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MacK, Carnesia Renee
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Profile written July 12, 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 began her career with the Georgia Department of Corrections as a Correctional Officer at Georgia State Prison in 2009. After a gap, she returned to GDC in 2017 as a Recruitment Lieutenant at Coastal State Prison, then advanced to Unit Manager at the same facility from 2018 through 2025. In April 2026, MacK was promoted to Deputy Warden of Security at McRae Women’s Facility. Across her leadership roles, GPS records attribute a total of three deaths to her tenure, all occurring at McRae Women’s Facility within a span of eight days in May 2026, shortly after she assumed the deputy warden position. No lawsuits name MacK as a defendant.
What happened on their watch
Coastal State Prison (2017, 2018, 2021–2025)
MacK served as a Recruitment Lieutenant in 2017, and then as a Unit Manager for multiple years between 2018 and 2025. During her unit‑supervisor tenure, the prison was the subject of persistent and well‑documented allegations of systemic dysfunction. By 2024, a U.S. Department of Justice investigation concluded that conditions at Georgia prisons, including Coastal State, violated the Eighth Amendment — citing failures to protect incarcerated people from violence, neglect, and unconstitutional living conditions, according to WTOC and the DOJ report. Workers and incarcerated people reported beatings by officers, food withheld as punishment, extended lockdowns without showers, and crumbling infrastructure, per a February 2026 WTOC investigation that drew on accounts from inside the facility. Health inspections during and shortly after her time there noted deteriorating scores: an April 2026 report cited live roaches, a dead mouse in mop water, mold‑like growth on ceiling tiles, and unsafe food temperatures, according to The Georgia Virtue.Multiple inmate homicides were recorded at Coastal State while MacK held the Unit Manager title — including the deaths of Salomon Andres Ramirez (October 2023), Ryan Chase Archer (December 2023), Raymond Littles (April 2024), and earlier killings of Rufus Ramon Lee (2021) and Kion E. Parks (2021). GPS records, however, do not attribute any of these deaths to her leadership tier; they appear in facility‑level data as part of a documented pattern of violence, not under her individual accountability. During the same period, the State of Georgia paid substantial settlements tied to incidents at Coastal State, including $600,000 in 2022 for a claim involving Dennis Carpenter and $8,000 in 2023 for a claim involving Ronald Ray Agan, according to the GA DOAS Risk Management settlement ledger.
McRae Women’s Facility (2026)
MacK was appointed Deputy Warden of Security on April 16, 2026. Within roughly one month, three deaths occurred at the facility, all attributed to her leadership in GPS records:- Kristal Lyn Layne, 55, died on May 10, 2026 (cause category 6).
- Shannon Michelle Rush, 43, died on May 16, 2026 (cause category 6).
- Chasity King, 26, died on May 18, 2026 (cause category 6).
No detailed circumstances are provided in the records.
Litigation
No lawsuits are recorded against Carnesia Renee MacK.
Sources
- GPS internal records (staffing, death counts, facility attribution)
- WTOC — “Workers, inmates report human rights crisis at Coastal State Prison” (Feb. 2026) and related coverage of DOJ findings
- The Georgia Virtue — health inspection report on Coastal State Prison (April 2026)
- U.S. Department of Justice — 2024 investigation into Georgia Department of Corrections conditions
- Georgia Department of Administrative Services Risk Management settlement ledger (Open Records) — Coastal State Prison payouts 2022–2023
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
3 people died at facilities under MacK, Carnesia Renee's leadership.
| Date | Decedent | Age | Facility | Role at time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-18 | CHASITY KING | 26 | McRAE WOMEN’S FACILITY | Deputy Warden of Security |
| 2026-05-16 | SHANNON MICHELLE RUSH | 43 | McRAE WOMEN’S FACILITY | Deputy Warden of Security |
| 2026-05-10 | KRISTAL LYN LAYNE | 55 | McRAE WOMEN’S FACILITY | Deputy Warden of Security |
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