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McMillan, Meosha S
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Profile written August 30, 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
Meosha S McMillan has held multiple GDC posts since at least 2011, beginning as assistant superintendent at Clayton Transitional Center, serving as superintendent at Macon Transitional Center in 2013, moving through private prison monitor and correctional administration roles, then serving as warden at Emanuel Women’s Facility from 2017 to 2019, Pulaski State Prison from 2020 to 2022, and Burruss C.T.C from 2023 to 2025. GPS records attribute 18 deaths to McMillan’s facility-leader tenures: 14 at Pulaski State Prison and 4 at Burruss C.T.C. The structured record shows no lawsuits naming McMillan as a defendant.What happened on their watch
Macon Transitional Center (2013)
GPS records show no deaths attributed to McMillan during the 2013 superintendent posting at Macon Transitional Center.Emanuel Women’s Facility (2017–2019)
No deaths are attributed to McMillan’s warden tenure at Emanuel Women’s Facility in the structured records. Facility-level intel events regarding deaths under Dr. Yvon Nazaire’s care cover 2005–2015, before McMillan’s time there.Pulaski State Prison (2020–2022)
Fourteen deaths are attributed to McMillan’s Warden 1 tenure at Pulaski State Prison. The decedents named in the records include Sophia Brown, 50 (Jan. 23, 2020); Judy Lynn Christian, 67 (Feb. 18, 2020); Lakeysa Lashawn Wigfall, 41 (June 27, 2020); Mozel Anderson, 78 (Sept. 14, 2020); Brenda Kaye Ivie, 65 (Mar. 11, 2021); Melissa Christine Thacker, 27 (July 25, 2021); Kathleen Conger Murphy, 71 (Sept. 28, 2021); Sandtoro Pearson, 44 (Oct. 1, 2021); Tanya Marie Abbs, 36 (Nov. 28, 2021); Margaret Ann Palmer, 55 (Jan. 21, 2022); Sharon Ann Fuquea, 56 (Apr. 16, 2022); Tammy Lowann Baker, 54 (May 26, 2022); Monica Mae Cutts, 29 (Aug. 15, 2022); and Christina Marie Buttery, 34 (Dec. 21, 2022).GBI autopsy records list Thacker’s cause as asphyxia due to hanging, with the manner classified as suicide; GPS notes a prior history of mental illness and suicide attempts. GDC’s own coding, obtained by the UCLA Law Behind Bars Data Project and explicitly not an autopsy finding, listed Pearson and Murphy as natural and Ivie and Anderson as undetermined. The extract does not state a certified cause for the other nine Pulaski deaths.
GPS intel records list a U.S. Department of Justice investigation that documented constitutional violations at Pulaski State Prison covering 2022–2023; the 2022 portion overlaps McMillan’s final year as warden there. Atlanta Journal-Constitution allegations about inadequate medical care involving Mollianne Fischer in 2014 and Bonnie Rocheleau in 2015 predate McMillan’s Pulaski posting. A later AJC item concerning a Deputy Warden Alonzo L. McMillian — a different spelling from Meosha S McMillan — is not attributed to her in GPS records.
Burruss C.T.C (2023–2025)
Four deaths are attributed to McMillan’s warden tenure at Burruss C.T.C: Jonathan Lee Mischloney, 46 (Mar. 3, 2024); Christopher Troy Campbell, 58 (June 26, 2024); Anthony James Walkertriplett, 21 (Sept. 9, 2024); and Tyler Michael Zacher, 22 (Feb. 3, 2025).Zacher’s death is documented as a homicide. According to the Monroe County Coroner’s Office death-investigation report and GBI Medical Examiner records cited in GPS files, Zacher sustained a sharp force injury of the head and neck after being assaulted by others on or about Jan. 6, 2025, at Burruss Correctional Training Center, and died at Navicent Health in Macon on Feb. 3, 2025. The extract does not state a certified cause for the other three Burruss deaths.
Sources
- GPS structured personnel and mortality records, including intel files and death reports
- Monroe County Coroner’s Office death-investigation report and GBI Medical Examiner records for Tyler Zacher, via GPS records
- GBI Medical Examiner autopsy records for Melissa Thacker, via GPS records
- UCLA Law Behind Bars Data Project custodial mortality dataset, obtained from GDC via open records
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution investigations
- U.S. Department of Justice investigation records referenced in GPS intel events
Positions Held
| Title | Facility | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| Assistant Region Director | 2026-08-27 → present | |
| Coordinator of Field Operations Risk Management and Standards | 2026-01-16 → present | |
| WARDEN 2 | BURRUSS C.T.C | 2024-01-01 → present |
| Warden 2 | BURRUSS C.T.C | 2023-11-22 → 2023-11-22 |
| WARDEN 1 | BURRUSS C.T.C | 2023-01-01 → 2023-12-31 |
| WARDEN 1 | PULASKI STATE PRISON | 2020-01-01 → 2022-12-31 |
| WARDEN 1 | EMANUEL WOMEN’S FACILITY | 2017-01-01 → 2019-12-31 |
| SR MGR, CORRECTIONAL ADMIN | EMANUEL WOMEN’S FACILITY | 2016-01-01 → 2016-12-31 |
| CORRECTION ADMINISTRATION | RIVERBEND CORRECTIONAL AND REHABILITATION FACILITY | 2015-01-01 → 2015-12-31 |
| Private Prison Monitor | JENKINS FACILITY | 2014-01-01 → 2014-12-31 |
| Superintendent | MACON TRANSITIONAL CENTER | 2013-01-01 → 2013-12-31 |
| Assistant Superintendent | CLAYTON TRANSITIONAL CENTER | 2011-01-01 → 2011-12-31 |
Deaths attributed during tenure
18 people died at facilities under McMillan, Meosha S's leadership.
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