Phams, Angela

Tenure Summary

Angela Phams has served as Warden of Riverbend Correctional and Rehabilitation Facility since January 1, 2024, per GPS records. Her tenure remains ongoing. GPS records attribute two in-custody deaths to Riverbend during her time as facility lead, both falling under cause category 6. No lawsuits naming Phams as a defendant have been filed, and no news mentions are on record.

What Happened on Their Watch

Riverbend Correctional and Rehabilitation Facility — Warden (January 1, 2024–present)

GPS records attribute two deaths at Riverbend during Phams's tenure as warden. Jimmy Ray Teems, age 54, died on April 5, 2024, and Jere Hunt Horne, age 64, died on June 28, 2024; both are classified under cause category 6. No additional notes, autopsy findings, or family allegations are on record for either death. Both decedents were in the older-adult range (54 and 64), though GPS records do not document any pattern findings or investigative conclusions linking the deaths. Separately, GPS records document a gang war incident at Riverbend on January 11, 2026, associated with a phone network blackout and involving a person named Ahmod Hatcher; no further description of that incident is available in the structured record, and it falls within Phams's ongoing tenure.

Sources

• GPS records — two deaths at Riverbend Correctional and Rehabilitation Facility attributed to facility-lead tenure of Angela Phams (2024)
• GPS records — gang war incident at Riverbend Correctional and Rehabilitation Facility, January 11, 2026

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