Jones, Martin A

Tenure Summary

Martin A. Jones's documented GDC career began at the line-staff level: correctional officer (SP) in 2015, correctional lieutenant in 2016 and 2017, correctional captain in 2018, and correctional unit manager from 2019 through 2022. None of those positions, per the state salary and position records, is tied to a named facility in the data, and none carries facility-leadership accountability.

In 2023 Jones moved into facility leadership as Deputy Warden at Lee State Prison (facility ID 16), a role the records show him holding in calendar years 2023, 2024 and 2025, with additional position entries dated Nov. 22, 2023 and Aug. 27, 2026. Four deaths are attributed to his leadership tenure, all of them at Lee State Prison. No lawsuit naming Jones as a defendant appears in the records, no intel reports or intel events are recorded at his facility during his tenure, and no news report cited in the data names him.

What happened on their watch

Lee State Prison — Deputy Warden (2023–2025, entries extending to 2026). Four deaths are attributed to Jones's tenure at this facility, per GPS's death tracking:

• Christopher Aaron Godfrey, 40 — Jan. 16, 2024
• Daniel Emmett Ivey, 26 — Feb. 15, 2024
• Quinton Pearson, 45 — Sept. 8, 2025
• Yancey Sullivan, 56 — July 10, 2026

Two of the four — Godfrey and Ivey — died roughly thirty days apart in early 2024, the first full calendar year Jones is recorded as Deputy Warden there. The decedents ranged in age from 26 to 56. All four deaths are recorded under the same cause classification, and the records attach no public narrative to any of them; the state data does not state a manner of death for any of the four, and no cause is asserted here.

The records contain no intel report or intel event dated inside Jones's leadership tenure at Lee State Prison, and no news mention names him. Nothing in the provided data alleges misconduct, negligence, or policy failure by Jones while he held the Deputy Warden post, and no such finding is made here.

For the period 2015 through 2022, the records establish only his titles, dates and salaries in non-leadership roles; those years are not covered by the facility death or intel lists.

Sources

• Georgia Department of Corrections position and salary records for Martin A. Jones, 2015–2026 (titles, dates, salary amounts, facility assignment as Deputy Warden, Lee State Prison)
• GPS death-tracking records for Lee State Prison — four deaths attributed to Jones's Deputy Warden tenure (Godfrey, Ivey, Pearson, Sullivan)
• No court filings, DOJ documents, or news publications in the provided records name or reference Martin A. Jones.

Synthesized by GPS Intelligence System on Sep 23, 2026 from positions, attributed deaths, lawsuits, intel reports, and news mentions in the public corpus. The supporting data tables follow below.