Perry, James Kevin

Tenure Summary

James Kevin Perry's state salary records trace a steady climb through the Georgia Department of Corrections: Correction Administration in 2015, Correctional Assistant Superintendent in 2016, Deputy Warden from 2017 through 2020, Warden 2 in 2021 and 2022, and Warden 3 in 2023, 2024 and 2025. Where facilities are identified in the records, they place him at Augusta State Medical Prison — as Interim Warden from May 16 to June 30, 2023, as Warden 3 on November 22, 2023, and again as Warden 3 on August 27, 2026. No facility is named in the records for the earlier non-leadership posts.

GPS's death registry attributes five deaths to Perry's leadership tenures, all of them at Augusta State Medical Prison. He is named as a defendant in two federal lawsuits, both terminated, with no outcome amount recorded. GPS's records contain no intel reports logged at his facilities and no news items naming him directly.

What happened on their watch

Augusta State Medical Prison — Interim Warden (May 16 – June 30, 2023). Four of the five deaths attributed to Perry's leadership tenures fall inside this six-week interim posting, according to the GPS registry, each listed as Natural/Medical:

• Daniel Lee Pack died May 28, 2023, at Augusta State Medical Prison; GPS's registry lists the cause as Natural/Medical, age 58.
• Leroy Mcdaniel died June 2, 2023, at Augusta State Medical Prison; the registry lists the cause as Natural/Medical, age 61.
• Tony Mitchell died June 10, 2023, at Augusta State Medical Prison; the registry lists the cause as Natural/Medical, age 64.
• Dennis Burnett died June 12, 2023, at Augusta State Medical Prison; the registry lists the cause as Natural/Medical, age 60.

GPS's intel events log for the same posting separately records the death of Randall Joey Futch, 61, on June 8, 2023, described in the log as death from delayed complications of blunt force head trauma, with Perry listed as Interim Warden at the time.

Augusta State Medical Prison — Warden 3 (November 22, 2023). The registry's fifth attributed death falls on a date the records also list Perry as holding the Warden 3 title at the facility:

• Joshua Cain Phillips died November 22, 2023, at Augusta State Medical Prison; the registry lists the cause as Natural/Medical, age 43.

The records also carry Warden 3 salary-year entries for 2024 and 2025 without a facility named, and a further Warden 3 entry at Augusta State Medical Prison dated August 27, 2026. The records contain no intel reports or events tied to those later Warden 3 periods and no news mentions naming Perry in connection with any facility incident.

Litigation

• Danenberg v. Perry, No. 1:24-cv-00006, filed January 17, 2024 in GASD; terminated July 8, 2024. Perry is named as a defendant. Court records show no outcome amount.
• Mcclinton v. Berry, No. 5:22-cv-00109, filed March 14, 2022 in GAMD; terminated February 14, 2025. Perry is named as a defendant. Court records show no outcome amount.

Neither docket records a settlement figure or a finding of liability.

Sources

• GPS death registry — five deaths attributed to Perry's leadership tenures at Augusta State Medical Prison, plus the individual decedent entries for Daniel Lee Pack, Leroy Mcdaniel, Tony Mitchell, Dennis Burnett and Joshua Cain Phillips.
• GPS intel events log — entry for the June 8, 2023 death of Randall Joey Futch at Augusta State Medical Prison during Perry's Interim Warden posting.
• CourtListener dockets — Danenberg v. Perry (1:24-cv-00006, GASD) and Mcclinton v. Berry (5:22-cv-00109, GAMD).
• Georgia Department of Corrections salary and position records, 2015–2026, as compiled by GPS.

Synthesized by GPS Intelligence System on Sep 25, 2026 from positions, attributed deaths, lawsuits, intel reports, and news mentions in the public corpus. The supporting data tables follow below.