Johnson, Aiyesha

Tenure Summary

Johnson, Aiyesha is listed in GPS records as active, with a career that began as a Correctional Officer II at Appling Integrated Treatment Facility in 2013. Johnson then moved through administrative and financial roles: Administrative Support I in 2017, Administrative Support II at Georgia State Prison in 2018, Administrative Support III in 2020, Financial Operations Generalist I at Bacon Transitional Center in 2021, and Financial Ops Generalist 3 at Appling Integrated Treatment Facility in 2023. Johnson later held Accounting Technician 3 posts before becoming Deputy Warden of Administration at Ware State Prison on Jan. 16, 2026.

GPS records attribute eight deaths to Johnson’s leadership tenure, all at Ware State Prison. No lawsuits naming Johnson as a defendant appear in the GPS records.

What happened on their watch

Ware State Prison — Deputy Warden of Administration (Jan. 16, 2026–present)

Johnson held the Deputy Warden of Administration role at Ware State Prison when eight deaths were recorded there, according to GPS records. The decedents ranged in age from 25 to 85. In chronological order: Carlton Atkins Jones, 55, died Jan. 24, 2026; Ware County Coroner records list the manner as natural, citing hypoxic respiratory failure due to pulmonary edema and volume overload from congestive heart failure. Christopher Henry, 48, died Feb. 12, 2026; the coroner recorded a homicide from blunt force injuries including strangulation. Cody Humphrey, 72, died Feb. 21, 2026; the Ware County Coroner listed an acute myocardial infarction as natural, but the GBI Division of Forensic Sciences later declined examination, and the declination document states no cause and no manner, according to GPS records. Anthony Terrell Grover, 25, died May 11, 2026; the coroner recorded homicide by multiple sharp-force injuries. Johnathan Cleo Hardman-Simmons, 36, died May 20, 2026; the coroner draft recorded an apparent ligature hanging, classified as suicide, with the GBI autopsy pending. GPS records also note Hardman-Simmons was the named perpetrator in the Feb. 12 homicide of Christopher Henry. Justin Dean Pulley, 48, died May 20, 2026, though a coroner document lists May 21; the coroner recorded homicide from blunt force injuries and ligature strangulation. Kojack Junior Thomas, 27, died May 31, 2026; the Ware County Coroner recorded homicide by blunt head trauma and ligature asphyxia, and GPS records show the GDC Office of Professional Standards is investigating the death, with the body sent to the GBI crime lab. David Randolph Newcomer, 85, died June 30, 2026; the extracted record does not list a coroner cause.

Across the eight deaths, coroner records characterize four as homicides, one as suicide, two as natural, and one without a listed cause in the extracted fields. GPS intelligence records also contain unverified allegations of stabbings and gang-related violence at Ware State Prison logged in April 2026; those entries are described as AI-detected via Telegram relay, with unclear underlying dates and no named publication.

Sources

• GPS personnel and death-attribution records — positions and the eight deaths attributed to the Ware State Prison deputy warden tenure.
• Ware County Coroner / GBI DOFS records, as compiled in GPS death entries.
• Georgia Bureau of Investigation Division of Forensic Sciences declination for Cody Humphrey, per GPS records.
• GDC Office of Professional Standards investigation log dated June 2, 2026, per GPS intelligence events.
• GPS intelligence reports — unverified Telegram-derived allegations at Ware State Prison, April 2026.

Synthesized by GPS Intelligence System on Aug 23, 2026 from positions, attributed deaths, lawsuits, intel reports, and news mentions in the public corpus. The supporting data tables follow below.