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MacK, Carnesia Renee
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Profile written May 31, 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
Carnesia Renee MacK has held multiple positions in the Georgia Department of Corrections since 2009, beginning as a correctional officer at Georgia State Prison. She returned to GDC in 2017 as a recruitment lieutenant at Coastal State Prison and subsequently served as a unit manager at the same facility for roughly seven years, from 2018 through 2025. In April 2026, MacK was appointed deputy warden of security at McRae Women’s Facility. GPS records attribute a total of two deaths to her leadership-tenure roles, both at McRae Women’s Facility. No lawsuits name MacK as a defendant.What happened on their watch
Georgia State Prison — Correctional Officer (2009)
MacK’s earliest recorded GDC post was a staff-level correctional officer position at Georgia State Prison for the calendar year 2009. GPS records show no deaths attributed to this brief tenure, and no specific allegations or incidents are tied to her individual role at that facility. The prison was later closed in early 2022 amid a federal investigation into systemic GDC conditions, but those events occurred long after MacK’s departure.
Coastal State Prison — Recruitment Lieutenant (2017)
In 2017, MacK held an appointment as recruitment lieutenant at Coastal State Prison. The role’s accountability tier is not documented, and GPS records list no deaths, lawsuits, or facility-level incidents directly associated with her time in this position.
Coastal State Prison — Unit Manager (2018–2025)
MacK served as a unit manager — a unit-supervisor role — at Coastal State Prison continuously from 2018 through the end of 2025. GPS records do not attribute any deaths to MacK during this years-long posting. However, the facility experienced a series of violent inmate fatalities while she held supervisory responsibility over housing units. Between 2021 and 2024, at least six homicides were recorded: Kion E. Parks (stabbed to death in September 2021), Rufus Ramon Lee (stabbed in December 2021), Salomon Andres Ramirez (apparent homicide in October 2023), Ryan Chase Archer (stabbed in December 2023), and Raymond Littles (homicide in April 2024), along with other deaths documented in GDC incident reports.
Lawsuits later filed by the families of Parks and Lee allege lapses in security: the Parks suit claims five inmates stabbed him, while Lee’s mother alleges a broken cell lock allowed assailants from other units to reach him. Both lawsuits were filed in early 2025, referencing incidents that occurred during MacK’s tenure. In October 2025, five inmates were indicted for a violent assault at the facility. Broader systemic failures drew federal attention: a 2024 U.S. Department of Justice investigation concluded that Georgia prisons, including Coastal State, were failing to protect incarcerated people from violence, neglect, and unconstitutional conditions, violating the Eighth Amendment.
Conditions inside the facility also deteriorated over MacK’s final year there. State health inspection scores at Coastal State Prison fell from an 87 in February 2025 to an 80 by October 2025, while internal records show the facility spent over $5,000 on pest control in a six-month stretch but had no records of mold remediation. A separate inmate report from the period described kitchen closures and severe food shortages. WTOC later published accounts from workers and inmates alleging regular beatings by officers, withholding of food as punishment, prolonged lockdowns without showers, and crumbling, vermin-infested housing — though that report appeared in February 2026, shortly after MacK had left the unit manager post.
McRae Women’s Facility — Deputy Warden of Security (April 2026 – present)
MacK became deputy warden of security at McRae Women’s Facility on April 16, 2026. Within her first month, two deaths occurred on consecutive days: Shannon Rush died on May 17, 2026, and Chasity King died on May 18, 2026. GPS records list both incidents under cause category 6; no further details on the circumstances or cause of death are available in the provided data. These are the only deaths GPS attributes to MacK’s leadership tenure.
Sources
- GPS personnel and death records — positions, death counts, and incident data for Carnesia Renee MacK
- U.S. Department of Justice — 2024 investigation finding constitutional violations in Georgia prisons, including Coastal State Prison
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution — reporting on prison homicides and lawsuits filed in the deaths of Kion E. Parks and Rufus Ramon Lee at Coastal State Prison
- WTOC — investigation published February 2026 documenting worker and inmate allegations of a human rights crisis at Coastal State Prison
- The Georgia Virtue — coverage of Coastal State Prison health inspections and declining scores (reports from 2025 and 2026)
Positions Held
| Title | Facility | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| Deputy Warden of Security | McRAE WOMEN’S FACILITY | 2026-04-16 → present |
| CSM CORRECTIONAL UNIT MANAGER | COASTAL STATE PRISON | 2021-01-01 → present |
| Unit Manager | COASTAL STATE PRISON | 2018-01-01 → 2018-12-31 |
| Recruitment Lieutenant | COASTAL STATE PRISON | 2017-01-01 → 2017-12-31 |
| Correctional Officer | GEORGIA STATE PRISON | 2009-01-01 → 2009-12-31 |
Deaths attributed during tenure
2 people died at facilities under MacK, Carnesia Renee's leadership.
| Date | Decedent | Age | Facility | Role at time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-18 | Chasity King | — | McRAE WOMEN’S FACILITY | Deputy Warden of Security |
| 2026-05-17 | Shannon Rush | — | McRAE WOMEN’S FACILITY | Deputy Warden of Security |
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