Jackson, Wendy A

Tenure Summary

Wendy A. Jackson's GDC career began as a Correctional Officer at the Bleckley Probation Substance Abuse Treatment Center in 2008, returning there as a Corrections Officer in 2015 and a Correctional Sergeant in 2016. She moved into supervision as a Correctional Lieutenant in 2017 and at Arrendale State Prison in 2018, then served as a CSM Correctional Unit Manager at Arrendale in 2019 and as a Correctional Assistant Superintendent from 2020 through 2022. She was listed as a Correctional Superintendent from January 1 to April 30, 2023, and as Superintendent at Metro Transitional Center from May 1, 2023, through March 15, 2026 — the position records list these postings with overlapping dates, and no deaths in GPS's registry are attributed to the Metro posting.

Her facility-lead tenure with attributed deaths is at Pulaski State Prison, where she was recorded as Warden 2 from January 1 to April 15, 2025, and as Warden from April 16, 2025. GPS's death registry attributes 8 deaths to her leadership tenure, all of them at Pulaski State Prison. No lawsuits naming her as a defendant appear in the records reviewed. Her status is listed as active.

What happened on their watch

Bleckley Probation Substance Abuse Treatment Center (2008; 2015–2016); Correctional Lieutenant (2017); Arrendale State Prison (2018–2019); Correctional Assistant Superintendent (2020–2022); Correctional Superintendent (January 1 – April 30, 2023). These are staff and unit-supervision postings, plus an assistant-superintendent and superintendent period for which the records list no facility. The records show the titles and dates only.

Metro Transitional Center — Superintendent, May 1, 2023 – March 15, 2026. No deaths in GPS's registry are attributed to this posting.

Pulaski State Prison — Warden 2 (January 1 – April 15, 2025) and Warden (from April 16, 2025). All 8 deaths attributed to Jackson's leadership tenure occurred here, per GPS's death registry. The named decedents:

• Esmeralda Carillo Hernandez died May 22, 2025, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Natural/Medical, age 50.
• Candace Lajon Morgan died June 11, 2025, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Natural/Medical, age 41.
• Ronika Lashawn Carswell died December 12, 2025, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Natural/Medical, age 50.
• Denecia Nichelle Randall died March 30, 2026, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Suicide, age 28.
• Karen Michelle Lindsey died May 24, 2026, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, age 59.
• Tulia Eustache died June 3, 2026, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, age 66.
• Monika Yvette Bradley died July 5, 2026, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, age 43.
• Kristi Ray Perkins died July 12, 2026, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Natural/Medical, age 59. An event record states officials reported no signs of an altercation or foul play in her death.

Four of the eight deaths are recorded as Natural/Medical, one as Suicide, and three as Unknown/Pending — for those, GPS does not yet know the cause. GDC's Office of Professional Standards opened investigations into the deaths of Perkins and Bradley on July 14, 2026, described as standard procedure, and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation is investigating to determine their causes of death.

Georgia Prisoners' Speak reported on February 10, 2026, that it had received accounts of a pattern under Jackson at Pulaski — intimidation, retaliation, retaliatory housing, extended lockdowns, staff intimidation by senior staff, and a non-functional grievance process — and that these reports emerged within roughly ten months of her appointment as warden. On April 6, 2026, a family member alleged to GPS that an incarcerated person at Pulaski had been severely assaulted by other incarcerated individuals and that a prior warning call to the facility went unaddressed in the period leading up to the assault. Both are allegations from reported sources, not findings.

Separately, Tyler Ryals, a former GDC officer, wrote on Facebook on August 25, 2026, that Dorm 8 at Pulaski was on lockdown with overflowing and flooding toilets, no proper ventilation and one working shower for more than 90 women, that Jackson had placed everyone on two-week store restriction, and called on GDC to investigate conditions in the dorm.

Sources

• Georgia Prisoners' Speak death registry — 8 deaths at Pulaski State Prison during Jackson's warden tenure; causes, dates and ages as listed
• Georgia Prisoners' Speak reporting (February 10, 2026) — accounts of retaliation, intimidation, lockdowns and grievance-process failures at Pulaski
• Georgia Prisoners' Speak case submission (April 6, 2026) — family allegation of assault and an unaddressed warning call
• GDC Office of Professional Standards — investigations into the deaths of Kristi Perkins and Monika Bradley (July 14, 2026)
• Georgia Bureau of Investigation — investigation into the causes of the Perkins and Bradley deaths (July 14, 2026)
• Facebook, Tyler Ryals (post dated August 25, 2026) — Dorm 8 conditions and store restriction at Pulaski State Prison

Synthesized by GPS Intelligence System on Oct 18, 2026 from positions, attributed deaths, lawsuits, intel reports, and news mentions in the public corpus. The supporting data tables follow below.