Jackson, Tracey Catina

Tenure Summary

Tracey Catina Jackson's documented GDC career is primarily clinical, not custodial. She began as a part-time instructor at Pulaski State Prison in 2013, then held behavioral-health counselor posts from 2015 through 2025, advancing from BEH Health/Counselor ($29,247.33 in 2015) to Behavioral Health Counselor Supervisor ($63,169.48 in 2025). Dooly State Prison is listed as the facility for her 2020 supervisor posting and for a single-day entry on Nov. 22, 2023; other counselor years carry no facility assignment in the records.

On March 16, 2026, she moved into facility leadership as Deputy Warden of Care and Treatment at Wilcox State Prison. Three deaths are attributed to her leadership tenure — all of them at Wilcox — and all three occurred while she held that role. The records list no lawsuits naming her as a defendant. A separate one-day "Deputy Warden" entry at Wilcox is dated Aug. 27, 2026. Her status is listed as active, with no adverse status source.

What happened on their watch

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

Three deaths are attributed to this posting, and Wilcox is the only facility with deaths attributed to her tenure:

• Earnest Sims, 44, died March 16, 2026 — the date her Wilcox posting begins, per the role recorded at the time of death.
• Gary Dwayne Felver, 65, died June 15, 2026.
• Maurice Antonio Brown died Sept. 3, 2026. GDC reported his death followed a gang-related fight; his body was sent to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Crime Lab for official cause of death, and the GDC Office of Professional Standards opened an investigation on Sept. 4, 2026. Wilcox was placed on lockdown "until further notice," according to GDC officials.

The Sept. 3 incident extended beyond the single fatality. Records describe an altercation involving multiple inmates that left one dead and several injured, with seven inmates taken to hospitals — two by airlift — and two treated on-site; no staff were reported injured. A separate event dated Sept. 18, 2026 records a gang-related fight at Wilcox that killed one inmate and injured nine, described as occurring two weeks before a Telfair incident.

An earlier allegation, dated April 1, 2026, reports multiple stabbing incidents at Wilcox resulting in a facility lockdown and a law-enforcement response, with at least one person reportedly requiring emergency medical transport. That claim is recorded as an allegation, not a confirmed finding.

For the periods before March 2026, the records establish only her clinical roles and dates — instructor at Pulaski (2013), counselor and supervisor positions (2015–2025), with Dooly State Prison listed for 2020 and Nov. 22, 2023. No incident or report lists cover those non-leadership periods.

Sources

• Georgia Prisoners' Speak case submission record (allegation dated April 1, 2026) — reported stabbings, lockdown, and law-enforcement response at Wilcox State Prison
• GDC Office of Professional Standards — investigation into Maurice Brown's death, opened Sept. 4, 2026
• Georgia Bureau of Investigation Crime Lab — referral for official cause of death in Brown's case
• GDC officials — statement that Wilcox was placed on lockdown
• GDC facility death and personnel records — three deaths attributed to the Wilcox State Prison tenure, 2026; position and salary history, 2013–2026

Synthesized by GPS Intelligence System on Sep 23, 2026 from positions, attributed deaths, lawsuits, intel reports, and news mentions in the public corpus. The supporting data tables follow below.