Jackson, Wendy A

Tenure Summary

Wendy A. Jackson began her GDC career as a correctional officer at Bleckley Probation Substance Abuse Treatment Center in 2008, rising steadily through sergeant, lieutenant, unit manager, and assistant superintendent ranks before reaching facility-lead positions in 2023. GPS records show she served as Superintendent of Metro Transitional Center from May 2023 through mid-March 2026, then assumed command of Pulaski State Prison — first as Warden 2 beginning January 2025, then as Warden from April 16, 2025, to the present. GPS records attribute five deaths at Pulaski State Prison during her facility-lead tenure there. One lawsuit naming Jackson as a defendant is pending in federal court. Her tenure at Pulaski has also drawn GPS-documented reports of retaliation, intimidation, extended lockdowns, and grievance-process failures, as well as AJC-reported allegations of inadequate medical care and staff sexual misconduct predating her arrival.

What Happened on Their Watch

Pulaski State Prison — Warden 2 / Warden (January 2025–present)

Jackson held the Warden 2 title at Pulaski State Prison beginning January 1, 2025, and was redesignated Warden on April 16, 2025. GPS records attribute five deaths at the facility during her facility-lead tenure. Stephanie Sabrina Gary, 55, died on March 5, 2025, while Jackson held the Warden 2 role; cause category 6 is recorded. After Jackson's formal designation as Warden, three additional deaths followed: Esmeralda Carillo Hernandez, 50, on May 22, 2025; Candace Lajon Morgan, 41, on June 11, 2025; and Ronika Lashawn Carswell, 50, on December 12, 2025 — all cause category 6. A fifth death, Denecia Nichelle Randall, 28, occurred on March 30, 2026; GPS records note a user report describing the individual as being in lockdown and dying by suicide, though coroner records are listed as pending and GDC confirmed only one death at Pulaski on that date. All five deaths are cause category 6 or involve a pending determination.

Beginning shortly after Jackson took command, GPS received multiple reports — dated April 1, 2025, and February 10, 2026 — documenting allegations of retaliation, intimidation, extended lockdowns, and a non-functional grievance process under her leadership at Pulaski. A separate GPS-sourced incident from April 2025 alleges a prisoner was subjected to gang extortion totaling $10,000. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, a prisoner named Mollianne Fischer allegedly failed to receive adequate medical care at Pulaski, leaving her in a vegetative state, and Bonnie Rocheleau allegedly died after developing pneumonia without adequate care at the facility; both allegations are attributed to the AJC's reporting. The AJC also reported that Deputy Warden Alonzo L. McMillian — who served at Pulaski prior to Jackson's warden appointment — was arrested May 2, 2024, on charges of sexual contact with a prisoner, with arrest warrants alleging improper contact on February 24–25, 2024; GDC confirmed McMillian was terminated that same day. The AJC characterized the misconduct allegations involving McMillian and a second employee as potentially signaling a broader systemic problem within GDC. A DOJ investigation documenting constitutional violations at Pulaski State Prison was recorded in GPS events covering the 2022–2024 period, predating Jackson's warden appointment but overlapping her time in facility-deputy and superintendent roles elsewhere in GDC. An AJC report also alleges that officers and staff at Pulaski failed to notice a prisoner being stabbed until an outside caller reported it, and that the prisoner had reported being assaulted by ten people hours earlier.

Litigation

• Beamon v. Jackson, No. 4:25-cv-00253 (S.D. Ga.), filed October 24, 2025 — pending; no outcome amount recorded.
• Willis v. Government Employees Insurance Company, No. 5:23-cv-00430 (M.D. Ga.), filed October 26, 2023 — terminated January 23, 2026; Jackson named as defendant; no outcome amount recorded. (Note: case caption names an insurance company as primary defendant; Jackson's role in the litigation is as listed in court records.)
• In Re Equifax Inc Customer Data Security Breach Litigation, No. 1:17-md-02800 (N.D. Ga.), filed December 6, 2017 — terminated April 13, 2022; no outcome amount recorded. (Mass consumer MDL; Jackson's connection is as listed in court records.)
• Gilbert v. Daniels, No. 1:14-cv-01623 (N.D. Ga.), filed May 29, 2014 — terminated December 14, 2016; no outcome amount recorded.

Sources

• Atlanta Journal-Constitution — allegations of inadequate medical care (Fischer, Rocheleau) and staff sexual misconduct (McMillian) at Pulaski State Prison
• Georgia Prisoners' Speak (GPS) records — five deaths during Jackson's facility-lead tenure at Pulaski State Prison; intel reports of retaliation, intimidation, lockdowns, and grievance failures (2025–2026); gang extortion incident report
• GPS intel events — DOJ investigation documenting constitutional violations at Pulaski State Prison (2022–2024); inmate disturbance July 15, 2023
• CourtListener / federal court records — Beamon v. Jackson (GASD 2025); Willis v. GEICO (GAMD 2023); In Re Equifax (GAND 2017); Gilbert v. Daniels (GAND 2014)

Synthesized by GPS Intelligence System on May 6, 2026 from positions, attributed deaths, lawsuits, intel reports, and news mentions in the public corpus. The supporting data tables follow below.