Jackson, Kendric

Tenure Summary

Kendric Jackson joined the Georgia Department of Corrections in 2015 as a correctional officer at Smith State Prison and rose steadily through the ranks — sergeant (2017), lieutenant (2018–2020), unit manager (2021) — before crossing into deputy-warden accountability at Dodge State Prison (2022), then Telfair State Prison (2023), and finally ascending to Warden at Calhoun State Prison in December 2024, where GPS records show he remains active. Across his leadership-tier postings — Deputy Warden at Dodge (2022), Deputy Warden at Telfair (2023), and Warden at Calhoun (December 2024–present) — GPS records attribute at least 16 deaths to facilities during his tenure at those ranks, including multiple homicides documented by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Georgia prison homicides investigation. Three federal civil lawsuits name him as a defendant; none show a monetary settlement in the structured records.

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What Happened on Their Watch

Dodge State Prison — Deputy Warden (2022)
GPS records attribute three deaths to Dodge during Jackson's year as Deputy Warden. Douglas Anthony Forts, 57, died June 2, 2022; according to the AJC's Georgia Prison Homicides Investigation, the cause was acute traumatic amputation of a finger during a fight. Hezekiah Cuyler, 21, died September 14, 2022; the AJC investigation lists the cause as blunt force trauma to the head. Arnold Merle McDonald, 63, died December 22, 2022 of causes categorized as natural/illness in GPS records.

Telfair State Prison — Deputy Warden (2023)
GPS records attribute eight deaths to Telfair during Jackson's tenure there. Two are documented as homicides by the AJC investigation: Deahmoz Oshmic Floyd, 29, died April 18, 2023 from exsanguination caused by a stab wound to the neck; a claim filed against the state alleges, per the AJC, that Floyd had renounced his gang affiliation and was targeted, and that no prison staff were present in the dorm at the time of the attack. Kwesi Jamal Stultz, 24, died December 22, 2023 from multiple injuries to the head, per the AJC investigation. A third death drew particular attention: Juan Carlos Ramirez Bibiano, 27, died July 20, 2023 after officers left him in an outdoor recreation cage for five hours during a 105-degree heat index; GPS records note he arrived at the hospital with an internal body temperature of 107°F, and that GDC reported the death as "natural causes." The remaining five deaths — Renel Janvier Whitfield (31), Larry Adams (53), Clifford Lawrence Bagley (31), Walter Rakim Jordan (53), and Bobby Murray (51) — are categorized as natural/illness or unspecified in GPS records. The AJC reported that during this period Telfair was missing approximately 76% of its essential workforce, leaving roughly 36 correctional officers to supervise 1,400 prisoners, according to the AJC. A separate AJC report alleges that Sergeant Desiree Briley helped an inmate smuggle meth into Telfair and distribute it for at least two years.

Calhoun State Prison — Warden (December 16, 2024–present)
GPS records attribute six deaths to Calhoun during Jackson's warden tenure. Charles Owens died January 6, 2025 from a ruptured abdominal aneurysm, per GPS records. Theodore Roundtree died January 19, 2025; GPS records note the cause as homicide due to multiple stab wounds. Gary Bernard Duncan, 67, died May 4, 2025; Tyler Jackson, 30, died June 28, 2025; and Thomas Haugabook, 67, died September 25, 2025 — all three categorized as natural/illness or unspecified in GPS records. Matthew Len Nutt, 37, died December 21, 2025; a user report in GPS records alleges this was a homicide in the restrictive housing unit. Jimmy McMullen, 67 or 68 per differing GPS records, died January 28, 2026; GPS records note he had battled cancer for a long time, sourced to social media.

Beyond the death record, GPS records document several significant incidents at Calhoun under Jackson's watch. Two inmates — Joey Amour Jackson and Lance Riddle — were convicted of running a nationwide wire fraud and extortion operation targeting approximately 119 victims across six states from inside Calhoun using contraband cell phones, defrauding victims of $464,920; GPS records indicate a Managed Access System was installed at the facility mid-2025, after the fraud operation had already occurred. A grand jury heard 35 Calhoun-related cases on June 2, 2025, with more than 300 cases still pending, per GPS records. GPS records also document that GDC paid nearly $127,000 to the Calhoun County Sheriff and eight deputies for off-duty perimeter patrol in the first three months of 2025. Beginning in early 2026, GPS records show a systematic transfer of 87 lifers out of Calhoun, with 79.3% sent to Level 5 close-security facilities over a three-month period.

The AJC alleges that prison staff at Calhoun cut off a prisoner's food and water as retaliation, leading to death from dehydration and renal failure. A separate AJC report alleges that inmate Edwin Murillo ordered a murder from inside Calhoun. The family of Willie Andrew Willis Jr. alleges, per WALB and National Today, that Willis was thrown from a balcony at Calhoun and that it took nearly an hour before he was airlifted; medical records list sepsis as cause of death. A DOJ-linked allegation reported by the AJC states that staff failed to follow procedures when moving an assailant between segregation and general population, leading to a cellmate killing at Calhoun. A federal report cited by National Today describes an "environment of fear and complacency" within GDC, with significant delays in emergency medical responses.

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Litigation

• Hall v. McGhee, No. 1:15-cv-00428 (N.D. Ga.), filed February 12, 2015; terminated January 10, 2020. No outcome amount in records.
• Daker v. Ward, No. 7:20-cv-00113 (M.D. Ga.), filed June 11, 2020; terminated November 3, 2021. No outcome amount in records.
• Daker v. Oliver Filing Restriction Per 59 Order, No. 1:25-cv-03191 (N.D. Ga.), filed June 6, 2025; terminated March 30, 2026. No outcome amount in records.

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Sources

• Atlanta Journal-Constitution — Georgia Prison Homicides Investigation (multiple homicide cause-of-death attributions at Dodge, Telfair, and Calhoun); reporting on Smith State Prison understaffing, contraband, and corruption; reporting on Telfair staffing crisis; reporting on Calhoun contraband and violence; DOJ findings on GDC homicide underreporting
• WALB — reporting on Willie Andrew Willis Jr. balcony death at Calhoun State Prison
• National Today — reporting on Willie Andrew Willis Jr. death and federal report findings on GDC emergency response failures
• The Marshall Project — reporting on GDC understaffing, decomposed body discovery, and conditions at Smith State Prison
• Solitary Watch — reporting on 2010 Telfair State Prison tactical officer incident and heat shutoff
• In These Times — reporting on Georgia prison strike allegations including medical care denial and forced labor
• GPS records — death records, position/salary data, intel events (wire fraud convictions, lifer transfers, grand jury activity, MAS installation, perimeter patrol payments)
• CourtListener / federal court records — Hall v. McGhee (1:15-cv-00428, GAND); Daker v. Ward (7:20-cv-00113, GAMD); Daker v. Oliver (1:25-cv-03191, GAND)

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.