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Mahogany, Kasann
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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
Kasann Mahogany moved through behavioral-health and rehabilitation counselor roles in the Georgia Department of Corrections before assuming the position of Deputy Warden at Pulaski State Prison in 2019. GPS records indicate Mahogany remained in that post through at least 2025, a period during which Pulaski recorded at least 28 in‑custody deaths — all attributed to Mahogany’s tenure as facility deputy. The deaths spanned every year from 2020 into 2026 and included women as young as 27, while multiple deaths remain undetermined or are pending autopsy reports. No lawsuits name Mahogany personally, but the prison itself became the subject of a U.S. Department of Justice civil‑rights investigation, multiple high‑dollar state settlements, and repeated allegations of inadequate medical care and staff misconduct while Mahogany served in a senior‑leadership role.What happened on their watch
Pulaski State Prison (Deputy Warden, 2019–at least 2025)
Mahogany’s tenure as Deputy Warden coincides with 28 deaths recorded by GPS at the facility. The documented deaths span from Sophia Brown (age 50, January 2020) through Monika Yvette Bradley (July 2026, cause unknown), with at least two deaths every year except 2021, when six occurred. While several deaths were later determined by the Pulaski County Coroner to be natural — Esmeralda Carillo Hernandez (cancer, 2025), Candace Lajon Morgan (cancer, 2025), and Stephanie Sabrina Gary (cancer, 2025) — many others remain unresolved. Ronika Lashawn Carswell’s December 2025 death was classified as suspicious enough that the coroner sent the body to the GBI Crime Lab for autopsy; the cause is still pending. Melissa Christine Thacker (age 27, July 2021) died by suicide, and GPS published an account stating she had a well‑documented history of mental illness and prior attempts that “should have triggered preventive intervention.” Deneicia Nichelle Randall (age 28, March 2026) was reported to have died by suicide while in lockdown.Broader systemic failures at Pulaski overlapped with Mahogany’s time as deputy. The Atlanta Journal‑Constitution reported that officer and staff failed to notice a prisoner being stabbed until an outside caller reported it, and that the prisoner had been assaulted hours earlier by ten people. A July 2023 inmate disturbance involved eleven prisoners wielding broomsticks, a crowbar, shanks, and locks; nine security staff responded and chemical spray was used. In 2024, Deputy Warden Alonzo L. McMillian was arrested and later terminated for allegedly engaging in improper sexual contact with a prisoner in February of that year. The AJC also documented allegations that inadequate medical care at Pulaski left Mollianne Fischer in a vegetative state in 2014 and led to the pneumonia death of Bonnie Rocheleau in 2015 — cases that predate Mahogany’s tenure but that, alongside a 2022–2023 DOJ investigation finding constitutional violations at the prison, defined the environment on her watch. GPS further received reports from 2025 onward of intimidation, retaliation, extended lockdowns, and a non‑functional grievance process under then‑Warden Wendy Jackson, a period squarely within Mahogany’s deputy‑warden service.
Litigation
No lawsuits naming Kasann Mahogany as a defendant appear in GPS records.Sources
- GPS structured records — personnel file, deaths attributed by facility, intel reports, and death notes.
- Atlanta Journal‑Constitution — “Prison system failures cost Georgia taxpayers millions” (medical neglect claims at Pulaski); “Two high‑ranking Georgia prison employees accused in sex cases” (McMillian arrest); “Georgia expected to fight feds over state’s prison conditions” (staffing and assault failures).
- U.S. Department of Justice — Civil rights investigation of Georgia prisons, documenting constitutional violations at Pulaski State Prison (2022–2023).
- Georgia Department of Administrative Services Risk Management — Open‑records settlement ledger showing state payouts tied to Pulaski State Prison: Makayah Howard ($85,000, 2024), Dante Coleman ($15,900, 2018), Kimery Finger ($300,000, 2015), Bonnie Rocheleau ($925,000, 2015), and Kari A. Quinn ($30,000, 2013).
- Pulaski County Coroner Fred J. Clark III — handwritten death‑investigation reports for 2025 deaths at Pulaski (obtained via open‑records request).
Positions Held
| Title | Facility | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| DEPUTY WARDEN | PULASKI STATE PRISON | 2019-01-01 → present |
| BEHAVIORAL HLTH COUNSELOR SPV | 2017-01-01 → 2018-12-31 | |
| REHABILITATION COUNSELOR 3 | 2016-01-01 → 2016-12-31 | |
| REHAB/SUPTV COUNSELOR (AL) | 2015-01-01 → 2015-12-31 |
Deaths attributed during tenure
28 people died at facilities under Mahogany, Kasann's leadership.
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