Holloway, Remona Annette

Tenure Summary

Remona Annette Holloway spent a decade in GDC human-resources roles — Clerk, HR Tech, HR Analyst, HR Generalist Supervisor — before crossing into facility leadership in October 2024, when she was appointed Deputy Warden of Administration at Augusta State Medical Prison (ASMP). She subsequently held deputy-warden roles at Phillips State Prison beginning in January 2025 and has remained in a deputy-warden capacity at Phillips through at least November 2025, per GPS records. GPS records attribute 84 deaths across ASMP and Phillips State Prison during the periods Holloway held a facility-deputy accountability tier at those institutions. No lawsuits name Holloway personally as a defendant.

What Happened on Their Watch

Augusta State Medical Prison — Deputy Warden of Administration (October 1, 2024 – ongoing overlap with Phillips posting)

Holloway assumed the Deputy Warden of Administration role at ASMP on October 1, 2024. GPS records attribute 63 deaths at ASMP during her tenure there through early 2026. The overwhelming majority fall under cause category 6 (unspecified/other); two are recorded as homicides and one as suicide. Specifically, GPS records show that on January 9, 2025, Kendius Hill died — notes list the cause as "Homicide, Anoxic Brain Injury and Septic Shock" — and on January 21, 2025, Stephen Prochaska died by suicide by hanging. The ages of decedents at ASMP span a wide range, from the 40s through the mid-80s, consistent with the facility's medical-prison population. Several deaths occurred in clusters: two on August 6, 2025, and two on May 19, 2025.

The facility carried documented violent-death history predating Holloway's appointment. Per GPS records, Eddie Gosier, 39, was strangled on May 2, 2020 after guards moved a prisoner with a prior strangulation history into his cell — the state later agreed to pay Gosier's family $5 million to settle a lawsuit. Thomas Henry Giles, 31, died October 28, 2020 after being left in a smoke-filled cell for hours; the GBI ruled his death a homicide, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Rodarick Lee Hayes, 29, was stabbed to death on May 25, 2024; per GPS records, a correctional officer was charged with murder for allegedly aiding the attack, and the DOJ found Hayes had been attacked multiple times before his death. These incidents predate Holloway's deputy-warden appointment but establish a documented pattern of violence and staff-misconduct allegations at the facility she joined.

During Holloway's tenure, GPS intel reports — sourced from AI-detected Telegram relay messages and a website submission — allege ongoing violence at ASMP: a stabbing in the eye in D building (April 20, 2026), a severe beating (April 19, 2026), four incarcerated individuals arriving with wired-shut jaws (April 17, 2026), and a high-severity violence incident on April 30, 2026. A self-identified "GA prison mom" submitted a report on March 10, 2026 describing conditions at ASMP. These are allegations; GPS records do not independently verify them.

Broader systemic context overlapping Holloway's ASMP tenure: a 2024 DOJ report described horrific violence, sexual assaults, and gang-run prisons within GDC enabled by a culture of indifference, according to the AJC. In November 2024, a federal court granted summary judgment in Benning v. Oliver, declaring GDC's 12-person email-contact restriction a First Amendment violation and ordering it ceased — a ruling GDC initially failed to comply with. On February 10–11, 2026, Judge Self held a contempt hearing and summoned GDC Commissioner Tyrone Oliver to testify, finding it "shocking" and "unbelievable" that GDC had ignored the 11th Circuit's order, per the AJC. A separate federal court had previously found GDC in contempt over conditions at a high-security wing near Jackson, per the AJC.

Phillips State Prison — Deputy Warden / Deputy Warden of Administration (January 1, 2025 – present)

Holloway held the Deputy Warden title at Phillips from January 1 through October 31, 2025, then transitioned to Deputy Warden of Administration from November 1, 2025 onward. GPS records attribute 21 deaths at Phillips during this combined period. Most fall under cause category 6; one is recorded as a homicide and one as a natural-cause cardiac death. On January 13, 2025, Jody Stokes died — notes list "Homicide due to Strangulation." On January 23, 2025, Thomas Nicely died of myocardial infarction/HTN/prostate cancer (cause category 1). Decedent ages at Phillips ranged from 30 (Joseph Ulrich, June 1, 2025) to 78 (Alonzo Carter Jr., September 20, 2025).

Phillips carried its own documented violent history. Per GPS records, Quafabian Melik McBride, 19, was stabbed to death on September 30, 2022 in a gang-related fight in the lockdown unit; the AJC alleges officers arranged for McBride to be brought to lockdown that day. The DOJ found McBride's killing triggered a gang war across multiple GDC prisons, with Bloods attacking Crips over several days and 20 prisoners hospitalized. Dave Stone, 61, died November 20, 2021 from closed head trauma; his sister told the AJC he was assaulted in a mental health ward, apparently with two pipes wrapped in cloth. A January 11, 2026 incident at Washington State Prison — linked in GPS records to Phillips-area network events — involved five deaths and multiple hospitalizations following a phone blackout. These events predate or overlap the early weeks of Holloway's Phillips tenure.

Litigation

• Benning v. Oliver — Filed 2018, U.S. District Court (Middle District of Georgia). Inmate Ralph Harrison Benning challenged GDC email-contact restrictions. The 11th Circuit ruled in Benning's favor in 2024; Judge Self granted summary judgment November 18, 2024, declaring the 12-contact limit a First Amendment violation and ordering GDC to cease enforcement. GDC failed to comply; Judge Self held a contempt hearing February 10–11, 2026, summoning Commissioner Oliver to testify. Holloway is not a named defendant; the case is listed because it was active and in contempt proceedings during her ASMP tenure.
• Giles family settlement — Thomas Henry Giles death (October 28, 2020, ASMP). Per GPS records, the state agreed to pay Giles's family $5 million. Predates Holloway's leadership appointment.
• Janice Buttrum parole lawsuit — Federal judge denied dismissal March 17, 2026; court found Georgia's juvenile lifer parole system may be unconstitutional. Associated with Phillips State Prison in GPS records. Holloway is not a named defendant.

Sources

• Atlanta Journal-Constitution — investigative reporting on GDC homicides, Augusta State Medical Prison deaths (Gosier, Giles, Hayes), Phillips State Prison deaths (McBride, Stone), and February 2026 federal contempt hearing (Benning v. Oliver)
• GPS records — deaths-during-tenure data, position history, and intel report submissions for ASMP and Phillips State Prison
• U.S. Department of Justice — 2024 report on GDC violence, gang-run prisons, and culture of indifference (referenced via AJC reporting and GPS intel events)
• GPS intel events — documented deaths at ASMP and Phillips predating and overlapping Holloway's tenure; Benning v. Oliver litigation timeline; McBride gang-war incident; Giles settlement amount

Synthesized by GPS Intelligence System on May 10, 2026 from positions, attributed deaths, lawsuits, intel reports, and news mentions in the public corpus. The supporting data tables follow below.