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Jones, Martin A
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Profile written August 30, 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
Jones, Martin A began in the Georgia Department of Corrections as a corrections officer in 2015, then held the posts of correctional lieutenant in 2016–2017, correctional captain in 2018, and correctional unit manager from 2019 through 2022, according to GPS salary and position records. In 2023, he became deputy warden at Lee State Prison, a facility-deputy accountability tier, and GPS records list him in that role through 2025, with additional single-day deputy warden entries for Nov. 22, 2023 and Aug. 27, 2026. The authoritative GPS total attributes four deaths to Jones’s facility-leadership tenure, all at Lee State Prison. The structured extraction contains no lawsuits naming Jones as a defendant and no news mentions.What happened on their watch
Jones’s only facility-leadership posting in the structured record is Deputy Warden at Lee State Prison. GPS records attribute four deaths at Lee State Prison to that tenure, all listed with the role “DEPUTY WARDEN” and classified under cause category 6:- Christopher Aaron Godfrey, 40, incident date Jan. 16, 2024
- Daniel Emmett Ivey, 26, incident date Feb. 15, 2024
- Quinton Pearson, 45, incident date Sept. 8, 2025
- Yancey Sullivan, 56, incident date July 10, 2026
The decedents’ ages range from 26 to 56. GPS records carry no notes with these entries and do not specify a narrative cause of death beyond the numeric category.
The structured record also contains a duplicate GPS incident entry associated with Lee State Prison, dated March 8, 2026. Its title states: “Nine hospitalized after gang fight at Wilcox State Prison; women arrested for inciting riot at Lee Arrendale.” The title names Wilcox State Prison and Lee Arrendale; GPS associates the record with Lee State Prison. The record does not name Jones.
Sources
- GPS personnel and incident records — profile for Jones, Martin A (https://gps.press/intelligence/personnel/jones-martin-a/) — position history, deaths-by-facility totals, cap-sampled death records, and incident-event entries.
- No external press, court, or DOJ records were supplied in the structured extract.
Positions Held
| Title | Facility | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| Deputy Warden | LEE STATE PRISON | 2026-08-27 → present |
| DEPUTY WARDEN | LEE STATE PRISON | 2023-01-01 → present |
| Deputy Warden | LEE STATE PRISON | 2023-11-22 → 2023-11-22 |
| CORRECTIONAL UNIT MANAGER | 2019-01-01 → 2022-12-31 | |
| CORRECTIONAL CAPTAIN | 2018-01-01 → 2018-12-31 | |
| CORRECTIONAL LIEUTENANT | 2016-01-01 → 2017-12-31 | |
| CORRECTIONS OFFICER (SP) | 2015-01-01 → 2015-12-31 |
Lawsuits as defendant
| Case # | Court | Filed | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4:23-cv-00249 | GASD | 2023-09-07 | terminated |
Deaths attributed during tenure
4 people died at facilities under Jones, Martin A's leadership.
| Date | Decedent | Age | Facility | Role at time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-10 | YANCEY SULLIVAN | 56 | LEE STATE PRISON | DEPUTY WARDEN |
| 2025-09-08 | QUINTON PEARSON | 45 | LEE STATE PRISON | DEPUTY WARDEN |
| 2024-02-15 | DANIEL EMMETT IVEY | 26 | LEE STATE PRISON | DEPUTY WARDEN |
| 2024-01-16 | CHRISTOPHER AARON GODFREY | 40 | LEE STATE PRISON | DEPUTY WARDEN |
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