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Martin, Eric Jerome
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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
Eric Jerome Martin has been employed by the Georgia Department of Corrections since at least 2015, progressing from correctional officer through sergeant, lieutenant, captain, and unit manager before serving as deputy warden from 2020 through 2023. All of his deputy warden postings lack a recorded facility name in GPS records, making facility-specific accountability impossible to assign. Across his entire leadership tenure, GPS records attribute zero deaths to any facility under his watch. However, Martin was named as a defendant in two separate federal lawsuits filed in early 2022 in the Middle District of Georgia—both of which were subsequently terminated without a recorded monetary payout.What happened on their watch
Because the facility location for each deputy warden term is not documented in the structured data, no deaths can be tied to a specific facility during Martin’s supervisory periods. According to GPS death records, the total number of deaths attributed to his leadership tenures is zero. No intel reports, news mentions, or internal incident summaries connect Martin to any facility-level fatality.While no deaths occurred on his watch, Martin faced civil litigation during his deputy warden years. On January 10, 2022, the case Cummings v. Berry (5:22-cv-00019) was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, naming Martin among the defendants. The docket shows the case was terminated on November 10, 2022. Five days earlier, on January 5, 2022, Cox v. Ward (5:22-cv-00008) was filed in the same court, likewise listing Martin as a defendant; it was terminated on August 10, 2023. Court records do not detail the specific allegations against Martin, and neither lawsuit resulted in a recorded settlement or judgment amount. These filings represent the only known legal actions involving Martin during his GDC career, and they are unaccompanied by any allegations of death or institutional failures documented in GPS’s intelligence holdings.
Litigation
- Cummings v. Berry, No. 5:22-cv-00019 (M.D. Ga. filed Jan. 10, 2022, terminated Nov. 10, 2022). Eric Jerome Martin named as defendant.
- Cox v. Ward, No. 5:22-cv-00008 (M.D. Ga. filed Jan. 5, 2022, terminated Aug. 10, 2023). Eric Jerome Martin named as defendant.
Sources
- Georgia Prisoners’ Speak personnel and death records for Eric Jerome Martin.
- CourtListener docket entries for Cummings v. Berry and Cox v. Ward.
Positions Held
| Title | Facility | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| DEPUTY WARDEN | 2020-01-01 → 2023-12-31 | |
| CSM CORRECTIONAL UNIT MANAGER | 2019-01-01 → 2019-12-31 | |
| CSM CORRECTIONAL CAPTAIN | 2018-01-01 → 2018-12-31 | |
| CSM CORRECTIONAL LIEUTENANT | 2017-01-01 → 2017-12-31 | |
| CSM CORRECTIONAL SERGEANT | 2016-01-01 → 2016-12-31 | |
| CORRECTIONS OFFICER (SP) | 2015-01-01 → 2015-12-31 |
Lawsuits as defendant
| Case # | Court | Filed | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5:22-cv-00019 | GAMD | 2022-01-10 | terminated |
| 5:22-cv-00008 | GAMD | 2022-01-05 | terminated |
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