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Jones, Martin A
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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
Martin A. Jones began his career with the Georgia Department of Corrections in 2015 as a correctional officer and rose through the ranks, holding supervisory roles as lieutenant, captain, and unit manager before becoming deputy warden at Lee State Prison in 2023. He served in that facility-leadership position through 2025. During his tenure as deputy warden, a total of three deaths were attributed to Lee State Prison, according to GPS records. No lawsuits naming Jones as a defendant or intel reports linked to his time at the facility appear in the available data.What happened on their watch
Jones’ only recorded facility-leadership posting was as deputy warden at Lee State Prison from January 2023 through December 2025. GPS records attribute three incarcerated-person deaths to the facility during that period, all occurring while Jones held the deputy warden role:- Christopher Aaron Godfrey, 40, died on January 16, 2024.
- Daniel Emmett Ivey, 26, died on February 15, 2024.
- Quinton Pearson, 45, died on September 8, 2025.
Each death is classified under cause category 6 in GPS data. No further details—such as manner of death, investigative findings, or contributing factors—are noted in the records. The deaths occurred within a span of approximately 20 months, with two in quick succession early in Jones’s 2024 posting and the third in late 2025. The dataset does not contain allegations, lawsuits, or incident reports directly tethered to these fatalities or to Jones’s supervision at Lee State Prison.
Litigation
No litigation records naming Jones as a defendant are present in the available data.Sources
- GPS records — position history, death attribution, and deaths-by-facility data for Martin A. Jones, including the three deaths at Lee State Prison during his deputy warden tenure.
Positions Held
| Title | Facility | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| DEPUTY WARDEN | LEE STATE PRISON | 2023-01-01 → present |
| 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
3 people died at facilities under Jones, Martin A's leadership.
| Date | Decedent | Age | Facility | Role at time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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