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Hutcheson, Joseph L
Not on GDC's 2025 payroll (last listed 2020)
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 Joseph L. Hutcheson, and the dataset contains no intelligence reports, facility events, or news coverage naming him in connection with any incident. His documented GDC history covers 2015–2020: a correction operations post in 2015 (yearly salary $51,592.20), five consecutive years as a CSM Correctional Unit Manager (2016–2019), and a Deputy Warden post in 2020 (yearly salary $50,212.89). No facility is identified in the records for any of these positions, so no death, incident, or lawsuit in this profile can be tied to a specific institution. Two federal lawsuits list him as a defendant; neither is accompanied in these records by any documented allegation of misconduct, injury, or death, and no outcome amount is recorded for either.
Litigation
- Thomas v. Hutcheson, No. 6:14-cv-00016 (S.D. Ga.) — filed March 10, 2014; terminated August 9, 2016. The filing predates the earliest position documented in this profile (2015) and the case closed during his tenure as a CSM Correctional Unit Manager. No outcome amount recorded.
- Daker v. Bryson, No. 6:16-cv-00057 (S.D. Ga.) — filed May 23, 2016; terminated March 20, 2017. Records list Hutcheson among the defendants; the filing falls within his CSM Correctional Unit Manager tenure. No outcome amount recorded.
Because the underlying complaints are not described in the available records, nothing is asserted here about what either case alleged.
Sources
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Georgia — dockets for Thomas v. Hutcheson (6:14-cv-00016) and Daker v. Bryson (6:16-cv-00057), via CourtListener.
- GPS personnel records — position, salary, and death-attribution history for Hutcheson, 2015–2020 (zero deaths attributed to his leadership tenures; no facility assignments listed).
Positions Held
| Title | Facility | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| DEPUTY WARDEN | 2020-01-01 → 2020-12-31 | |
| CSM CORRECTIONAL UNIT MANAGER | 2016-01-01 → 2019-12-31 | |
| CORRECTION OPERATIONS | 2015-01-01 → 2015-12-31 |
Lawsuits as defendant
| Case # | Court | Filed | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6:16-cv-00057 | GASD | 2016-05-23 | terminated |
| 6:14-cv-00016 | GASD | 2014-03-10 | terminated |
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