Mahogany, Kasann

Tenure Summary

Kasann Mahogany’s GPS personnel file shows a trajectory from rehabilitation counselor and behavioral health counselor supervisor roles in 2015–2018 to facility leadership. Since January 2019, GPS records place Mahogany as deputy warden at Pulaski State Prison, with salary records through 2025 and an additional deputy warden entry dated Aug. 27, 2026. GPS records attribute 30 deaths to Pulaski State Prison during Mahogany’s deputy warden tenure. No lawsuits naming Mahogany as a defendant appear in the structured record.

What happened on their watch

Pulaski State Prison — deputy warden, January 2019 onward. The 30 deaths attributed to this posting in GPS records begin with Sophia Brown, 50, on Jan. 23, 2020, and run through Kristi Ray Perkins, 59, on July 12, 2026. Many decedents are recorded with unknown/pending causes, including Judy Lynn Christian, 67 (Feb. 18, 2020), Lakeysa Lashawn Wigfall, 41 (June 27, 2020), and Christina Marie Buttery, 34 (Dec. 21, 2022). Two deaths were confirmed by the GBI Medical Examiner as suicides: Melissa Christine Thacker, 27, on July 25, 2021, certified as asphyxia due to hanging, and Deneicia Nichelle Randall, 28, on March 30, 2026, certified as hanging with manner suicide. GDC’s own coding, obtained by the UCLA Law Behind Bars Data Project through open records, labeled Sandtoro Pearson, 44 (Oct. 1, 2021), and Kathleen Conger Murphy, 71 (Sept. 28, 2021) as natural, and Mozel Anderson, 78 (Sept. 14, 2020), and Brenda Kaye Ivie, 65 (March 11, 2021) as undetermined. Pulaski County Coroner Fred J. Clark III certified the 2025 deaths of Stephanie Sabrina Gary, 55, Esmeralda Carillo Hernandez, 50, and Candace Lajon Morgan, 41, as natural cancer deaths. Ronika Lashawn Carswell, 50 (Dec. 12, 2025), remained unknown/pending, with the coroner sending the body to the GBI Crime Lab.

Broader facility events overlap Mahogany’s tenure. GPS records cite a U.S. Department of Justice civil rights investigation documenting constitutional violations at Pulaski State Prison in 2022–2023. On July 15, 2023, a disturbance involved 11 inmates using broomsticks, a crowbar, metal spray, shanks, and locks; nine security staff responded and chemical spray was used, according to GPS records. GDC reported an air-conditioning mechanical issue on July 9, 2023, resolved the same day, and stated there was no indication deaths were related to it. In May 2024, Deputy Warden Alonzo L. McMillian was arrested and terminated over alleged sexual contact with a prisoner, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. A GA DOAS Risk Management settlement ledger listed an $85,000 state payout tied to a 2024 Pulaski incident involving Makayah Howard.

In July 2026, two Pulaski deaths drew outside investigation: Monika Yvette Bradley, 43, on July 5, and Kristi Ray Perkins, 59, on July 12. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is investigating both causes, and the GDC Office of Professional Standards opened standard investigations, according to GPS records. A family/user report in GPS records alleges Perkins had untreated diabetes, had trouble standing, slipped, fell, and hit her head; the report describes the death as systematic neglect. Bradley’s record was a spelling-based match to a report of “Monica Brantley”; cause remained unknown/pending, with a second family report raising heat exhaustion and dehydration as a possible but unconfirmed cause.

Sources

• GPS personnel and mortality records
• GBI Medical Examiner autopsy reports and death investigation records
• Pulaski County Coroner Fred J. Clark III records
• UCLA Law Behind Bars Data Project custodial mortality dataset, sourced from GDC open records
• Atlanta Journal-Constitution — investigation and sexual misconduct allegations tied to Pulaski State Prison
• GA DOAS Risk Management settlement ledger (Open Records)
• U.S. Department of Justice civil rights investigation records cited in GPS intelligence logs

Synthesized by GPS Intelligence System on Aug 30, 2026 from positions, attributed deaths, lawsuits, intel reports, and news mentions in the public corpus. The supporting data tables follow below.