McMillan, Meosha S

Tenure Summary

Meosha S. McMillan is a career Georgia Department of Corrections administrator whose facility-leadership roles span more than a decade. Per GDC personnel and salary records compiled by GPS, she served as Assistant Superintendent at Clayton Transitional Center in 2011, Superintendent at Macon Transitional Center in 2013, a Private Prison Monitor at Jenkins Facility in 2014, in correction administration at Riverbend Correctional and Rehabilitation Facility in 2015, and as a senior manager of correctional administration at Emanuel Women's Facility in 2016 before becoming Warden 1 at Emanuel in 2017.

GPS's death registry attributes 18 deaths to her leadership tenures: 14 while she was Warden 1 at Pulaski State Prison and 4 while she held warden roles at Burruss C.T.C. No lawsuits naming her as a defendant appear in the records reviewed, and no tracked news report names her directly. One GPS intelligence event — a June 30, 2022 report on gang members using violence to extort inmates and families at Pulaski State Prison for Women — falls inside her tenure there.

What happened on their watch

Macon Transitional Center — Superintendent, 2013. No deaths in GPS's registry are attributed to this posting.

Emanuel Women's Facility — Warden 1, 2017–2019. No deaths in GPS's registry are attributed to this posting.

Pulaski State Prison — Warden 1, 2020–2022. Fourteen deaths are attributed to this posting, the largest concentration tied to any single role she has held. Seven are listed as Unknown/Pending, three as Natural/Medical, two as Suicide and two as Other; the people who died range in age from 27 to 78. GPS's intelligence records also carry an event dated June 30, 2022 — recorded while she held the WARDEN 1 role — titled "Gang members using violence to extort inmates and families at Pulaski State Prison for Women," on which the record lists Pamela Dixon.

• Sophia Brown died January 23, 2020, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending and her age as 50.
• Judy Lynn Christian died February 18, 2020, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending and her age as 67.
• Lakeysa Lashawn Wigfall died June 27, 2020, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending and her age as 41.
• Mozel Anderson died September 14, 2020, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Other and age as 78.
• Brenda Kaye Ivie died March 11, 2021, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Other and her age as 65.
• Melissa Christine Thacker died July 25, 2021, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Suicide and her age as 27.
• Kathleen Conger Murphy died September 28, 2021, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Natural/Medical and her age as 71.
• Sandtoro Pearson died October 1, 2021, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Natural/Medical and age as 44.
• Tanya Marie Abbs died November 28, 2021, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending and her age as 36.
• Margaret Ann Palmer died January 21, 2022, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending and her age as 55.
• Sharon Ann Fuquea died April 16, 2022, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending and her age as 56.
• Tammy Lowann Baker died May 26, 2022, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Natural/Medical and her age as 54.
• Monica Mae Cutts died August 15, 2022, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Suicide and her age as 29.
• Christina Marie Buttery died December 21, 2022, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending and her age as 34.

Burruss C.T.C — Warden 1, 2023; Warden 2, 2023–2025. The records show her as Warden 1 at Burruss for 2023, with a Warden 2 entry dated November 22, 2023, followed by Warden 2 for 2024 and 2025. Four deaths are attributed to this facility, all recorded while her role was WARDEN 2. Three are listed as Unknown/Pending and one as Homicide; ages range from 21 to 58.

• Jonathan Lee Mischloney died March 3, 2024, at Burruss C.T.C; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending and his age as 46.
• Christopher Troy Campbell died June 26, 2024, at Burruss C.T.C; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending and his age as 58.
• Anthony James Walkertriplett died September 9, 2024, at Burruss C.T.C; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending and his age as 21.
• Tyler Michael Zacher died February 3, 2025, at Burruss C.T.C; the registry lists the cause as Homicide and his age as 22.

Post-warden assignments, 2026. Records list her from January 16, 2026 as Coordinator of Field Operations Risk Management and Standards, with no facility assigned, and an Assistant Region Director entry dated August 27, 2026. No deaths in GPS's registry are attributed to these postings.

Sources

• GPS death registry — 18 deaths attributed to Meosha S. McMillan's leadership tenures (14 at Pulaski State Prison, 4 at Burruss C.T.C)
• GPS intelligence records — June 30, 2022 event at Pulaski State Prison for Women
• Georgia Department of Corrections personnel and salary records compiled by GPS — position titles, facilities, dates and salaries, 2011–2026

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.