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Jones, Deserre'
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Profile written July 12, 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 entered the Georgia Department of Corrections in 2015, holding financial and business-analyst roles before rising to a facility-leadership position. In 2018, Jones became the Deputy Warden at Macon State Prison, a post maintained through at least 2025. GPS records attribute 88 deaths to Macon State Prison during Jones’ tenure as deputy warden. The facility became a focal point of violence, understaffing, and legal scrutiny, with a 2024 U.S. Department of Justice report citing routine assaults and a federal lawsuit over unconstitutional conditions. No lawsuits name Jones personally as a defendant.What happened on their watch
At Macon State Prison, where Jones served as deputy warden from 2018 onward, GPS records show 88 deaths across categories including homicide, suicide, and undetermined causes. The Atlanta Journal‑Constitution investigation identified multiple homicides: Keith Green was killed in an inmate‑to‑inmate assault in August 2024, Shannon Pickett bled to death from sharp‑force trauma in July 2024, and Mathis Ward was assaulted with a homemade sharp instrument in June 2024. In 2025, the pace accelerated; the AJC reported 13 homicide investigations statewide in just the first five weeks, and at Macon alone, Sanchez Jackson was stabbed to death in June, Marquis Young was killed in October, and Pierre Scott was killed by a cellmate in the segregation unit. Suicides also occurred—Calvin Noble hung himself in a one‑man cell in August 2025, and David Gill died of a drug overdose that same year.Systemic failures overlapped Jones’ tenure. A DOJ report in October 2024 described Georgia prisons, including Macon, as woefully understaffed, where stabbings and rapes had become routine. According to the Atlanta Journal‑Constitution, about two‑thirds of correctional officer jobs at Macon State Prison were unfilled by late 2024; the county coroner told the AJC that only five to eight officers were on duty when responding to deaths. In January 2025, the Southern Center for Human Rights filed a lawsuit alleging 96 men shared a single toilet and that bedding and hygiene were grossly inadequate. A separate DOJ finding, cited by the AJC, stated that four gang members ran past an officer into a kitchen area and fatally stabbed a prisoner—eleven were stabbed in that incident, which GPS records connect to the March 2023 homicide of Sabino Carlos Ramos. During Jones’ watch, the facility also saw the torture of Glen Christian Krauch, who in June 2024 was found under a bunk with brain bleeds, broken ribs, cigarette burns, and a necrotic wound. Meanwhile, at least four correctional officers were arrested in September 2024 for violating their oath and providing false statements, and inmates coordinated drug trafficking from inside the prison using contraband cellphones, according to 13WMAZ.
Sources
- Atlanta Journal‑Constitution — Georgia prison homicides investigation, understaffing reporting, and conditions coverage.
- GPS records — death totals and personnel timeline.
- U.S. Department of Justice — October 2024 report on Georgia prison conditions.
- 13WMAZ — drug trafficking guilty pleas out of Macon State Prison.
- Southern Center for Human Rights — January 2025 lawsuit over conditions at Macon State Prison.
- Solitary Watch — historical reporting on prisoner strike and living conditions at Macon.
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
88 people died at facilities under Jones, Deserre''s leadership.
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