Kellom, Jimmy J

Tenure Summary

Jimmy J. Kellom began his GDC career as a correctional officer at Wilcox State Prison in 2005. GPS records show he returned to Wilcox in 2015 as a corrections officer and later rose to sergeant. From 2022 through 2025, Kellom held Telfair State Prison positions as CSM correctional lieutenant, captain, and unit manager. In May 2026, he became Deputy Warden of Security at Wilcox State Prison. GPS records attribute two deaths in total to Kellom’s facility-deputy tenure, both at Wilcox: Gary Dwayne Felver on June 15, 2026, and Maurice Antonio Brown on September 3, 2026. No lawsuits naming Kellom as a defendant appear in the provided records.

What happened on their watch

Wilcox State Prison — Deputy Warden of Security, May 1, 2026–present

The two deaths attributed by GPS records to Kellom’s tenure occurred during this posting. The first, Gary Dwayne Felver, 65, died on June 15, 2026; the death record carries cause category code 6 and contains no narrative details. The second, Maurice Antonio Brown, died on September 3, 2026. Brown was born in 1990 and was serving a 25-year sentence for a Fulton County kidnapping conviction, in GDC custody since December 2, 2009, according to GPS roster data.

On September 3, 2026, GDC reported Brown was killed in a gang-related fight at Wilcox State Prison. GPS-logged event records state seven inmates were taken to hospitals, including two who were airlifted, while two others with minor injuries were treated on-site; no staff were injured. The following day, Wilcox State Prison was placed on lockdown, the GDC Office of Professional Standards opened an investigation, and Brown’s body was sent to the GBI Crime Lab for an official cause of death. GPS records note that GDC confirmed Brown’s death to 13WMAZ and 41NBC.

A public Facebook post dated May 12, 2026 — during Kellom’s Wilcox tenure — alleged that the prison locked down inmate movement during staff gatherings and that basic supply issuance had lapsed for roughly a year. GPS records log this as an allegation, not an established finding. Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporting published May 5, 2026, during the same tenure, described statewide GDC conditions including DOJ findings of gang-run prisons with regular violence and sexual assault.

Sources

• GPS records — personnel, death, roster, and incident logs.
• 13WMAZ and 41NBC — GDC confirmation of Maurice Brown’s death and the September 3, 2026 fight.
• Atlanta Journal-Constitution — May 2026 reporting on statewide GDC conditions and DOJ findings.
• Facebook (public post) — May 12, 2026 allegation regarding Wilcox State Prison operations.

Synthesized by GPS Intelligence System on Sep 6, 2026 from positions, attributed deaths, lawsuits, intel reports, and news mentions in the public corpus. The supporting data tables follow below.