Mahogany, Kasann

Tenure Summary

Kasann Mahogany entered Georgia Department of Corrections employment in 2015 as a REHAB/SUPTV COUNSELOR (AL) at an annual salary of $37,621.50, moved to Rehabilitation Counselor 3 in 2016, then to Behavioral Health Counselor Supervisor in 2017 and 2018. None of those postings is tied to a named facility in the personnel records. In 2019 Mahogany moved into facility leadership as Deputy Warden at Pulaski State Prison and has held that title there through the most recent record, with salary rising from $45,038.66 in 2019 to $72,922.32 in 2025. GDC lists Mahogany as active.

Per GDC records, 30 deaths are attributed to Pulaski State Prison during Mahogany's leadership tenure there — all 30 at that one facility. No lawsuit naming Mahogany as a defendant appears in the records. The state payout in the file is an $85,000 liability settlement tied to Pulaski State Prison (2024 incident), recorded in the GA DOAS Risk Management settlement ledger. During the same tenure, the U.S. Department of Justice documented constitutional violations at the prison, and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported medical-care failures, a stabbing that staff did not notice, a fellow deputy warden's arrest on charges of sexual contact with a prisoner, and internal allegations of intimidation and retaliation.

What happened on their watch

Rehabilitation and behavioral-health counselor, 2015–2018. Mahogany held staff counselor and counselor-supervisor posts across these four years; the records do not attribute a facility to any of them.

Deputy Warden, Pulaski State Prison — 2019 to present. The GDC attributes 30 deaths at this facility to Mahogany's tenure as Deputy Warden. Deaths recorded during the tenure run from January 2020 through July 2026, and the decedents' ages range from 27 to 75. Of the deaths named below, GPS's registry lists seven as Natural/Medical, two as Suicide, and sixteen as Unknown/Pending.

• Kristi Ray Perkins died July 12, 2026, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Natural/Medical.
• Monika Yvette Bradley died July 5, 2026, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending.
• Tulia Eustache died June 3, 2026, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending.
• Karen Michelle Lindsey died May 24, 2026, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending.
• Denecia Nichelle Randall died March 30, 2026, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Suicide.
• Ronika Lashawn Carswell died December 12, 2025, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Natural/Medical.
• Candace Lajon Morgan died June 11, 2025, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Natural/Medical.
• Esmeralda Carillo Hernandez died May 22, 2025, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Natural/Medical.
• Stephanie Sabrina Gary died March 5, 2025, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Natural/Medical.
• Lesley Bell Owens died July 23, 2024, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending.
• Tracy Michelle Graves died May 16, 2024, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending.
• Ramada Lesha Butts died April 16, 2024, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending.
• Sheila Britton died September 22, 2023, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending.
• Cynthia Mccain died September 3, 2023, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending.
• Pharina S Peterson died May 1, 2023, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending.
• Sandra Sipsy died January 24, 2023, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending.
• Christina Marie Buttery died December 21, 2022, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending.
• Monica Mae Cutts died August 15, 2022, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending.
• Tammy Lowann Baker died May 26, 2022, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending.
• Sharon Ann Fuquea died April 16, 2022, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending.
• Margaret Ann Palmer died January 21, 2022, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending.
• Tanya Marie Abbs died November 28, 2021, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending.
• Sandtoro Pearson died October 1, 2021, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Natural/Medical.
• Kathleen Conger Murphy died September 28, 2021, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Natural/Medical.
• Melissa Christine Thacker died July 25, 2021, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Suicide.

Against that backdrop, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported on January 21, 2025 that, per allegations it documented, Bonnie Rocheleau failed to get adequate care at Pulaski when she developed pneumonia, leading to her death, and that Mollianne Fischer failed to receive adequate medical care, leaving her in a vegetative state. A separate January 21, 2025 account states that officers and staff at the prison did not notice a stabbing until an outside caller reported it, and that the prisoner said she had been assaulted hours earlier by 10 people who stomped, hit and kicked her.

The AJC also reported on May 13, 2024 that the alleged sexual misconduct of two prison supervisors could signal a larger systemic problem in GDC, and that Deputy Warden Alonzo L. McMillian was accused of a sexual relationship with a prisoner, with improper sexual contact alleged on February 24 and 25. Per arrest records, McMillian was arrested at the Hawkinsville prison on May 2, 2024, booked into the Pulaski County jail and released the next day on a $10,000 bond; GDC spokesperson Joan Heath confirmed he and a second employee were terminated May 2.

Federal scrutiny overlaps the tenure: the U.S. Department of Justice opened a civil rights investigation into the Georgia prison system, and DOJ findings documented constitutional violations at Pulaski State Prison across 2022–2023. Other incidents logged at the prison under Mahogany's deputy wardenship include a July 15, 2023 disturbance in which 11 inmates destroyed building property using broomsticks, a crowbar, metal spray, shanks and locks, with chemical spray used as nine security staff responded; a June 30, 2022 report of gang members using violence to extort inmates and families at the prison; an April 2025 report of gang extortion involving the daughter of Pamela Dixon; and April 2025 allegations of intimidation, retaliation, extended lockdowns and grievance-process failures under new Warden Wendy Jackson. A July 9, 2023 mechanical failure of the prison's air conditioning was resolved the same day, and GDC stated there was no indication the deaths were related to it. The GA DOAS Risk Management settlement ledger records an $85,000 state liability payout tied to Pulaski State Prison and the Makayah Howard matter (2024 incident).

Sources

• Atlanta Journal-Constitution — "Prison system failures cost Georgia taxpayers millions" (Jan. 21, 2025); "Two high-ranking Georgia prison employees accused in sex cases" (May 13, 2024); reporting on Georgia's response to federal findings on prison conditions.
• U.S. Department of Justice — civil rights investigation of Georgia prisons; documented constitutional violations at Pulaski State Prison, 2022–2023.
• GA DOAS Risk Management settlement ledger (open records) — $85,000 liability payout tied to Pulaski State Prison, 2024.
• Georgia Department of Corrections — personnel and salary records; Office of Professional Standards statements; spokesperson Joan Heath.
• Georgia Prisoners' Speak death registry — dates, facilities and listed causes for each decedent named above.

Synthesized by GPS Intelligence System on Oct 4, 2026 from positions, attributed deaths, lawsuits, intel reports, and news mentions in the public corpus. The supporting data tables follow below.