Kendrick, Lameka A

Tenure Summary

Lameka A. Kendrick's documented GDC career began in 2015 as a behavioral health counselor, a staff-tier post held through 2016. Kendrick was promoted to Behavioral Health Counselor Supervisor for 2017–2021, moved into a Correctional Unit Manager post in 2022 (unit-supervisor tier), and then served as a CSM Correctional Sergeant from 2023 through 2025. The records also include two single-day Macon State Prison entries at that sergeant/unit-manager level (November 22, 2023, and August 27, 2026). Kendrick's first facility-leadership posting is Deputy Warden of Security at Dooly State Prison, effective August 16, 2026.

One death is attributed to Kendrick's leadership tenure: Jerry Jerome Smith, recorded at Dooly State Prison on August 21, 2026 — five days into the Deputy Warden of Security posting — per GPS's personnel and mortality records. No lawsuits naming Kendrick as a defendant appear in the records provided, and no news items name Kendrick directly.

What happened on their watch

Dooly State Prison — Deputy Warden of Security (from August 16, 2026)
The one death attributed to Kendrick's tenure at this facility is that of Jerry Jerome Smith, recorded August 21, 2026, while Kendrick held the Deputy Warden of Security role. The record lists a cause category but no public narrative, so the circumstances of Smith's death are not documented in the material available here.

Two intel reports dating to August 20, 2026 — both from WGXA and both logged against Kendrick's Deputy Warden of Security role — concern Julius Deshawn Williams Jr., a former GDC cadet. Per those reports, Williams smuggled 640 grams of 100% pure methamphetamine into Dooly State Prison and attempted to bring methamphetamine to an inmate while still undergoing cadet training. Related events logged at the facility on the same date record that: the investigation began in June 2024, when GDC officers found four packages of meth hidden in Williams's pants during a routine search; a subsequent vehicle search uncovered four more packages and a pistol; Williams pleaded guilty in December to one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Georgia; and he was sentenced to 10 years in prison followed by five years of supervised release. These are allegations and prosecution outcomes concerning Williams, not findings against Kendrick; they are tied to Kendrick's tenure only by their date and `role_at_time` designation.

Macon State Prison — single-day records
The records show a CSM Correctional Sergeant entry at Macon State Prison dated November 22, 2023, and a CSM Correctional Unit Manager entry dated August 27, 2026. Both fall below the facility-leadership tier, and the intel and event lists in this file cover only periods of facility leadership; no deaths are attributed to these postings.

Sources

• WGXA — two intel allegations and related event records dated August 20, 2026, concerning methamphetamine smuggling into Dooly State Prison by former cadet Julius Deshawn Williams Jr.
• U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Georgia — Williams's guilty plea to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, as reported via WGXA.
• GPS personnel and mortality records — positions, salary years, facility assignments, and the August 21, 2026 death of Jerry Jerome Smith at Dooly State Prison.

Synthesized by GPS Intelligence System on Sep 23, 2026 from positions, attributed deaths, lawsuits, intel reports, and news mentions in the public corpus. The supporting data tables follow below.