Jones, Martin A

Tenure Summary

Martin A. Jones began his career with the Georgia Department of Corrections in 2015 as a correctional officer and rose through supervisory ranks — serving as lieutenant, captain, and unit manager — before being appointed Deputy Warden at Lee State Prison in 2023, a post he held through at least 2025. GPS records attribute three deaths to his leadership tenure, all at Lee State Prison during his time as deputy warden. While Jones was named as a defendant in two federal lawsuits filed in the Southern District of Georgia, both were terminated without any recorded settlement or payment. No intelligence reports or news articles directly link him to specific allegations of misconduct.

What happened on their watch

Lee State Prison — Deputy Warden (2023–2025)
During Jones’s tenure as deputy warden, three deaths occurred at Lee State Prison, each recorded under cause category 6. On January 16, 2024, Christopher Aaron Godfrey, 40, died. Daniel Emmett Ivey, 26, died on February 15, 2024. Quinton Pearson, 45, died on September 8, 2025. GPS records provide no additional notes on the circumstances, and no intel reports or news articles detail the incidents. Separately, two lawsuits naming Jones were litigated while he held this posting. Brownlee v. Jones was filed in the Southern District of Georgia on September 7, 2023, and terminated on November 20, 2023. No monetary outcome is listed. Musson v. Jones, filed on May 11, 2022 — before Jones became deputy warden but while he was a GDC unit manager — remained open until April 3, 2025, and also ended with no recorded settlement. A mass gang fight at Lee State Prison on March 8, 2026, which sent nine inmates to the hospital, occurred after Jones’s recorded tenure ended.

Litigation

• Brownlee v. Jones (GASD, 4:23-cv-00249) — filed September 7, 2023; terminated November 20, 2023. No settlement amount.
• Musson v. Jones (GASD, 4:22-cv-00124) — filed May 11, 2022; terminated April 3, 2025. No settlement amount.
• Sitton v. Jones Martin Parris Tessener Law Offices Pllc (GAND, 1:10-cv-02297) — filed July 22, 2010; terminated December 30, 2010. This case predates Jones’s documented GDC employment and may not involve the same individual.

Sources

• GPS records — personnel positions, death counts, and death records for Lee State Prison (Godfrey, Ivey, Pearson)
• CourtListener — docket entries for Brownlee v. Jones, Musson v. Jones, and Sitton v. Jones Martin Parris Tessener Law Offices Pllc

Synthesized by GPS Intelligence System on May 31, 2026 from positions, attributed deaths, lawsuits, intel reports, and news mentions in the public corpus. The supporting data tables follow below.