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Kaigler, Briana
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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
Briana Kaigler served as a behavioral health counselor in the Georgia Department of Corrections from at least 2017 through 2021, according to GPS compensation records. GPS records then place her as Deputy Warden at Coastal State Prison beginning with the 2022 compensation year and continuing through at least the 2025 compensation year, with additional roster entries placing her in the deputy warden role on Nov. 22, 2023 and Aug. 27, 2026.GPS attributes 98 deaths to Coastal State Prison during Kaigler’s tenure as deputy warden. No lawsuit in the provided records names Kaigler as a defendant. Broader reporting during the same period documented systemic violence, unsanitary conditions, and lockdowns at Coastal, and a 2024 U.S. Department of Justice investigation concluded Georgia prisons, including Coastal State Prison, were failing to protect prisoners from violence and unconstitutional conditions.
What happened on their watch
Coastal State Prison — Deputy Warden, 2022 onward
The provided death rows include records from Travis Akeem Coleman, 31, on Jan. 31, 2022, through Sheldon Leroy Burns on or about Aug. 30, 2026. Most of the rows carry no published cause of death. Several deaths, however, are documented as homicides or alleged homicides in the records. Ryan Chase Archer, 25, died Dec. 13, 2023, from a stab wound to the chest after a fight with other prisoners, according to GPS records. Salomon Andres Ramirez, 43, died Oct. 20, 2023, in what the Atlanta Journal-Constitution described as an apparent homicide. Raymond Littles, 49, died April 16, 2024, in an incident classified as a homicide, with another prisoner disciplined, per GPS records. In 2026, the records include Aiden Snapp, 21, who died Feb. 26 of massive head injuries, and Anteveis Brown, 49, who died the same date; a prisoner report carried in GPS records alleges a dorm stabbing. A Facebook post tied to the death of Sheldon Leroy Burns alleges medical staff ignored his health complaints and an officer left her post.The tenure also overlaps with documented facility-wide events. A 2024 DOJ investigation found Georgia prisons, including Coastal, violated the Eighth Amendment by failing to protect prisoners from violence and neglect. A Feb. 12, 2026 WTOC report carried worker and prisoner allegations of a human rights crisis at Coastal: beatings by officers, food withheld as punishment, mold, rat and mice infestations, and lockdowns lasting seven to ten days without shower access. A Georgia Department of Public Health inspection on April 23, 2026, scored the prison 70, citing live roaches, a dead mouse in mop water, mold, and improper food temperatures. Other GPS records note a Jan. 23, 2026 arrest of a Coastal employee for trading with inmates without warden consent, and an Oct. 21, 2025 indictment of five prisoners for a violent assault.
Lawsuits were filed Jan. 21, 2025, over the 2021 deaths of Kion E. Parks and Rufus Ramon Lee at Coastal, per GPS intel records. Those filings concerned deaths that occurred before Kaigler’s deputy warden tenure and do not name her as a defendant in the records provided. A GA DOAS Risk Management settlement ledger records a $600,000 payout tied to the 2022 death of Dennis Carpenter at Coastal, and an $8,000 payout tied to a 2023 incident involving Ronald Ray Agan.
Sources
- GPS personnel, mortality, and intel records — Briana Kaigler positions, Coastal State Prison death rows, and facility events
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution — Georgia Prison Homicides Investigation, including Salomon Andres Ramirez and lawsuits over Kion E. Parks and Rufus Ramon Lee
- WTOC — “Workers, inmates report human rights crisis at Coastal State Prison” (Feb. 12, 2026)
- The Georgia Virtue — Georgia Department of Public Health inspection reporting (April 23, 2026)
- U.S. Department of Justice — 2024 investigation into Georgia prison conditions
- GA DOAS Risk Management settlement ledger — Dennis Carpenter (2022) and Ronald Ray Agan (2023) payouts
Positions Held
| Title | Facility | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| Deputy Warden | COASTAL STATE PRISON | 2026-08-27 → present |
| DEPUTY WARDEN | COASTAL STATE PRISON | 2022-01-01 → present |
| Deputy Warden | COASTAL STATE PRISON | 2023-11-22 → 2023-11-22 |
| BEHAVIORAL HLTH COUNSELOR SPV | 2021-01-01 → 2021-12-31 | |
| BEHAVIORAL HLTH COUNSELOR 3 | 2019-01-01 → 2020-12-31 | |
| BEHAVIORAL HLTH COUNSELOR 2 | 2017-01-01 → 2018-12-31 |
Deaths attributed during tenure
98 people died at facilities under Kaigler, Briana's leadership.
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