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Nash, Torika R
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Profile written September 6, 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
Torika R. Nash spent most of her documented Georgia Department of Corrections career in behavioral-health roles: Behavioral Health Counselor II at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification State Prison in 2006, then Behavioral Health Counselor 2/3 and Behavioral Health Counselor Supervisor across multiple years through 2024. She entered the facility-deputy tier on October 16, 2024, as Deputy Warden of Care and Treatment at the Special Management Unit, and by 2025 was recorded as Deputy Warden there.GPS records attribute four deaths to Nash’s leadership tenure at the Special Management Unit. The decedents are Emilio Christopher Canales (2024), Lashon Boddie (2025), Michael Ogletree (2025), and Antony Ramon Penick (2026). All four are listed under cause-of-death category 6 in the mortality data provided; the category is not defined in the source records. GPS records list no lawsuits naming Nash as a defendant.
What happened on their watch
Special Management Unit — Deputy Warden of Care and Treatment / Deputy Warden (October 16, 2024–present)
The first death attributed to Nash’s tenure occurred six days after she began: Emilio Christopher Canales, 40, was recorded on October 22, 2024, with Nash’s role at the time listed as Deputy Warden of Care and Treatment. In 2025, two men died: Lashon Boddie, 30, on September 2, and Michael Ogletree, 33, on October 31. In 2026, Antony Ramon Penick, 32, died on May 30. For the 2025 and 2026 deaths, GPS records list Nash’s role as Deputy Warden. All four decedents are classified under cause_category 6; the decedents’ ages range from 30 to 40.GPS intel records also carry broader allegations about the Special Management Unit, none of which name Nash individually. Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporting cataloged by GPS alleges that GDC falsified and backdated prisoner review forms at the unit, that records showed deceased inmate Ricardo Daughtry attending activities after he had been pronounced dead, and that GDC failed to check on Daughtry for nearly seven hours despite a policy requiring checks every 30 minutes. A January 2025 GPS entry summarizes a U.S. Department of Justice report, issued the previous October, that called Georgia’s prisons inhumane and described GDC obstructing federal investigators by restricting access and making hurried repairs. A separate AJC report alleges that an SMU inmate, Arthur Lee Cofield Jr., used a contraband cellphone to steal $11 million, and that GDC knew of his financial crimes as early as 2018 but did not charge him until 2020. GPS court-related entries also describe a federal contempt order holding GDC in contempt over noncompliance with a 2019 Special Management Unit settlement, reported in January 2025 and predating Nash’s SMU appointment.
Sources
- GPS records — personnel, mortality, and intel-event data for Torika R. Nash.
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution — reporting cataloged in GPS intel records on SMU record falsification, Ricardo Daughtry, Arthur Lee Cofield Jr.’s contraband phone, and GDC obstruction of federal investigators.
- U.S. Department of Justice — report on conditions in Georgia prisons, as summarized in GPS intel records.
- Court records — federal contempt proceedings over the 2019 Special Management Unit settlement, as cataloged in GPS intel events.
Positions Held
| Title | Facility | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| Deputy Warden | SPECIAL MANAGEMENT UNIT | 2026-08-27 → present |
| DEPUTY WARDEN | SPECIAL MANAGEMENT UNIT | 2025-01-01 → present |
| Deputy Warden of Care and Treatment | SPECIAL MANAGEMENT UNIT | 2024-10-16 → present |
| BEHAVIORAL HLTH COUNSELOR SPV | 2022-01-01 → 2024-10-15 | |
| Behavioral Hlth Counselor Spv | GEORGIA DIAGNOSTIC AND CLASSIFICATION STATE PRISON | 2023-11-22 → 2023-11-22 |
| BEHAVIORAL HLTH COUNSELOR SPV | GEORGIA DIAGNOSTIC AND CLASSIFICATION STATE PRISON | 2021-01-01 → 2021-12-31 |
| BEHAVIORAL HLTH COUNSELOR 3 | 2018-01-01 → 2020-12-31 | |
| BEHAVIORAL HLTH COUNSELOR 3 | GEORGIA DIAGNOSTIC AND CLASSIFICATION STATE PRISON | 2017-01-01 → 2017-12-31 |
| BEHAVIORAL HLTH COUNSELOR 2 | 2016-01-01 → 2016-12-31 | |
| BEH HEALTH/COUNSELOR (WL) | 2015-01-01 → 2015-12-31 | |
| Behavioral Health Counselor II | GEORGIA DIAGNOSTIC AND CLASSIFICATION STATE PRISON | 2006-01-01 → 2006-12-31 |
Deaths attributed during tenure
4 people died at facilities under Nash, Torika R's leadership.
| Date | Decedent | Age | Facility | Role at time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-30 | ANTONY RAMON PENICK | 32 | SPECIAL MANAGEMENT UNIT | DEPUTY WARDEN |
| 2025-10-31 | MICHAEL OGLETREE | 33 | SPECIAL MANAGEMENT UNIT | DEPUTY WARDEN |
| 2025-09-02 | LASHON BODDIE | 30 | SPECIAL MANAGEMENT UNIT | DEPUTY WARDEN |
| 2024-10-22 | EMILIO CHRISTOPHER CANALES | 40 | SPECIAL MANAGEMENT UNIT | Deputy Warden of Care and Treatment |
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