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Parham, Cynthia L
On GDC's 2025 payroll
Profile written October 18, 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
Cynthia L. Parham's personnel record tracks a steady rise through Georgia Department of Corrections ranks: CSM Correctional Unit Manager in 2016 and 2017, Deputy Warden from 2018 through 2021, Deputy Warden at Metro Revestment Center in 2022, and then Correctional Superintendent from 2023 onward. Within the superintendent tier, her record shows a 2023 posting and a November 22, 2023 record at Metro Reentry Facility, a 2024 posting, and postings at Metro Revestment Center in 2025 and again on August 27, 2026. Her salary in the superintendent tier rose from $74,533.46 in 2023 to $81,972.10 in 2024 and $85,444.32 in 2025.
Across her leadership-tier tenures, one death is attributed to her watch, at Metro Revestment Center. No lawsuits naming her as a defendant appear in the records provided, and no news coverage naming her directly is recorded.
What happened on their watch
Correctional Superintendent — 2023, and Metro Reentry Facility (November 22, 2023). Parham held the Correctional Superintendent title in 2023, and a separate position record dated November 22, 2023 places her in that role at Metro Reentry Facility. The records provided attribute no deaths to a facility during these postings.
Correctional Superintendent — 2024. She continued in the superintendent tier in 2024. The records provided list no facility for this posting and attribute no deaths to it.
Correctional Superintendent, Metro Revestment Center — 2025 and from August 27, 2026. Parham held the Correctional Superintendent role at Metro Revestment Center in 2025 and again on a position record dated August 27, 2026. One death is attributed to her leadership tenure at Metro Revestment Center:
- David Rackley Pritchett died August 29, 2026, at Metro Reinvestment Center, at age 66; GPS's death registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending.
Two days separate the August 27, 2026 position record and Pritchett's death. GPS's registry has not yet established a cause, so no circumstance of death is documented here.
Earlier in her career, Parham served as Deputy Warden at Metro Revestment Center in 2022 — a deputy-tier role outside the leadership-tier tenures covered by the death attribution above.
Sources
- GPS Death Registry — entry for David Rackley Pritchett (died August 29, 2026, Metro Reinvestment Center; cause listed as Unknown/Pending; age 66)
- Georgia Department of Corrections personnel and salary records — position titles, facilities, and annual salaries for Parham, 2016–2026
Positions Held
| Title | Facility | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| Correctional Superintendent | METRO REINVESTMENT CENTER | 2026-08-27 → present |
| CORRECTIONAL SUPERINTENDENT | METRO REINVESTMENT CENTER | 2025-01-01 → present |
| CORRECTIONAL SUPERINTENDENT | 2023-01-01 → 2024-12-31 | |
| Correctional Superintendent | METRO REENTRY FACILITY | 2023-11-22 → 2023-11-22 |
| DEPUTY WARDEN | METRO REINVESTMENT CENTER | 2022-01-01 → 2022-12-31 |
| DEPUTY WARDEN | 2018-01-01 → 2021-12-31 | |
| CSM CORRECTIONAL UNIT MANAGER | 2016-01-01 → 2017-12-31 |
Deaths attributed during tenure
1 people died at facilities under Parham, Cynthia L's leadership.
| Date | Decedent | Age | Facility | Role at time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-29 | DAVID RACKLEY PRITCHETT | 66 | METRO REINVESTMENT CENTER | CORRECTIONAL SUPERINTENDENT |
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