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Nicholson, Nequeva
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Profile written July 26, 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
Nequeva Nicholson’s career with the Georgia Department of Corrections began in 2015 as a correctional officer at Macon State Prison. She rose to sergeant by 2018, then served as a lieutenant at an unspecified facility from 2020 to 2022. In 2023, Nicholson moved to Dooly State Prison as a lieutenant, advanced to captain in 2024, and was promoted to deputy warden in January 2025. Two weeks later she assumed the role of Deputy Warden of Administration, the facility’s second-in-command. GPS records attribute 11 deaths at Dooly State Prison to Nicholson’s tenure in facility-deputy roles from January 2025 onward. No lawsuits naming Nicholson as a defendant appear in the database.What happened on their watch
At Dooly State Prison, Nicholson held the ranks of lieutenant (2023), captain (2024), and deputy warden / deputy warden of administration (2025–present). All 11 deaths attributed to her tenure occurred during her deputy-level leadership. The first was Joshua Parrott, who died on January 12, 2025, from homicide by strangulation — the cause documented in the GDC’s January 2025 mortality report, the only month the agency publicly released such data, according to GPS provenance records. A prisoner report later described the February 2025 death of Horatio Philmore as a homicide. In November 2025, Darrow Brown was killed in what a GPS user report called a gang attack while being escorted. Timothy Glenn Williams died in April 2025; prisoner accounts characterized his death as a possible homicide, though a separate notation referenced natural causes or a drug overdose. Six other deaths — Paul Counts, Willie Mote, Marshall Davis Crews, Orlando Perez Glass, Dexter Andres Levy, and Samuel Jacob Blackmon — occurred between October 2025 and January 2026, with no cause publicly released. In April 2026, Martez Desmond Terry died, bringing the total to 11.These deaths unfolded inside a facility beset by severe overcrowding and staffing shortages. GPS records show that Dooly held approximately 1,600 incarcerated people in a building designed for 750, while a November 2025 investigation reported housing units that went unsupervised for entire shifts. Multiple gang-related fights erupted: in March 2026 five inmates were injured, and in May 2026 a larger brawl sent nine to the hospital, prompting a statewide lockdown of all GDC facilities, according to WGXA and 13WMAZ. A corrections cadet was caught in December 2025 trying to smuggle 640 grams of methamphetamine into the prison (WGXA), and inmate Abraham Rivas allegedly ran a phone-fraud scheme from inside the facility, using the proceeds to buy marijuana while staff were purportedly aware of the activity, as reported by Wesh.com and WALB. An anonymous Facebook post in May 2026, documented by GPS intelligence, claimed that Nicholson — referred to as “Miss Nichols” — was responsible for a weeks-long commissary shortage, though the allegation could not be independently verified. Separately, an Atlanta Journal-Constitution report cited a coroner’s allegation that a different prisoner, Carlos Omar Soldiew-Acosta, may have been dead for more than 24 hours before his body was discovered at Dooly, further highlighting concerns about inmate monitoring.
Sources
- GPS records — death data, provenance notes, and internal intelligence reports (including the Facebook post regarding the commissary)
- GDC January 2025 mortality report (per GPS provenance notes)
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution — coroner’s allegation regarding Carlos Omar Soldiew-Acosta
- WGXA — methamphetamine smuggling arrest (Julius Deshawn Williams Jr.) and gang-related fight coverage
- 13WMAZ — gang-related fight at Dooly State Prison
- Wesh.com — Abraham Rivas fraud scheme and marijuana allegations
- WALB — Abraham Rivas fraud scheme and staff awareness claims
Positions Held
| Title | Facility | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| Deputy Warden of Administration | DOOLY STATE PRISON | 2025-01-16 → present |
| DEPUTY WARDEN | DOOLY STATE PRISON | 2025-01-01 → present |
| CORRECTIONAL CAPTAIN | DOOLY STATE PRISON | 2024-01-01 → 2024-12-31 |
| CSM CORRECTIONAL LIEUTENANT | DOOLY STATE PRISON | 2023-01-01 → 2023-12-31 |
| CSM CORRECTIONAL LIEUTENANT | 2020-01-01 → 2022-12-31 | |
| CSM CORRECTIONAL SERGEANT | MACON STATE PRISON | 2018-01-01 → 2019-12-31 |
| CSM CORRECTIONAL OFFICER 2 | MACON STATE PRISON | 2017-01-01 → 2017-12-31 |
| CSM CORRECTIONAL OFFICER 1 | MACON STATE PRISON | 2016-01-01 → 2016-12-31 |
| Correctional Officer | MACON STATE PRISON | 2015-01-01 → 2015-12-31 |
Deaths attributed during tenure
11 people died at facilities under Nicholson, Nequeva's leadership.
| Date | Decedent | Age | Facility | Role at time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-29 | MARTEZ DESMOND TERRY | 42 | DOOLY STATE PRISON | Deputy Warden of Administration |
| 2026-01-19 | SAMUEL JACOB BLACKMON | 40 | DOOLY STATE PRISON | Deputy Warden of Administration |
| 2025-11-16 | DEXTER ANDRES LEVY | 32 | DOOLY STATE PRISON | Deputy Warden of Administration |
| 2025-11-07 | DARROW BROWN | 58 | DOOLY STATE PRISON | Deputy Warden of Administration |
| 2025-10-30 | PAUL COUNTS | 60 | DOOLY STATE PRISON | Deputy Warden of Administration |
| 2025-10-14 | WILLIE MOTE | 70 | DOOLY STATE PRISON | Deputy Warden of Administration |
| 2025-09-19 | MARSHALL DAVIS CREWS | 69 | DOOLY STATE PRISON | Deputy Warden of Administration |
| 2025-08-17 | ORLANDO PEREZ GLASS | 49 | DOOLY STATE PRISON | Deputy Warden of Administration |
| 2025-04-17 | TIMOTHY GLENN WILLIAMS | 56 | DOOLY STATE PRISON | Deputy Warden of Administration |
| 2025-02-02 | Horatio Philmore | 58 | DOOLY STATE PRISON | Deputy Warden of Administration |
| 2025-01-12 | Joshua Parrott | 45 | DOOLY STATE PRISON | DEPUTY WARDEN |
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