Jackson, Wendy A

Tenure Summary

What happened on their watch

Bleckley Probation Substance Abuse Treatment Center (2008; 2015–2016)
Jackson held staff roles as a correctional officer and sergeant. GPS records attribute no deaths to these postings.

Lee Arrendale State Prison (2018–2019)
Jackson served as correctional lieutenant in 2018 and correctional unit manager in 2019. GPS records do not attribute any deaths to Jackson’s Arrendale tenure. Separate GPS intelligence records document an Arrendale medical-neglect death in September 2019 — Agnes Bohannon — but that death is not included in Jackson’s attributed total.

Facility-unspecified assistant superintendent and correctional superintendent roles (2020–April 2023)
Jackson’s records show correctional assistant superintendent titles from 2020 through 2022 and a correctional superintendent title from January to April 2023, without named facilities. No facility-specific deaths are attributed to these postings.

Metro Transitional Center (May 2023–March 2026)
Jackson is listed as superintendent of Metro Transitional Center. GPS records attribute no deaths to that posting.

Pulaski State Prison (January 2025–present)
Jackson’s first recorded Pulaski posting began January 1, 2025, as Warden 2; the Warden title continues from April 16, 2025 onward. The eight deaths attributed to her Pulaski tenure are: Esmeralda Carillo Hernandez, 50, on May 22, 2025, recorded by Pulaski County Coroner records as natural, from cancer; Candace Lajon Morgan, 41, on June 11, 2025, also recorded as natural, from cancer; Ronika Lashawn Carswell, 50, on December 12, 2025, with no cause stated by the coroner and the body referred to the GBI Crime Lab, leaving the GPS cause pending; Denecia Nichelle Randall, 28, on March 30, 2026, initially reported as a suicide and later certified by a GBI medical examiner as a hanging, manner suicide; Karen Michelle Lindsey, 59, on May 24, 2026, cause unknown/pending; Tulia Eustache, 66, on June 3, 2026, cause unknown/pending; Monika Yvette Bradley on July 3, 2026, cause unknown/pending; and Kristi Perkins on July 12, 2026, cause undetermined. For Perkins, GPS records preserve a family or source account of untreated diabetes, difficulty standing, a fall, and a head injury, while GPS event records state officials reported no signs of an altercation or foul play. GBI and GDC Office of Professional Standards investigations are recorded for the Perkins and Bradley deaths.

GPS intelligence records dated April 1, 2025 and February 10, 2026 report allegations of retaliation, intimidation, extended lockdowns, unsafe conditions, and a non-functional grievance process under Jackson at Pulaski State Prison. A GPS event record from April 2025 also describes a report that Pamela Dixon’s daughter was subjected to gang extortion at Pulaski. Separate Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports logged by GPS reference earlier Pulaski medical-neglect cases involving Mollianne Fischer and Bonnie Rocheleau, and a stabbing that officers allegedly did not notice until an outside caller reported it; those records do not name Jackson and some concern periods before her warden tenure. The U.S. Department of Justice documented constitutional violations at Pulaski State Prison in 2022–2023, before Jackson’s recorded warden posting.

Sources

• Georgia Prisoners’ Speak personnel and death records.
• Pulaski County Coroner Fred J. Clark III death investigation reports, 2025.
• GBI Medical Examiner / DOFS autopsy report for Denecia Randall.
• Atlanta Journal-Constitution — investigations of Georgia prisons, including Pulaski medical neglect, stabbing, and staff misconduct reports.
• U.S. Department of Justice investigation of Georgia prisons, Pulaski State Prison findings, 2022–2023.
• GBI and GDC Office of Professional Standards investigation entries via GPS intelligence records.

Synthesized by GPS Intelligence System on Aug 16, 2026 from positions, attributed deaths, lawsuits, intel reports, and news mentions in the public corpus. The supporting data tables follow below.