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Jones, Lutria Jamil
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Profile written September 6, 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
Lutria Jamil Jones worked in Georgia Department of Corrections behavioral health roles before moving into facility leadership, according to GDC position and salary records: behavioral health counselor 2 in 2017, behavioral health counselor 3 in 2018–2019, and behavioral health counselor supervisor in 2020–2021. Beginning Jan. 1, 2022, GDC records place Jones as deputy warden at Ware State Prison; a further record dated Aug. 27, 2026, lists the same title. GPS records attribute 68 deaths at Ware State Prison to Jones’s deputy-warden tenure — the only facility posting at that accountability tier in the dataset.
Ware State Prison has drawn public scrutiny. An Atlanta Journal-Constitution investigation reported that ten inmates were killed at Ware State Prison between July 2020 and August 2024, and another AJC report stated that GDC publicly described the Aug. 1, 2020, Ware incident as a “disturbance,” while internal records described hostage-taking, escape attempts, assaults, and use of force. The 2020 disturbance predates Jones’s Ware posting; the later part of the homicide window overlaps it.
What happened on their watch
Ware State Prison — deputy warden, Jan. 1, 2022 through at least Aug. 27, 2026. GPS records list 68 deaths attributed to this tenure at Ware State Prison. The decedent sample contains a mix of certified natural deaths, suicides by hanging, accidental drug deaths, and homicides. Homicides in the sample include Va’Darian LaVianta Carr (Sept. 18, 2022), Kyle Anthony Strother (June 5, 2022), Thomas Jerome McCoy (Oct. 7, 2023), Alfonso Marquez Moore (June 19, 2023), Leonardo Lamonte Anderson (Apr. 20, 2024), Christopher Michael Drake Taylor (May 28, 2024), Samuel Keith Ellis (Aug. 1, 2024), and Christopher Allen Barrett (Dec. 1, 2025). The sample also includes multiple suicides by hanging, several methamphetamine-related accidental deaths, and deaths from cancer, heart failure, and other chronic disease.
Two deaths were not certified as homicides by GBI. Ted Daniel Karras (Dec. 20, 2024) and Charles Johnny Rice (Apr. 27, 2025) were certified by GBI as undetermined manner — Karras from neck compression of uncertain cause, Rice from asphyxia. GBI could not rule out homicide; GPS’s own records classify both as homicides, and in Rice’s case the GBI report noted postmortem positioning of the body. Ware County Coroner / GBI DOFS records list Kojack Thomas Jr. (May 31, 2026) as a homicide by blunt head trauma and ligature asphyxia; GPS records indicate the GDC Office of Professional Standards led the investigation into Thomas’s death as a potential homicide.
A Georgia Public Broadcasting report carried Narissa Wright’s allegation that no counts or welfare checks were conducted at Ware State Prison, allowing her son DonTavis Mintz’s body to go undiscovered for days after his 2024 death. During Jones’s tenure, state records show a $20,000 liability payout tied to a 2023 Ware State Prison incident for Jimmy Mack Rice, recorded Oct. 12, 2023, per the Georgia DOAS Risk Management settlement ledger.
Litigation
- Brown v. Odum, No. 5:25-cv-00062, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia, filed June 30, 2025; pending. The caption names Odum, not Jones.
- Jackson v. Odum, No. 5:25-cv-00051, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia, filed June 9, 2025; pending. The caption names Odum, not Jones.
Sources
- GPS records — GDC position and salary records; Ware State Prison mortality records; internal classification and administrative review records.
- Ware County Coroner / GBI DOFS records obtained via open records.
- GBI Division of Forensic Sciences autopsy and death investigation records.
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution — “Ga prison homicides” list and prisons transparency investigation.
- Georgia Public Broadcasting — Oct. 1, 2024, report on federal DOJ inquiry and Narissa Wright allegation.
- CourtListener dockets for Brown v. Odum and Jackson v. Odum.
- Georgia DOAS Risk Management settlement ledger (Open Records).
Positions Held
| Title | Facility | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| Deputy Warden | WARE STATE PRISON | 2026-08-27 → present |
| DEPUTY WARDEN | WARE STATE PRISON | 2022-01-01 → present |
| BEHAVIORAL HLTH COUNSELOR SPV | 2020-01-01 → 2021-12-31 | |
| BEHAVIORAL HLTH COUNSELOR 3 | 2018-01-01 → 2019-12-31 | |
| BEHAVIORAL HLTH COUNSELOR 2 | 2017-01-01 → 2017-12-31 |
Lawsuits as defendant
| Case # | Court | Filed | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5:25-cv-00062 | GASD | 2025-06-30 | pending |
| 5:25-cv-00051 | GASD | 2025-06-09 | pending |
Deaths attributed during tenure
68 people died at facilities under Jones, Lutria Jamil's leadership.
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