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Nicholson, Nequeva
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Profile written August 23, 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 began as a Correctional Officer at Macon State Prison in 2015, then held CSM Correctional Officer and Sergeant positions there through 2019. Records list Nicholson as a CSM Correctional Lieutenant from 2020 to 2022 without a facility recorded, then as Lieutenant at Dooly State Prison in 2023, Correctional Captain at Dooly in 2024, and Deputy Warden of Administration at Dooly effective January 16, 2025, with no end date listed. GPS records attribute 10 deaths at Dooly State Prison to Nicholson’s facility-leader tenure; each death record lists Nicholson’s role at the time as Deputy Warden of Administration. No lawsuits as defendant appear in the structured records.What happened on their watch
Macon State Prison (2015–2019)
GPS records show no deaths attributed to Nicholson’s Macon State Prison tenures. Intel records involving Macon include later-dated allegations about contraband phone fraud, drug trafficking, staffing shortages, and violence, but the records do not establish that those occurred during Nicholson’s Macon years.Dooly State Prison (2023–present)
Nicholson served as Lieutenant in 2023, Captain in 2024, and Deputy Warden of Administration beginning January 16, 2025. The 10 deaths GPS attributes to Dooly during Nicholson’s tenure are dated from February 2, 2025, through April 29, 2026. Named decedents include 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), and Martez Desmond Terry (42). GPS records list Philmore and Brown under cause category 3, Williams and Blackmon under category 5, and the remaining six under category 6. A user report for Brown alleges he was killed by a Crips gang member while being escorted back to his building; Philmore’s record carries a provenance note reclassifying the cause as a prisoner report rather than GDC official; Williams’s record includes “Natural/Drug OD” but was also reclassified as a prisoner report. GPS records caution that there has been only one month of GDC-published cause-of-death data.During Nicholson’s Dooly tenure, GPS records document staffing reports stating the prison held 1,593 people in a facility designed for 750 — 212% of design capacity — with a 50% statewide correctional officer vacancy rate, and a report of housing units with no officer supervision for hours or full shifts. Incident records include a stabbing of Zeary “Blue” Davis on October 1, 2025, when a contraband phone was used to alert staff; an April 7, 2025 report alleging an inmate named David was beaten by Lt. Fudge and a CERT team after requesting protective custody; a December 8, 2025 incident in which Deputy Warden Charles Hudson was bitten while handcuffing an inmate; and multiple gang-related fights in 2026 that injured five, six, and nine inmates, prompting a statewide lockdown and cancellation of visitation at Dooly, Washington, Ware, and Hancock State Prisons.
Intel records also cite WGXA reporting that former cadet Julius Deshawn Williams Jr. was found with 640 grams of methamphetamine and was later sentenced to 10 years plus supervised release; WALB and Wesh.com reporting that Abraham Rivas allegedly defrauded a Florida victim while incarcerated at Dooly and claimed staff were aware of inmate scams; Georgia Public Broadcasting reporting a family allegation that Dooly medical staff put a father’s treatment “on the back burner,” contributing to a sepsis death; and an anonymous public Facebook post alleging the commissary was severely understocked, naming “Miss Nichols” — likely Nicholson — as responsible for what the poster called starvation conditions.
Sources
- GPS records — personnel history, death logs, facility death counts, incident and intel reports.
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution — homicide and staffing reports at Macon State Prison and Dooly State Prison.
- WGXA — reporting on meth smuggling by a cadet and gang-related fights at Dooly.
- WALB / Wesh.com — reporting on inmate fraud scheme allegations at Dooly.
- 13WMAZ — Macon drug trafficking and Dooly fight coverage.
- Georgia Public Broadcasting — Dooly medical neglect allegation.
- Facebook (anonymous public comment) — commissary shortage allegation naming “Miss Nichols.”
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 |
| Captain | DOOLY STATE PRISON | 2025-01-01 → present |
| CORRECTIONAL CAPTAIN | DOOLY STATE PRISON | 2024-01-01 → 2024-12-31 |
| Correctional Captain | DOOLY STATE PRISON | 2023-11-22 → 2023-11-22 |
| 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
10 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 |
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