Mahogany, Kasann

Tenure Summary

Kasann Mahogany's documented GDC career began in 2015 as a Rehabilitation Counselor (salary $37,621.50), continuing as a Rehabilitation Counselor 3 in 2016 and a Behavioral Health Counselor Supervisor in 2017 and 2018 — none of those four postings list a facility. In 2019 Mahogany moved into facility leadership as a Deputy Warden at Pulaski State Prison, a role held continuously through 2025, followed by an appointment as Deputy Warden of Care and Treatment at the same facility effective July 16, 2026, with a further Deputy Warden listing dated August 27, 2026. The records show no lawsuits naming Mahogany as a defendant and no news coverage that names them directly.

25 deaths are attributed to Mahogany's leadership tenure, all of them at Pulaski State Prison — the facility's only attributed leadership-tier deaths.

What happened on their watch

Deputy Warden, Pulaski State Prison (2019–2025)

Every death attributed to Mahogany's tenure falls inside this posting. The pattern is dominated by causes classified as Natural/Medical (10) or Unknown/Pending (11), with two suicides and two listed as Other. Decedents ranged in age from 27 to 78. The earliest recorded is January 2020, the most recent December 2025.

Those who died were:

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

Beyond those, facility records list additional deaths: inmate Kristi Perkins died July 12 at Pulaski State Prison with cause undetermined and no signs of altercation or foul play reported, and inmate Monika Bradley died July 5 at the prison with cause undetermined, referred to the GDC Office of Professional Standards as standard procedure — the records carry entries for both under more than one year.

Allegations reported against the facility during Mahogany's deputy-warden years include, per the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (January 21, 2025), that Bonnie Rocheleau failed to receive adequate care when she developed pneumonia, leading to her death, and that Mollianne Fischer failed to receive adequate medical care, resulting in her being left in a vegetative state. The AJC also reported that officers and staff failed to notice a prisoner being stabbed until an outside caller reported it, and that the prisoner said she had been assaulted hours earlier by 10 people. The same outlet reported (May 13, 2024) that the alleged sexual misconduct of two prison supervisors could signal a larger systemic problem, and that Alonzo L. McMillian faced accusations of a sexual relationship with a prisoner and improper sexual contact on February 24 and 25; records show McMillian was arrested at the prison on May 2, 2024, booked into the Pulaski County jail and released the next day on a $10,000 bond, and that GDC spokesperson Joan Heath confirmed his termination that day.

DOJ matters overlapping the posting: an investigation of Georgia prisons documenting constitutional violations at Pulaski State Prison (2022–2023), dated October 1, 2024 and October 31, 2023, and a U.S. Department of Justice civil rights investigation into the state prison system noted May 13, 2024. Other recorded incidents include a July 15, 2023 disturbance in which 11 inmates destroyed property using broomsticks, a crowbar, metal spray, shanks and locks, quelled with chemical spray by nine security staff; a one-day air-conditioning mechanical issue on July 9, 2023, which GDC said showed no indication of a link to the deaths; a June 30, 2022 report of gang members using violence to extort inmates and families, naming Pamela Dixon; a January 10, 2024 state liability settlement of $85,000 tied to Pulaski State Prison in the Makayah Howard matter, per the GA DOAS Risk Management settlement ledger; and April 1, 2025 reports of intimidation, retaliation, extended lockdowns and grievance-process failures under Warden Wendy Jackson, alongside an incident in which Pamela Dixon's daughter was subjected to gang extortion, recorded at $10,000.

Deputy Warden of Care and Treatment, Pulaski State Prison (from July 16, 2026)

Records list Mahogany in this role at Pulaski State Prison effective July 16, 2026, with a further Deputy Warden entry dated August 27, 2026.

Sources

• Atlanta Journal-Constitution — allegations of inadequate medical care (Bonnie Rocheleau, Mollianne Fischer), the unnoticed stabbing, and the McMillian sexual-misconduct case at Pulaski State Prison, 2024–2025
• U.S. Department of Justice — civil rights investigation into Georgia prisons and documented constitutional violations at Pulaski State Prison, 2022–2024
• GA DOAS Risk Management settlement ledger (open records) — $85,000 Pulaski State Prison liability settlement in the Makayah Howard matter
• Georgia Department of Corrections — confirmation of the May 2, 2024 terminations via spokesperson Joan Heath; GDC Office of Professional Standards referral on the Bradley death
• GPS death registry — names, dates, facility and cause classifications for the 25 deaths attributed to this tenure

Synthesized by GPS Intelligence System on Oct 11, 2026 from positions, attributed deaths, lawsuits, intel reports, and news mentions in the public corpus. The supporting data tables follow below.