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Powell, Beau J
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Profile written August 2, 2026
Salary
$71,775
2025 · state payroll
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
Beau J. Powell entered the Georgia Department of Corrections as a Business Support Analyst in 2019, holding that staff-level role through 2022. In 2023, he was promoted to Deputy Warden at Whitworth Women’s Facility, a position he retained into 2025. GPS records attribute one death to a person under GDC custody during his leadership tenure—a single fatality recorded at Whitworth while Powell served as the facility’s deputy warden. No lawsuits naming Powell as a defendant, no intel reports, and no news mentions appear in the GPS dataset.What happened on their watch
Whitworth Women’s Facility (Deputy Warden, 2023–2025) On January 10, 2025, Rhianna Woods died. GPS records list the death under Whitworth Women’s Facility, but a separate DeKalb County Medical Examiner’s report (case 25‑0059) places the fatal ingestion at the Metro Reentry Facility in DeKalb County. An administrative note in the GPS file hypothesizes that GDC may perform a “technical” or administrative transfer of a person to Metro when they are near death or sent to an Atlanta‑area hospital, which could account for the discrepancy; the GPS facility assignment remains unchanged pending administrative review. The GDC’s January 2025 mortality report—the month’s published data that included populated cause fields—describes the death as “Acute Respiratory Failure/ Possible Drug Overdose.” The DeKalb ME ruled the manner an accident, with the cause listed as acute drug (benzodiazepine) intoxication. No lawsuits or disciplinary actions tied to this death are documented against Powell.Sources
- GDC January 2025 mortality data (published PDF), via GPS records — cause of death verbatim
- DeKalb County Medical Examiner case 25‑0059 — manner and cause of death, facility location
- GPS personnel and facility records for tenure, death attribution, and administrative notes
Positions Held
| Title | Facility | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| DEPUTY WARDEN | WHITWORTH WOMEN’S FACILITY | 2023-01-01 → present |
| BUSI SUPPORT ANALYST 1 | 2019-01-01 → 2022-12-31 |
Deaths attributed during tenure
1 people died at facilities under Powell, Beau J's leadership.
| Date | Decedent | Age | Facility | Role at time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-10 | Rhianna Woods | — | WHITWORTH WOMEN’S FACILITY | DEPUTY WARDEN |
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