Nicholson, Nequeva

Tenure Summary

What happened on their watch

Macon State Prison (2015–2019)

Dooly State Prison (2023–present)

GPS records attribute 11 deaths to Dooly State Prison during her deputy warden tenure. The decedents named in GPS records are Horatio Philmore, 58; Timothy Glenn Williams, 56; Orlando Perez Glass, 49; Marshall Davis Crews, 69; Willie Mote, 70; Paul Counts, 60; Darrow Brown, 58; Dexter Andres Levy, 32; Samuel Jacob Blackmon, 40; Martez Desmond Terry, 42; and Jerry Jerome Smith, age not listed. By GPS cause-category coding, two are category 3, three are category 5, and six are category 6. GPS notes describe a prisoner-report notation of “Homocide” for Philmore and a user report alleging Brown was killed by a gang member on a walk. The category 5 records include an autopsy citation for Levy coded as overdose with manner accident, and a “Natural/Drug OD” note for Williams. For Jerry Jerome Smith, GPS records state the cause is not established and that a reported likely heart attack was reported only.

Systemic patterns in the record overlap Nicholson’s Dooly tenure. GPS incident records show multiple gang-related fights at Dooly in March–May 2026, including a May 22, 2026 fight that injured nine people and preceded a statewide GDC lockdown. GPS reports also describe Dooly holding 1,593 people in a facility designed for 500, a 319% design-capacity figure, against a 50% statewide correctional officer vacancy rate, and a November 2025 report of housing units without officer supervision for entire shifts.

The intel file also contains allegations tied to Dooly. WGXA reported that former GDC cadet Julius Deshawn Williams Jr. smuggled 640 grams of pure methamphetamine into the prison and was later sentenced to 10 years. WALB and Wesh.com reported that inmate Abraham Rivas allegedly ran phone fraud from Dooly and claimed correctional staff were aware of such schemes. An anonymous Facebook comment collected by GPS alleges the Dooly commissary was severely understocked and names the Deputy Warden of Administration, “Miss Nichols,” identified by GPS as likely Nicholson, as responsible; that claim is an allegation, not a finding.

Sources

• GPS personnel, death, incident, and intel records
• Atlanta Journal-Constitution — Dooly and Macon homicide, staffing, and DOJ-related reporting collected in GPS intel
• WGXA — Dooly meth smuggling and gang-related fight reporting
• 13WMAZ — Dooly altercation and Macon drug trafficking reporting
• WALB — Abraham Rivas fraud allegations at Dooly
• Wesh.com — Abraham Rivas fraud and contraband allegations at Dooly
• Facebook (anonymous public comment) — Dooly commissary understocking allegation collected by GPS

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