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Kendrick, Lameka A
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Profile written August 30, 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
Lameka A. Kendrick’s GPS personnel record begins in 2015 as a behavioral health counselor, then shows behavioral health counselor supervisor roles through 2021, a correctional unit manager role in 2022, and correctional sergeant roles from 2023 into 2025. The record includes a one-day Macon State Prison posting as a CSM Correctional Sergeant dated Nov. 22, 2023, and a one-day Macon State Prison posting as a CSM Correctional Unit Manager dated Aug. 27, 2026. Starting Aug. 16, 2026, Kendrick is listed as Deputy Warden of Security at Dooly State Prison. GPS records attribute one death to Kendrick’s facility-leader tenure: Jerry Jerome Smith, at Dooly State Prison, reported Aug. 21, 2026. No lawsuits naming Kendrick as a defendant appear in the GPS record.What happened on their watch
Macon State Prison — Nov. 22, 2023, one-day CSM Correctional Sergeant entry
GPS records place Kendrick at Macon State Prison on a single-day personnel entry dated Nov. 22, 2023. No deaths are attributed to Kendrick at that facility.Dooly State Prison — Deputy Warden of Security, Aug. 16, 2026–present
Kendrick’s Dooly State Prison posting began Aug. 16, 2026. Five days later, on Aug. 21, 2026, GPS records show a death report filed for Jerry Jerome Smith, GDC 0000169757, at Dooly State Prison. According to GPS records, the cause of death had not been established; a note in the record describes “likely heart attack” as reported only, with a coroner record or death certificate still pending. The GDC public offender lookup on the day of the report listed Smith as active and currently serving, according to GPS records.In the same week, on Aug. 20, 2026, former GDC cadet Julius Deshawn Williams Jr. was sentenced to 10 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release for smuggling 640 grams of methamphetamine into Dooly State Prison, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Georgia via a GPS event record. The underlying search that found the drugs occurred in June 2024, before Kendrick’s Dooly posting.
GPS records also document broader systemic strain at Dooly State Prison earlier in 2026, before Kendrick’s posting: reports state the facility held 1,593 incarcerated people in a facility designed for 500, and a statewide correctional officer vacancy rate of 50 percent was reported.
Macon State Prison — Aug. 27, 2026, one-day CSM Correctional Unit Manager entry
A later one-day personnel entry dated Aug. 27, 2026, places Kendrick at Macon State Prison as a CSM Correctional Unit Manager. No deaths are attributed to Kendrick at that posting.Sources
- GPS records — personnel history, Dooly State Prison death report for Jerry Jerome Smith (Aug. 21, 2026), and facility incident records.
- GDC public offender lookup — record of Jerry Jerome Smith, GDC 0000169757, as of Aug. 21, 2026, per GPS records.
- U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Georgia, via GPS event record — guilty plea and sentencing of Julius Deshawn Williams Jr.
- WGXA — reporting on methamphetamine smuggling at Dooly State Prison.
Positions Held
| Title | Facility | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| CSM Correctional Unit Manager | MACON STATE PRISON | 2026-08-27 → present |
| Deputy Warden of Security | DOOLY STATE PRISON | 2026-08-16 → present |
| CSM CORRECTIONAL SERGEANT | 2023-01-01 → present | |
| CSM Correctional Sergeant | MACON STATE PRISON | 2023-11-22 → 2023-11-22 |
| CORRECTIONAL UNIT MANAGER | 2022-01-01 → 2022-12-31 | |
| BEHAVIORAL HLTH COUNSELOR SPV | 2017-01-01 → 2021-12-31 | |
| BEHAVIORAL HLTH COUNSELOR 3 | 2016-01-01 → 2016-12-31 | |
| BEH HEALTH/COUNSELOR (WL) | 2015-01-01 → 2015-12-31 |
Deaths attributed during tenure
1 people died at facilities under Kendrick, Lameka A's leadership.
| Date | Decedent | Age | Facility | Role at time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-21 | Jerry Jerome Smith | — | DOOLY STATE PRISON | Deputy Warden of Security |
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