Miller, Wendy

Tenure Summary

Wendy Miller joined the Georgia Department of Corrections in 2019 as a Behavioral Health Counselor at Telfair State Prison and has steadily advanced through clinical and supervisory roles over six years. As of January 16, 2026, GPS records show she holds the title of Deputy Warden of Care and Treatment at McRae Women's Facility — her first accountability-tier leadership posting. One death has been recorded at that facility during her tenure in that role. No lawsuits name her as a defendant.

What Happened on Their Watch

Telfair State Prison — Behavioral Health Counselor 1 & 2 (2019–2020)

Miller served as a frontline behavioral health counselor at Telfair during a period of severe documented violence. GPS records and facility event data show four homicides at Telfair in 2020 alone: Cedric La'Troy Johnson Sr., 35, died March 13 by strangulation; Aldrich Norval Cain, 26, died April 23 from multiple stab wounds involving four other inmates; Marcus Derrelle Pearson Jr., 28, died May 29 from multiple stab wounds involving two other inmates; and Luis Garcia Palacio, 41, died July 28 from blunt impact injuries to the head. Miller held no leadership or accountability-tier role during this period; her position was clinical and non-supervisory.

McRae Women's Facility — Deputy Warden of Care and Treatment (January 16, 2026–present)

GPS records show Miller assumed her first facility-deputy role at McRae Women's Facility on January 16, 2026. On March 16, 2026 — 59 days into that posting — Beverly Suzanne Sipple, age 59, died at the facility. The cause category is recorded in GPS records; no additional notes or cause-of-death detail are available in the structured data. No lawsuits have been filed naming Miller in connection with Sipple's death or any other matter, per GPS records.

Systemic context at Telfair during Miller's clinical tenure

Although Miller held no supervisory authority at Telfair, the facility's conditions during her 2019–2020 assignment are documented in the record. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Telfair at one point had 79% of its correctional officer positions unfilled, leaving approximately 32 officers for a facility requiring at least 153. A separate AJC report noted only 36 officers supervising 1,400 prisoners. In 2023 — after Miller had left Telfair — a claim filed against the state alleged that De'ahmoz Oshmic Floyd, 29, was stabbed to death on April 18, 2023, by several prisoners at a time when no prison staff were present in the dorm; the same claim alleged Floyd had renounced his gang affiliation, making him a target of prior attacks, according to the AJC. Also in 2023, Sergeant Desiree Briley was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to helping a prisoner smuggle methamphetamine into Telfair for at least two years, per the AJC.

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Sources

• Atlanta Journal-Constitution — reporting on Telfair State Prison homicides, staffing shortages, and the Desiree Briley drug-trafficking conviction
• Solitary Watch — December 2010 reporting on alleged tactical officer rampage and heat shutoff at Telfair State Prison
• GPS records — position history, death during tenure (Beverly Suzanne Sipple, McRae Women's Facility, March 16, 2026), facility event log for Telfair State Prison

Synthesized by GPS Intelligence System on May 6, 2026 from positions, attributed deaths, lawsuits, intel reports, and news mentions in the public corpus. The supporting data tables follow below.