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Kaigler, Briana
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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
Briana Kaigler began her career with the Georgia Department of Corrections as a Behavioral Health Counselor 2 in 2017, progressing to a Behavioral Health Counselor Supervisor role by 2021, per GPS records. In 2022, she transitioned into a facility leadership role, assuming the post of Deputy Warden at Coastal State Prison, a position she has held continuously through the most recent available record in 2025. GPS records show a total of 93 deaths were attributed to Kaigler's leadership tenure, all of which occurred at Coastal State Prison. No lawsuits have been filed naming Kaigler as a defendant, though a series of allegations reported by news outlets and inmates describe a profound human rights crisis, infrastructure collapse, and unchecked violence at the facility during her time as Deputy Warden.What happened on their watch
Kaigler’s tenure as Deputy Warden at Coastal State Prison began on January 1, 2022. During her time in this role, 93 individuals died at the facility, per GPS records. The deaths span a wide range of ages, from 21-year-old Aiden Snapp to 91-year-old Cecil Sylvester Henderson. While the majority of death records list cause categories without specific detail, several deaths during her watch were documented as homicides. According to user reports from within the prison, Aiden Snapp died on February 26, 2026, after he "was brutally beaten and died of massive head injuries resulting in brain death and internal bleeding from a liver injury." On the same day, a user report states that Anteveis Brown, 49, was killed by a group in Dorm A2. GPS records also reference an Atlanta Journal-Constitution investigation confirming that Salomon Andres Ramirez, 43, died in an "apparent homicide" at the facility on October 20, 2023.News reports and inmate allegations paint a broader picture of systemic dysfunction on Kaigler’s watch. A WTOC investigation published in early 2026, citing workers and inmates, reported that some correctional officers "are alleged to brutally beat inmates regularly" and that staff "withhold food from inmates as punishment." The report detailed crumbling infrastructure and unsanitary conditions, including "black mold throughout housing units, rat and mice infestations, and frequent air conditioning and heating failures." Inspectors from the Georgia Department of Public Health visited the prison in April 2026 and issued a failing health score of 70, citing live roaches, a dead mouse in backed-up mop water, mold-like growth on ceiling tiles, and food stored at unsafe temperatures, per The Georgia Virtue. These conditions followed a year of documented decline; WTOC reported that maintenance records from May to November 2025 showed over $5,000 in pest control spending, while the GDC stated it had no records related to mold remediation. The facility’s broader context included a 2024 U.S. Department of Justice investigation, cited in an intel report, which found that Georgia prisons, including Coastal State, were violating the Eighth Amendment by failing to protect incarcerated people from violence.
Sources
- GPS records — personnel and death-attribution data
- WTOC — "Workers, inmates report human rights crisis at Coastal State Prison" (Feb. 12, 2026)
- The Georgia Virtue — health inspection report on Coastal State Prison (April 2026)
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution — Georgia Prison Homicides Investigation (referenced in GPS records)
- 2024 U.S. Department of Justice Investigation into Georgia Prison Conditions (referenced in GPS records)
- GA DOAS Risk Management settlement ledger — settlements at Coastal State Prison (Open Records)
Positions Held
| Title | Facility | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| DEPUTY WARDEN | COASTAL STATE PRISON | 2022-01-01 → present |
| 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
93 people died at facilities under Kaigler, Briana's leadership.
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