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Miller, Wendy
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Profile written August 2, 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
Wendy Miller began her career with the Georgia Department of Corrections as a Behavioral Health Counselor at Telfair State Prison in 2019, rising through the counselor series before transitioning to a supervisory counselor role. On January 16, 2026, she assumed the position of Deputy Warden of Care and Treatment at McRae Women’s Facility — a leadership role carrying facility-deputy accountability. During the first five months of that posting, GPS records attributed four in-custody deaths to the facility, all occurring while Miller held the deputy warden title.What happened on their watch
Miller’s sole facility-leadership tenure is at McRae Women’s Facility, where she served as Deputy Warden of Care and Treatment starting in mid-January 2026. Between March 16 and May 18 of that year, four women died in custody: Beverly Sipple, 59 (March 16); Kristal Lyn Layne, 55 (May 10); Shannon Michelle Rush, 43 (May 16); and Chasity King, 26 (May 18). GPS records categorize all four deaths under cause category 6; specific causes of death are not detailed in the available data. No lawsuits against Miller, intel reports, or news mentions from McRae Women’s Facility are present in the database for this window.Prior to her leadership role, Miller worked in behavioral health counselor positions at Telfair State Prison (2019–2020) and unspecified facilities (2021–2025). These staff-tier roles are not associated with any deaths attributed to her leadership, and the intel reports and events tied to Telfair — including multiple homicides, critical staffing shortages, the 2023 heat-related death of Juan Carlos Ramirez Bibiano, and a $3.2 million settlement — do not overlap with her time in a supervisory or warden-level capacity at that facility.
Sources
- GPS intelligence database — positions, deaths, and facility records for Wendy Miller
- GPS deaths log — four attributed deaths at McRae Women’s Facility (2026)
- Georgia Department of Corrections records — career and salary data (2019–2026)
Positions Held
| Title | Facility | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| Deputy Warden of Care and Treatment | McRAE WOMEN’S FACILITY | 2026-01-16 → present |
| BEHAVIORAL HLTH COUNSELOR SPV | 2024-01-01 → present | |
| BEHAVIORAL HLTH COUNSELOR 3 | McRAE WOMEN’S FACILITY | 2023-01-01 → 2023-12-31 |
| BEHAVIORAL HLTH COUNSELOR 3 | 2022-01-01 → 2022-12-31 | |
| BEHAVIORAL HLTH COUNSELOR 2 | 2021-01-01 → 2021-12-31 | |
| BEHAVIORAL HLTH COUNSELOR 2 | TELFAIR STATE PRISON | 2020-01-01 → 2020-12-31 |
| BEHAVIORAL HLTH COUNSELOR 1 | TELFAIR STATE PRISON | 2019-01-01 → 2019-12-31 |
Deaths attributed during tenure
4 people died at facilities under Miller, Wendy's leadership.
| Date | Decedent | Age | Facility | Role at time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-18 | CHASITY KING | 26 | McRAE WOMEN’S FACILITY | Deputy Warden of Care and Treatment |
| 2026-05-16 | SHANNON MICHELLE RUSH | 43 | McRAE WOMEN’S FACILITY | Deputy Warden of Care and Treatment |
| 2026-05-10 | KRISTAL LYN LAYNE | 55 | McRAE WOMEN’S FACILITY | Deputy Warden of Care and Treatment |
| 2026-03-16 | BEVERLY SUZANNNE SIPPLE | 59 | McRAE WOMEN’S FACILITY | Deputy Warden of Care and Treatment |
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