Kellom, Jimmy J

Tenure Summary

Jimmy J. Kellom's record with the Georgia Department of Corrections spans two decades, beginning as a correctional officer at Wilcox State Prison in 2005 and returning there in 2015 after a gap in the position records. He worked at Wilcox as a corrections officer and then sergeant through 2021, moved to Telfair State Prison as a CSM correctional lieutenant in 2022, and rose there to captain in 2023 and unit manager in 2024–2025. In May 2026 he returned to Wilcox as Deputy Warden of Security, the role he held when both deaths attributed to his leadership tenure occurred.

Georgia Prisoners' Speak attributes two deaths to Kellom's leadership tenure, both at Wilcox State Prison. No lawsuits naming him as a defendant appear in the records, and no news reports in the records name him directly.

What happened on their watch

Telfair State Prison — lieutenant (2022), captain (2023), unit manager (2024–2025). Kellom held unit-supervisor posts at Telfair across these years. The two deaths attributed to his leadership tenure are recorded at Wilcox, not at Telfair.

Wilcox State Prison — Deputy Warden of Security, from May 1, 2026. A separate position record also lists him as Deputy Warden at Wilcox on August 27, 2026. Both deaths attributed to his leadership tenure fall in this period, while he held the Deputy Warden of Security role.

The first was Gary Dwayne Felver, 65, who died June 15, 2026, at Wilcox State Prison; GPS's registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, meaning the cause is not yet known. The second was Maurice Antonio Brown, 36, who died September 3, 2026, at Wilcox State Prison; GPS's registry lists the cause as Homicide.

Reports dated during this tenure describe a violent period at the facility. A public Facebook post dated May 12, 2026, with apparent insider knowledge alleges that Wilcox had on multiple occasions in the past year reduced inmate movement to minimal staffing during on-clock senior staff gatherings, and that the facility's budgeted annual issuance of basic personal supplies had lapsed for roughly a year. A report dated May 18, 2026, states that a severe gang-related altercation at Wilcox left multiple incarcerated people slashed or stabbed and in need of medical treatment, prompting a facility lockdown.

Around Brown's death, the records show a Sept. 3, 2026 altercation involving multiple inmates that resulted in one death and several injuries; a separate incident record states that seven inmates were taken to hospitals, including two airlifted, while two others with minor injuries were treated on-site and no staff were injured. GDC reported the fight as gang-related, and Brown's body was sent to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation Crime Lab to determine the official cause of death. The death is under investigation by GDC's Office of Professional Standards, and GDC officials said the prison was placed on lockdown until further notice on Sept. 4, 2026.

Reports circulating at the time add contested detail: a Telegram-group report dated Sept. 3 states that shortly after a TAC squad shakedown of a dorm recovered weapons, an incarcerated person was attacked and stabbed to death by other incarcerated people; local news reported one death and several injuries, and initial reports that a guard had been stabbed were disputed. Secondhand Telegram reports on the same date described a large-scale incident in which roughly 30 people were reportedly stabbed or injured, with up to seven reportedly airlifted; no responsible party was identified. A report dated Sept. 18, 2026, states that Wilcox was no longer on lockdown, indicating a lockdown had lifted. A GPS incident record bearing that same date describes a gang-related fight at Wilcox that killed one inmate and injured nine others.

Sources

• Georgia Prisoners' Speak death registry — dates, facilities and causes for Maurice Antonio Brown and Gary Dwayne Felver
• Georgia Prisoners' Speak inmate reports, 2026 — Wilcox lockdown status, the TAC shakedown account, the disputed guard-stabbing report, and the secondhand account of mass casualties
• Public Facebook post, May 12, 2026 — allegations about reduced inmate movement and lapsed supply issuance at Wilcox
• GDC statements recorded in GPS incident records — gang-related characterization of the Sept. 3 fight, hospital transfers and lockdown
• GDC Office of Professional Standards and GBI Crime Lab — investigation references recorded for Brown's death

Synthesized by GPS Intelligence System on Nov 1, 2026 from positions, attributed deaths, lawsuits, intel reports, and news mentions in the public corpus. The supporting data tables follow below.