Jackson, Wendy A

Tenure Summary

What happened on their watch

Early postings

Pulaski State Prison (2025–present)

• Esmeralda Carillo Hernandez, 50, May 22, 2025 — Pulaski County coroner records list natural cause, cancer, per GPS records.
• Candace Lajon Morgan, 41, June 11, 2025 — coroner records list natural cause, cancer, per GPS records.
• Ronika Lashawn Carswell, 50, December 12, 2025 — coroner’s report did not state a cause; body sent to the GBI Crime Lab for autopsy, per GPS admin transcription. Cause remains unknown/pending.
• Denecia Nichelle Randall, 28, March 30, 2026 — GBI Medical Examiner autopsy certified cause as hanging and manner as suicide, per GPS records.
• Karen Michelle Lindsey, 59, May 24, 2026 — cause unknown/pending.
• Tulia Eustache, 66, June 3, 2026 — cause unknown/pending.
• Monika Yvette Bradley, 43, July 5, 2026 — cause unknown/pending. GPS records note a separate family report describing a Pulaski death attributed to heat exhaustion and dehydration, with an unresolved date discrepancy.
• Kristi Ray Perkins, 59, July 12, 2026 — GPS records list cause category 1; a source report in the file alleges untreated diabetes and a fall and calls it “systematic neglect.” GBI and GDC Office of Professional Standards investigations were opened, per GPS event records.

GPS event records show the GBI investigating causes of death for Bradley and Perkins, and GDC’s Office of Professional Standards conducting standard-procedure investigations into both deaths.

Reported conditions: GPS reports from February 10, 2026 and April 1, 2025 describe allegations of retaliation, intimidation, extended lockdowns, retaliatory housing, and a non-functional grievance process under Jackson at Pulaski. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that Pulaski staff did not notice a prisoner had been stabbed until an outside caller reported it, and that the prisoner reported being assaulted hours earlier by about 10 people. AJC reporting also described alleged sexual misconduct by a Pulaski supervisor and the possibility of a larger systemic problem within GDC. Earlier AJC-documented Pulaski medical-care failures — Mollianne Fischer left in a vegetative state in May 2014 and Bonnie Rocheleau died of pneumonia in March 2015 — predate Jackson’s warden tenure. A DOJ investigation documented constitutional violations at Pulaski State Prison for 2022–2023, also before Jackson’s Pulaski posting.

Sources

• Georgia Prisoners’ Speak records — positions, deaths attributed to Jackson, and event logs.
• Pulaski County Coroner Fred J. Clark III records, transcribed in GPS files.
• GBI Medical Examiner autopsy report for Denecia Randall, ME-26-40234.
• Atlanta Journal-Constitution — reports on Pulaski State Prison stabbing, sexual misconduct cases, and prison system failures costing Georgia taxpayers.
• DOJ investigation of Georgia prisons documenting constitutional violations at Pulaski State Prison.

Synthesized by GPS Intelligence System on Aug 30, 2026 from positions, attributed deaths, lawsuits, intel reports, and news mentions in the public corpus. The supporting data tables follow below.