Mixon, Zachary

Tenure Summary

Zachary Mixon’s GDC records begin with a Corrections Officer post in 2015, followed by Correctional Sergeant positions from 2016 through 2019, a Correctional Lieutenant post in 2020, and Correctional Assistant Superintendent posts in 2021 and into 2022. In July 2022, Mixon began a facility-specific leadership posting as Superintendent of Treutlen Probation Detention Center; records list that posting through December 31, 2024. Later payroll records show Correctional Superintendent titles in 2024 and 2025 without a facility assignment.

GPS records attribute one death to Mixon’s facility-lead tenure: a death at Treutlen Probation Detention Center on January 31, 2024. No lawsuits naming Mixon as a defendant, no intel reports or intel events at facilities, and no news mentions are included in the provided data.

What happened on their watch

Treutlen Probation Detention Center — Superintendent (facility-specific posting, July 1, 2022 – December 31, 2024)

While Mixon held the Superintendent post at Treutlen Probation Detention Center, GPS records list one death attributed to that facility-leader tenure. The decedent is David Eugene Schmitt, age 60, who died on January 31, 2024. The death record categorizes the cause under category 6 and includes no narrative notes; the supplied data does not state a specific manner or underlying cause. The deaths-by-facility table lists one death at Treutlen Probation Detention Center, matching the overall total attributed to Mixon.

The records contain no intel reports or facility events associated with Mixon at Treutlen, no news mentions concerning his tenure, and no lawsuits filed against Mixon in connection with his leadership role there. No broader systemic findings, DOJ reports, audits, or mass incidents are attached to this facility-tenure in the supplied data.

No other facility-tenure is listed with deaths attributed. Earlier staff and supervisory postings — Corrections Officer, Sergeant, Lieutenant, and Assistant Superintendent — appear in the data without facility-specific death attributions.

Sources

• GPS records — personnel positions, deaths by facility, deaths during tenure, litigation-as-defendant index, intel reports and events, and news mentions for Zachary Mixon.

Synthesized by GPS Intelligence System on Aug 30, 2026 from positions, attributed deaths, lawsuits, intel reports, and news mentions in the public corpus. The supporting data tables follow below.