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Johnson, Aiyesha
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Profile written August 30, 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
Johnson, Aiyesha appears in GDC personnel records in a series of non-leadership and staff postings before being named Deputy Warden of Administration at Ware State Prison on Jan. 16, 2026. Earlier roles include Correctional Officer II at Appling Integrated Treatment Facility in 2013, Administrative Support II at Georgia State Prison in 2018, financial operations roles at Bacon Transitional Center and Appling Integrated Treatment Facility, and accounting technician roles in 2024–2025. GPS records attribute 10 deaths to Johnson’s facility-leader tenure, all at Ware State Prison. No lawsuits naming Johnson as a defendant appear in the provided records.What happened on their watch
Johnson became Deputy Warden of Administration at Ware State Prison on Jan. 16, 2026, according to GPS personnel records. GPS records attribute 10 deaths to Ware State Prison during this posting. Among the 10 decedents, ages range from 25 to 85. Four deaths are classified by Ware County Coroner records as homicides, one is classified as suicide, two as natural, and three are logged with cause category 6 and no cause narrative in the extract.The first recorded death was Carlton Atkins Jones, 55, on Jan. 24, 2026; coroner records list a natural cause: hypoxic respiratory failure due to pulmonary edema/volume overload due to congestive heart failure. On Feb. 12, Christopher Henry, 48, died; the Ware County Coroner classified the death as homicide from blunt force injuries including strangulation. Cody Humphrey, 72, died Feb. 21, with a coroner’s natural-cause finding of acute myocardial infarction; GPS records note the GBI Division of Forensic Sciences declined to examine the case, and the available declination states no cause or manner. On May 11, Anthony Terrell Grover, 25, died; coroner records list homicide by multiple sharp-force injuries.
On May 20, two deaths were recorded: Johnathan Cleo Hardman-Simmons, 36, classified as suicide by apparent ligature hanging, and Justin Dean Pulley, 48, classified as homicide by blunt force injuries and ligature strangulation. Coroner notes identify Hardman-Simmons as the named perpetrator of the Feb. 12 homicide of Christopher Henry. On May 31, Kojack Junior Thomas, 27, died; the coroner listed homicide by blunt head trauma and ligature asphyxia, and a GPS-recorded investigation entry states that GDC’s Office of Professional Standards was leading a potential homicide investigation with the body sent to the GBI crime lab. Three further deaths — David Randolph Newcomer, 85, on June 30; Reberto Baez, 69, on July 9; and David Miller Newman, 60, on July 15 — carry cause category 6 with no cause detail in the extract.
GPS intelligence records also carry unverified reports created in April 2026 describing a stabbing at Ware State Prison, gang-related violence involving Gangster Disciples and Blood gang members, and another stabbing that led to lockdown conditions. The extract describes these as AI-detected Telegram relay items and does not corroborate them in news or agency sources. Separate from the 10 deaths attributed to Johnson’s 2026 tenure, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution has reported that ten inmates were killed at Ware State Prison between July 2020 and August 2024, and Georgia Public Broadcasting reported a mother’s allegation that no counts or welfare checks were conducted at Ware, allowing her son’s body to go undiscovered for days. Those earlier events and allegations document Ware’s recent violence history but predate Johnson’s Jan. 16, 2026 posting.
Sources
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution — reporting on Ware State Prison homicides, 2020–2024
- Georgia Public Broadcasting — report on Ware State Prison welfare-check allegations
- Georgia Bureau of Investigation Division of Forensic Sciences records / Ware County Coroner records — cause and manner findings
- GPS personnel and incident records — positions, deaths, and intelligence submissions
Positions Held
| Title | Facility | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| Accounting Technician 3 | WARE STATE PRISON | 2026-08-27 → present |
| Deputy Warden of Administration | WARE STATE PRISON | 2026-01-16 → present |
| ACCOUNTING TECHNICIAN 3 | 2024-01-01 → present | |
| Financial Ops Generalist 3 | APPLING INTEGRATED TREATMENT FACILITY | 2023-11-22 → 2023-11-22 |
| FINANCIAL OPS GENERALIST 3 | APPLING INTEGRATED TREATMENT FACILITY | 2023-01-01 → 2023-12-31 |
| Financial Operations Generalist I | BACON TRANSITIONAL CENTER | 2021-01-01 → 2021-12-31 |
| Administrative Support III | 2020-01-01 → 2020-12-31 | |
| Administrative Support II | GEORGIA STATE PRISON | 2018-01-01 → 2018-12-31 |
| Administrative Support I | 2017-01-01 → 2017-12-31 | |
| Correctional Officer II | APPLING INTEGRATED TREATMENT FACILITY | 2013-01-01 → 2013-12-31 |
Deaths attributed during tenure
10 people died at facilities under Johnson, Aiyesha's leadership.
| Date | Decedent | Age | Facility | Role at time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-15 | DAVID MILLER NEWMAN | 60 | WARE STATE PRISON | Deputy Warden of Administration |
| 2026-07-09 | REBERTO BAEZ | 69 | WARE STATE PRISON | Deputy Warden of Administration |
| 2026-06-30 | DAVID RANDOLPH NEWCOMER | 85 | WARE STATE PRISON | Deputy Warden of Administration |
| 2026-05-31 | KOJACK JUNIOR THOMAS | 27 | WARE STATE PRISON | Deputy Warden of Administration |
| 2026-05-20 | JOHNATHAN CLEO HARDMAN-SIMMONS | 36 | WARE STATE PRISON | Deputy Warden of Administration |
| 2026-05-20 | JUSTIN DEAN PULLEY | 48 | WARE STATE PRISON | Deputy Warden of Administration |
| 2026-05-11 | ANTHONY TERRELL GROVER | 25 | WARE STATE PRISON | Deputy Warden of Administration |
| 2026-02-21 | CODY HUMPHREY | 72 | WARE STATE PRISON | Deputy Warden of Administration |
| 2026-02-12 | CHRISTOPHER HENRY | 48 | WARE STATE PRISON | Deputy Warden of Administration |
| 2026-01-24 | CARLTON ATKINS JONES | 55 | WARE STATE PRISON | Deputy Warden of Administration |
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