Jeffries, Curtis

Tenure Summary

Curtis Jeffries holds a single leadership posting in the records compiled on him: Deputy Warden of Care and Treatment at Macon State Prison, effective July 16, 2026, with no end date recorded and a status of active. That post is the only facility-leadership role the records show for him.

Four deaths are attributed to Jeffries's tenure, all of them at Macon State Prison, per GPS's death registry — three of them inside a single three-day span in October 2026. The records show no lawsuits naming Jeffries as a defendant and no news coverage that names him directly. The deaths fall under GDC investigation, and the internal accounts that reached GPS from inside the facility during the same period describe a chaotic week at the prison: multiple killings reported in two days, a body said to have been under a bunk for days, and a homicide in which the victim was reportedly restrained, stabbed, and set on fire.

What happened on their watch

Macon State Prison — Deputy Warden of Care and Treatment, from July 16, 2026 (ongoing). Four deaths are attributed to this tenure. Tony Horne died August 20, 2026, at Macon State Prison; GPS's registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending and his age as 48. Juld Gerald Carter died October 21, 2026, at Macon State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Homicide. Veasna Johnathan Bun died October 22, 2026, at Macon State Prison, and John Doe died October 23, 2026, at the same facility; the registry lists both causes as Unknown/Pending.

The October cluster drew official action. Incident records state that GDC investigated Carter's death as a homicide and that his body was sent to the GBI Crime Lab for cause-of-death determination; the GDC Office of Professional Standards handled the inquiry under standard procedure, and the department said no further details were available while it was ongoing. A separate GDC investigation into a death at the facility was likewise described as ongoing, with no details on identity or circumstances released. One incident record notes the decedent in the Toombs County case had been serving a life sentence for a murder there.

Internal accounts reaching GPS during the same week, all dated while Jeffries held the post, describe the atmosphere inside. A message dated October 22 said a homicide victim had been found at a Georgia state prison and that the body had reportedly been under a bunk for days, with cell and bunk searches expected over the weekend. Another, also October 22, relayed a homicide in which the victim was reportedly restrained for days, stabbed, and the body then set on fire — the underlying message did not name the facility. A Telegram group report that day said an ambulance had left Macon State Prison in the morning and that GBI and investigators were still on scene; it did not state the nature or outcome. A report dated October 23 described a second incarcerated person killed in a housing unit in 2026, with the sender stating there had been three killings in two days and that an emergency response team was on site escorting people for interviews. An earlier message, dated October 22, described the killing as the first of multiple deaths in a two-day span, described as apparently unrelated.

Two non-death items also fall inside the tenure. A Telegram report dated September 18, 2026 indicated Macon State Prison had been taken off lockdown. And on August 20, 2026 — the same date as Horne's death — CBS News reported an allegation that Rodney Edward Smith used smuggled cell phones and multiple online aliases to run a hunting-lease fraud scheme from the prison, collecting deposits from hunters across 15 Florida counties; that is an allegation reported by the outlet, not an established finding.

Sources

• GPS Death Registry — cause and date entries for Tony Horne, Juld Gerald Carter, Veasna Johnathan Bun, and John Doe, all at Macon State Prison
• GDC statements and incident records — homicide investigation into Carter's death, referral to the GBI Crime Lab, Office of Professional Standards inquiries
• GPS intake submissions (case IDs 590, 592, 594, 598, 599, 506) — internal accounts dated September–October 2026 describing killings, an ambulance and GBI presence, and the lifting of lockdown at Macon State Prison
• CBS News (cbsnews.com) — August 20, 2026 report alleging a hunting-lease fraud scheme run from Macon State Prison

Synthesized by GPS Intelligence System on Oct 25, 2026 from positions, attributed deaths, lawsuits, intel reports, and news mentions in the public corpus. The supporting data tables follow below.