Jackson, Tracey Catina

Tenure Summary

Tracey Catina Jackson's documented GDC career began as a part-time instructor at Pulaski State Prison in 2013, then moved into behavioral health: she appears in state salary records as a Behavioral Health Counselor from 2015 through 2018, a Behavioral Health Counselor Supervisor from 2019 onward, with Dooly State Prison listed as her facility in the 2020 salary year and in a November 22, 2023 record entry. Her first leadership-tier posting in these records is Deputy Warden of Care and Treatment at Wilcox State Prison, effective March 16, 2026 — the role she held when all three deaths attributed to her leadership tenure occurred. A separate Wilcox entry records a Deputy Warden title dated August 27, 2026.

GPS's death registry attributes three deaths to Jackson's leadership tenure, all at Wilcox State Prison. No lawsuits naming her as a defendant appear in the records.

What happened on their watch

Wilcox State Prison — Deputy Warden of Care and Treatment, from March 16, 2026

Three deaths in the GPS registry fall within this posting, all at Wilcox:

• Earnest Sims died March 16, 2026, at Wilcox State Prison; GPS's registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending. He was 44.
• Gary Dwayne Felver died June 15, 2026, at Wilcox State Prison; GPS's registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending. He was 65.
• Maurice Antonio Brown died September 3, 2026, at Wilcox State Prison; GPS's registry lists the cause as Homicide. He was 36.

The circumstances of Brown's death are the most documented. Event records describe an altercation involving multiple inmates at Wilcox on September 3, 2026, that left one person dead and several injured, and a companion record states seven inmates were taken to hospitals, two of them airlifted, with two others treated on-site and no staff injured. GDC publicly described the fight as gang-related, according to those records; a GDC Office of Professional Standards investigation followed, and Brown's body was sent to the GBI Crime Lab for an official cause of death. The prison was placed on lockdown on September 4, 2026, according to GDC officials. A further event entry, dated September 18, 2026, records a gang-related fight at Wilcox that killed one inmate and injured nine others; a separate inmate report of the same date states that Wilcox was no longer on lockdown.

Earlier reports during this posting describe a pattern of violence allegations at the facility. An April 1, 2026 report states that multiple stabbing incidents occurred at Wilcox, prompting a lockdown and a law enforcement response, with at least one person reportedly requiring emergency medical transport. A May 18, 2026 report describes a severe gang-related altercation that left multiple incarcerated people slashed or stabbed and needing medical treatment, prompting a lockdown. A May 12, 2026 public Facebook post, described as carrying apparent insider knowledge, alleged that the facility had repeatedly reduced inmate movement to minimal staffing levels during on-clock senior staff gatherings, and that its budgeted annual issuance of hygiene items, undergarments and bedding had lapsed for roughly a year. Reports circulated in a GDC-related Telegram group, dated September 3, 2026, described a large-scale incident in which roughly 30 people were reportedly stabbed or injured and up to seven reportedly airlifted, with no responsible party identified; another report of that date stated that shortly after a TAC squad shakedown of a dorm recovered weapons, an incarcerated person was attacked and stabbed to death, that local news reported one death and several injuries, and that initial reports a guard had been stabbed were disputed. These are unverified circulating claims, not GDC findings.

Sources

• GPS death registry — cause and date entries for Earnest Sims, Gary Dwayne Felver and Maurice Antonio Brown
• GPS case submissions (inmate reports, 2026) — stabbing and lockdown accounts at Wilcox State Prison
• A public Facebook post, May 12, 2026 — staffing and supply allegations at Wilcox
• GDC Office of Professional Standards and GBI Crime Lab — as described in GPS event records on the Brown death
• GDC statements on lockdown and gang classification, as recorded in GPS event entries
• State salary and position records — Pulaski, Dooly and Wilcox postings, 2013–2026

Synthesized by GPS Intelligence System on Nov 1, 2026 from positions, attributed deaths, lawsuits, intel reports, and news mentions in the public corpus. The supporting data tables follow below.