of Corrections position and salary records — Shawn T. Hilton's titles and salary years from 2015 through 2025 at McEver Probation Detention Center, plus the August 27, 2026 entry listing him as Assistant Superintendent, Correctional

Synthesized by GPS Intelligence System on Sep 27, 2026 from positions, attributed deaths, lawsuits, intel reports, and news mentions in the public corpus. The supporting data tables follow below.