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Kelley, Tina
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Profile written August 23, 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
Tina Kelley’s GDC record begins with correctional officer postings at Smith State Prison in 2003 and 2015, followed by behavioral health counselor roles across several facilities, including Georgia State Prison and Montgomery State Prison. Her facility-leadership tenure began September 16, 2024, when she became Deputy Warden of Care and Treatment at Rogers State Prison; she is listed as Deputy Warden there in 2025. GPS attributes five deaths to her Rogers State Prison leadership tenure. The only lawsuit in the supplied records naming Kelley as a defendant is Daker v. Bryson, filed in 2016 and terminated in 2017.What happened on their watch
Rogers State Prison — Deputy Warden of Care and Treatment / Deputy Warden (September 16, 2024 – present)
GPS attributes five deaths at Rogers State Prison during Kelley’s tenure there.The first recorded death is Taylor Anthony Hunt, 29, with an incident date of September 28, 2024, when Kelley held the Deputy Warden of Care and Treatment role. According to a GBI Medical Examiner report in the record, the cause was hanging and the manner was suicide; the report describes a complete autopsy and lists the date of death as September 28, 2024. GPS intel logs also contain multiple unsourced entries alleging Hunt’s death was suspicious and that physical evidence contradicted the official suicide classification; those remain allegations, distinct from the GBI report.
David Edward Wood died February 4, 2025. Per the Tattnall County coroner record, the cause was coronary atherosclerotic and hypertensive heart disease, complicated by Influenza A and Parainfluenza Virus 1; the manner was natural. The GPS record flags a surname discrepancy — the death certificate spells “Wood,” while the GPS database records “Woods.”
Justin Waymon Hollingsworth, 43, died June 26, 2025. The coroner/GBI record lists hanging as the cause and suicide as the manner. According to the coroner narrative, he was found hanging from a vent with a belt around his neck in a one-man cell; a GBI medical examiner performed a limited autopsy, with toxicology pending in the record.
Randy Eugene Stewart, 60, died July 17, 2025. Per the coroner record, the cause was E. coli peritonitis from a perforated duodenum, with diabetes, hypertension, cirrhosis of the liver, and chronic hepatitis-C infection listed as contributing conditions; the manner was natural. He died at Memorial University Medical Center in Savannah.
John Meeks, 49, has a recorded death date of February 19, 2026, at Rogers State Prison. The extracted GPS record does not include cause or manner details.
Separately, a GPS intel log created June 2, 2026, records an unsourced allegation described as “Guard Stabbing Incident” at Rogers State Prison; no date or named source is supplied in the extract.
Litigation
- Daker v. Bryson, No. 5:16-cv-00538 (U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia), filed December 7, 2016, terminated June 9, 2017. No outcome amount is recorded in GPS. The case predates Kelley’s Rogers State Prison deputy warden tenure.
Sources
- GPS personnel, death-attribution, and intel-log records.
- Tattnall County Coroner records: Cases 2025-010 (Wood), 2025-043 (Hollingsworth), and 2025-054 (Stewart), loaded 2026-05-17.
- GBI Medical Examiner reports: DOFS Case 2024-6006054 / MDI Log ME-24-60559 (Hunt); ME-25-60490 / DOFS Case 2025-6007358 (Hollingsworth).
- CourtListener docket: Daker v. Bryson, No. 5:16-cv-00538.
Positions Held
| Title | Facility | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| DEPUTY WARDEN | ROGERS STATE PRISON | 2025-01-01 → present |
| Deputy Warden of Care and Treatment | ROGERS STATE PRISON | 2024-09-16 → present |
| BEHAVIORAL HLTH COUNSELOR SPV | 2024-01-01 → 2024-09-15 | |
| Behavioral Hlth Counselor Spv | EMANUEL WOMEN’S FACILITY | 2023-11-22 → 2023-11-22 |
| BEHAVIORAL HLTH COUNSELOR 3 | EMANUEL WOMEN’S FACILITY | 2023-01-01 → 2023-12-31 |
| BEHAVIORAL HLTH COUNSELOR 3 | MONTGOMERY STATE PRISON | 2022-01-01 → 2022-12-31 |
| BEHAVIORAL HLTH COUNSELOR 2 | GEORGIA STATE PRISON | 2021-01-01 → 2021-12-31 |
| BEHAVIORAL HLTH COUNSELOR 2 | 2019-01-01 → 2020-12-31 | |
| BEHAVIORAL HLTH COUNSELOR 2 | GEORGIA STATE PRISON | 2018-01-01 → 2018-12-31 |
| BEHAVIORAL HLTH COUNSELOR 2 | 2016-01-01 → 2017-12-31 | |
| CORRECTIONS OFFICER( AL) | SMITH STATE PRISON | 2015-01-01 → 2015-12-31 |
| Correctional Officer | SMITH STATE PRISON | 2003-01-01 → 2003-12-31 |
Lawsuits as defendant
| Case # | Court | Filed | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3:22-cv-00030 | GASD | 2022-04-04 | terminated |
| 5:16-cv-00538 | GAMD | 2016-12-07 | terminated |
Deaths attributed during tenure
5 people died at facilities under Kelley, Tina's leadership.
| Date | Decedent | Age | Facility | Role at time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-19 | JOHN MEEKS | 49 | ROGERS STATE PRISON | DEPUTY WARDEN |
| 2025-07-17 | RANDY EUGENE STEWART | 60 | ROGERS STATE PRISON | DEPUTY WARDEN |
| 2025-06-26 | JUSTIN WAYMON HOLLINGSWORTH | 43 | ROGERS STATE PRISON | DEPUTY WARDEN |
| 2025-02-04 | David Edward Wood | — | ROGERS STATE PRISON | DEPUTY WARDEN |
| 2024-09-28 | TAYLOR ANTHONY HUNT | 29 | ROGERS STATE PRISON | Deputy Warden of Care and Treatment |
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