Mahogany, Kasann

Tenure Summary

Kasann Mahogany's state payroll record begins in 2015 as a rehabilitation counselor (listed as REHAB/SUPTV COUNSELOR), continuing as Rehabilitation Counselor 3 in 2016 and as a Behavioral Health Counselor Supervisor in 2017–2018 — all staff-tier, non-leadership posts. In 2019 Mahogany moved to Pulaski State Prison as Deputy Warden, a position held continuously through 2025, and was appointed Deputy Warden of Care and Treatment at Pulaski effective July 16, 2026, the post held at present, per GDC personnel records.

Twenty-six deaths are attributed to that leadership tenure, every one of them at Pulaski State Prison, according to the GPS death registry. No lawsuit naming Mahogany as a defendant appears in the records reviewed. The tenure overlaps a U.S. Department of Justice civil rights investigation that documented constitutional violations at Pulaski, a state risk-management settlement tied to the prison, and Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporting on medical care and staff misconduct there.

What happened on their watch

Pulaski State Prison — Deputy Warden (2019–2025). The registry attributes the following deaths at Pulaski to this period:

• Judy Lynn Christian died February 18, 2020, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, age 67.
• Lakeysa Lashawn Wigfall died June 27, 2020, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, age 41.
• Mozel Anderson died September 14, 2020, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Other, age 78.
• Brenda Kaye Ivie died March 11, 2021, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Other, age 65.
• Melissa Christine Thacker died July 25, 2021, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Suicide, age 27.
• Kathleen Conger Murphy died September 28, 2021, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Natural/Medical, age 71.
• Sandtoro Pearson died October 1, 2021, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Natural/Medical, age 44.
• Tanya Marie Abbs died November 28, 2021, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, age 36.
• Margaret Ann Palmer died January 21, 2022, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, age 55.
• Sharon Ann Fuquea died April 16, 2022, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, age 56.
• Tammy Lowann Baker died May 26, 2022, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Natural/Medical, age 54.
• Monica Mae Cutts died August 15, 2022, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Suicide, age 29.
• Christina Marie Buttery died December 21, 2022, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, age 34.
• Sandra Sipsy died January 24, 2023, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Natural/Medical, age 54.
• Pharina S Peterson died May 1, 2023, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Natural/Medical, age 75.
• Cynthia Mccain died September 3, 2023, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, age 65.
• Sheila Britton died September 22, 2023, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Natural/Medical, age 60.
• Ramada Lesha Butts died April 16, 2024, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, age 52.
• Tracy Michelle Graves died May 16, 2024, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, age 45.
• Lesley Bell Owens died July 23, 2024, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, age 49.
• Stephanie Sabrina Gary died March 5, 2025, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Natural/Medical, age 55.
• Esmeralda Carillo Hernandez died May 22, 2025, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Natural/Medical, age 50.
• Candace Lajon Morgan died June 11, 2025, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Natural/Medical, age 41.
• Ronika Lashawn Carswell died December 12, 2025, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Natural/Medical, age 50.

Separate facility event entries also record the deaths of Monika Bradley (undetermined cause, referred to the GDC Office of Professional Standards) and Kristi Perkins (undetermined, with officials reporting no signs of an altercation or foul play). A July 9, 2023 mechanical failure of the air conditioning was resolved the same day; GDC said there was no indication the deaths were related to it. On July 15, 2023, eleven inmates were involved in a disturbance in which building property was destroyed using broomsticks, a crowbar, spray, shanks and locks, and chemical spray was used as nine security staff responded.

Reporting and investigations touching the prison during this posting include a June 30, 2022 report that gang members were using violence to extort inmates and their families at Pulaski State Prison for Women; the Department of Justice investigation documenting constitutional violations at Pulaski for 2022–2023, published in October 2024; and a May 2, 2024 arrest of Deputy Warden Alonzo L. McMillian on warrants alleging a sexual relationship and improper sexual contact with a prisoner on February 24–25; GDC spokesperson Joan Heath confirmed McMillian and a second employee, Clark, were terminated May 2. The AJC reported that the alleged sexual misconduct of two supervisors could signal a larger systemic problem within GDC. In January 2025 the AJC reported that officers and staff did not notice a prisoner had been stabbed until an outside caller reported it, and that the prisoner said she had been assaulted hours earlier by ten people; the same outlet reported allegations that Bonnie Rocheleau did not receive adequate care for pneumonia before her death, and that Mollianne Fischer was left in a vegetative state after inadequate medical care. In April 2025, records reference allegations of intimidation, retaliation, extended lockdowns and grievance-process failures under new warden Wendy Jackson, and a reported gang extortion of $10,000 from Pamela Dixon's daughter. A state risk-management settlement of $85,000 tied to Pulaski (incident year 2024) is recorded in the GA DOAS Risk Management settlement ledger under Makayah Howard.

Pulaski State Prison — Deputy Warden of Care and Treatment (from July 16, 2026). Jane Doe died October 19, 2026, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Natural/Medical. Event entries dated in this period describe women transferred from McRae Women's Diagnostic Facility to Pulaski who became acutely ill from tuberculosis complications, and a GDC announcement on October 23, 2026, of contact tracing, testing and quarantine protocols. An inmate account dated October 19, 2026 alleges that a captain at Pulaski was removed from their position over excessive force.

Sources

• Atlanta Journal-Constitution — reporting on prison system failures and settlement costs, medical-care allegations involving Bonnie Rocheleau and Mollianne Fischer, the unnoticed stabbing, and the 2024 arrests of two supervisors accused in sex cases.
• U.S. Department of Justice — civil rights investigation findings documenting constitutional violations at Pulaski State Prison (2022–2023), published October 2024.
• Georgia Department of Administrative Services Risk Management settlement ledger (open records) — $85,000 Makayah Howard settlement tied to Pulaski, 2024.
• GDC personnel and payroll records — positions and salaries, 2015–2026.
• GPS death registry — dates and cause classifications for the 25 decedents named above.
• GDC statements, including spokesperson Joan Heath — May 2, 2024 terminations and the July 2023 air-conditioning statement.

Synthesized by GPS Intelligence System on Nov 1, 2026 from positions, attributed deaths, lawsuits, intel reports, and news mentions in the public corpus. The supporting data tables follow below.