Johnson, Jacinta Booker

Tenure Summary

Jacinta Booker Johnson entered the Georgia Department of Corrections as a corrections officer in 2015, per GDC personnel records, and rose through the uniformed ranks: correctional sergeant from 2016 through 2018, then correctional lieutenant at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification State Prison (GDCP) in 2019–2020, correctional captain there in 2021–2023, and correctional unit manager in 2024–2025. In April 2026 she moved into the facility's command staff as Deputy Warden of Security at GDCP, the post she held throughout the period covered by the deaths below.

Nine deaths are attributed to her leadership tenure, all of them at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification State Prison, according to GPS's death registry. Eight of the nine are recorded with cause pending or unknown; one, Mark Rutledge, is recorded as a homicide. No lawsuit naming her as a defendant appears in the records reviewed for this profile.

What happened on their watch

Georgia Diagnostic and Classification State Prison — Deputy Warden of Security, from April 2026

Nine deaths in GPS's death registry fall inside Johnson's tenure as Deputy Warden of Security, all at GDCP. In registry order:

• Phillip Dwayne Rogers died June 14, 2026, at Georgia Diagnostic And Classification State Prison; GPS's registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, age 66.
• Mark Rutledge died June 26, 2026, at Georgia Diagnostic And Classification State Prison; GPS's registry lists the cause as Homicide, age 72.
• Leonel Cedillo died June 27, 2026, at Georgia Diagnostic And Classification State Prison; GPS's registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, age 42.
• James Nelson Hall died July 2, 2026, at Georgia Diagnostic And Classification State Prison; GPS's registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, age 67.
• Shaun Corey Farrell died July 13, 2026, at Georgia Diagnostic And Classification State Prison; GPS's registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, age 48.
• Walter Brown died August 3, 2026, at Georgia Diagnostic And Classification State Prison; GPS's registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, age 66.
• Tommy L Tucker died August 6, 2026, at Georgia Diagnostic And Classification State Prison; GPS's registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, age 77.
• Michael Wayne Forker died August 8, 2026, at Georgia Diagnostic And Classification State Prison; GPS's registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, age 74.
• Thomas Harold Broach died August 22, 2026, at Georgia Diagnostic And Classification State Prison; GPS's registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, age 81.

The Rutledge death drew a public investigation: news reports dated June 29, 2026, state that Rutledge was pronounced dead at the prison, that the official cause was then unknown, and that the GDC's Office of Professional Standards was leading the investigation, with the body sent to a GBI crime lab to determine cause of death.

Other matters recorded at the facility during the same posting include the scheduled execution of Stacey Ian Humphreys, set for 7 p.m. on September 16, 2026, at GDCP; the Board of Pardons and Paroles denied clemency on September 15, 2026, one day before the scheduled execution, and Humphreys' attorneys filed a notice of appeal to the Georgia Supreme Court on September 15, 2026, seeking review of a September 10 Cobb County Superior Court decision denying a new trial. Earlier litigation over Board member participation — including a ruling that Board member Kimberly McCoy had a conflict of interest — had postponed a December 2025 clemency meeting, per The Georgia Virtue and WRDW. On September 11, 2026, three men were sentenced in connection with drone-dropped contraband at state prisons: Deivon Waller received 240 months plus a $2,000 fine and three years of supervised release (WGXA); Asa James Ward received 56 months and a $1,500 fine; and Tristahn Ash received 92 months and a $1,500 fine. A witness claim published September 17, 2026 — a video by former officer Kerri-Ann Crumbley, shared by the Human and Civil Rights Coalition of Georgia — alleged hiring and retention problems at GDC and described being refused, at a hospital post, things she could have done for an incarcerated patient on policy grounds; the account is her allegation, and the available public copy is a 3m25s excerpt.

Sources

• GPS death registry — nine deaths at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification State Prison during Johnson's Deputy Warden of Security tenure, with dates, ages and cause listings
• GDC personnel records — positions and salary years, 2015–2026
• WGXA — drone contraband conspiracy and sentencing of Deivon Waller and co-defendants
• WRDW — Humphreys clemency coverage and Board conflict-of-interest arguments
• The Georgia Virtue — ruling on Board member Kimberly McCoy's conflict of interest
• Facebook — Human and Civil Rights Coalition of Georgia (share of Kerri-Ann Crumbley's recorded statement)
• News reports of June 29, 2026 — Rutledge death and GDC Office of Professional Standards/GBI investigation
• Cobb County Superior Court and Georgia Supreme Court filings, as reported — Humphreys new-trial denial and notice of appeal

Synthesized by GPS Intelligence System on Oct 18, 2026 from positions, attributed deaths, lawsuits, intel reports, and news mentions in the public corpus. The supporting data tables follow below.