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Jefferson, Tracy Dewayne
Not on GDC's 2025 payroll (last listed 2022)
Profile written September 23, 2026
This profile reflects positional accountability — this individual held the leadership roles shown during the dates shown, during which the listed deaths or lawsuits occurred. Inclusion does not constitute a legal finding of personal culpability for any specific incident.
Tenure Summary
Tracy Dewayne Jefferson's state salary records show a steady rise through Georgia's correctional ranks: a "correction administration" post in 2015, two years as a deputy warden (2016–2017), two years as a correctional superintendent (2018–2019), and three years holding the Warden 1 role (2020–2022). The position records do not name the facilities where he served, and his later years show a drop in listed salary in 2022 ($61,612.28) relative to 2021 ($87,012.08).
Per GPS's compiled death records, no deaths are attributed to Jefferson's facility-leader tenures — the total during his leadership postings is zero, with no facility breakdown. No intel reports or logged incidents fall inside his tenure windows, and no news reports naming him directly appear in the records.
What happened on their watch
No deaths are attributed to any leadership posting held by Jefferson. GPS's per-facility counts are empty, no decedent names are associated with his tenures, and the intel report and event lists for his facilities contain no entries dated within those periods. Because the position records do not identify facilities, no facility-level pattern, cause-category, or age analysis is possible from this data.
Two federal lawsuits in the Middle District of Georgia list Jefferson as a defendant; details are below.
Litigation
- Ford v. Jefferson, No. 5:23-cv-00019 (M.D. Ga.) — filed January 19, 2023; terminated August 18, 2025, according to the CourtListener docket. The filing date falls while Jefferson held the Warden 1 title. No monetary outcome is recorded.
- Harris v. Taylor, No. 5:14-cv-00236 (M.D. Ga.) — filed June 23, 2014; terminated March 16, 2015. Jefferson is listed in GPS's defendant records for this case, though the filing predates the earliest position in his salary history. No monetary outcome is recorded.
Neither docket entry, as captured here, states the claims or the disposition beyond "terminated"; no settlement amount is recorded for either.
Sources
- CourtListener — docket records for Ford v. Jefferson (5:23-cv-00019) and Harris v. Taylor (5:14-cv-00236), U.S. District Court, Middle District of Georgia
- Georgia Department of Corrections / state salary records (2015–2022) — position titles, tiers, and annual compensation
- Georgia Prisoners' Speak personnel database — death attributions by facility and tenure, intel reports and events, news mentions (all empty for this subject)
Positions Held
| Title | Facility | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| WARDEN 1 | 2020-01-01 → 2022-12-31 | |
| CORRECTIONAL SUPERINTENDENT | 2018-01-01 → 2019-12-31 | |
| DEPUTY WARDEN | 2016-01-01 → 2017-12-31 | |
| CORRECTION ADMINISTRATION | 2015-01-01 → 2015-12-31 |
Lawsuits as defendant
| Case # | Court | Filed | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5:23-cv-00019 | GAMD | 2023-01-19 | terminated |
| 5:14-cv-00236 | GAMD | 2014-06-23 | terminated |
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