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Jones, Deserre'
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Profile written August 2, 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
Deserre' Jones began their career with the Georgia Department of Corrections in financial and business‑support analyst roles before being appointed Deputy Warden at Macon State Prison in 2018. They held that leadership position continually through at least 2025. GPS records attribute 89 deaths to the facility during Jones’s tenure. No lawsuits name Jones as a defendant, but Macon State Prison attracted intense state and federal scrutiny for violence, severe understaffing, and a damning U.S. Department of Justice report — all overlapping with Jones’s time as deputy warden.What happened on their watch
Macon State Prison — Deputy Warden (2018‑2025)
GPS records document 89 deaths at the prison between 2020 and early 2026. The sample provided to GPS reveals a lethal mix of homicides, suicides, and deaths of undetermined cause. Homicides documented by the Atlanta Journal‑Constitution investigation include Bobby Edward Lee (strangled by a convicted‑murderer cellmate in July 2020, per the AJC), Carrington Frye (stabbed to death in March 2020; his mother alleged he bled for half an hour before help arrived), and Jonathan Mitchell (beaten to death by a fellow prisoner in January 2025, with the assailant reportedly using his “foot, knee and fist”). GPS records also list Sanchez Jackson (June 2025, reported gang attack), Devontae Young (May 2024, sharp‑force chest trauma), and Reginald Ginn (March 2024, blunt‑force head trauma with a fan motor tied to a belt). Suicides include Calvin Earl Noble (hanging, August 2025) and Cassiem Johnson (August 2025). Among the undetermined deaths is that of Eric Roberts (February 2026), whose body was sent to the GBI crime lab, and David Gill (January 2025), initially listed by GDC as “suicide due to a drug overdose” but later reclassified by the medical examiner as natural sudden cardiac death.Systemic failures documented during Jones’s tenure set the stage for the violence. The DOJ report released in October 2024 described assaults, stabbings, and rapes as routine in gravely understaffed Georgia prisons. The AJC reported that about two‑thirds of correctional‑officer jobs at Macon State Prison were unfilled as of October 2024; the local coroner noted that only five to eight officers were staffing the entire facility during death responses. A federal lawsuit alleged officials placed Bobby Edward Lee in a cell with a previously convicted killer despite his pleas for protection, and no staff responded until after he was dead. The Southern Center for Human Rights filed suit in January 2025 over severe sanitation deprivation — 96 inmates sharing a single toilet.
Contraband and staff misconduct also surfaced. Inmate Devito Duran Young coordinated a fentanyl‑trafficking ring from inside Macon SP using a contraband cellphone; he pleaded guilty in April 2026 and was sentenced to 327 months. Four correctional officers were arrested in September 2024 on charges of violating their oath and providing false statements, according to reports. These events all unfolded while Jones served as the facility’s deputy warden.
Sources
- GPS records (deaths attributed, intel reports)
- Atlanta Journal‑Constitution — “Ga. prison homicides: a list of those killed in Georgia’s prison system” (2024‑2025 homicide causes and family allegations)
- Atlanta Journal‑Constitution — “Prison homicides soar as Georgia legislators focus on fixes” (staffing data, DOJ report findings)
- U.S. Department of Justice — October 2024 report on Georgia prison conditions
- 13WMAZ — reporting on drug‑trafficking guilty pleas and staff arrests
- GDC official mortality reports (January 2025 causes of death)
- GBI Medical Examiner report for David Gill (reclassification)
Positions Held
| Title | Facility | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| DEPUTY WARDEN | MACON STATE PRISON | 2018-01-01 → present |
| BUSI SUPPORT ANALYST 1 | 2016-01-01 → 2017-12-31 | |
| FINANCIAL OPS GEN (AL) | 2015-01-01 → 2015-12-31 |
Deaths attributed during tenure
89 people died at facilities under Jones, Deserre''s leadership.
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