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Powell, Beau J
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Profile written August 30, 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
Beau J. Powell served as a Business Support Analyst 1 with the Georgia Department of Corrections from 2019 through 2022, a staff-tier position with no facility assignment in GPS records. Powell then served as Deputy Warden at Whitworth Women’s Facility, with records covering Jan. 1, 2023 through Dec. 31, 2025. A separate one-day entry lists Powell as Auditor/Examiner 3 on Aug. 27, 2026, with no facility assignment. GPS records attribute one death to Powell’s facility leadership tenure, at Whitworth Women’s Facility. The records contain no lawsuits naming Powell as a defendant, no intel reports or intel events at facilities, and no news mentions.What happened on their watch
Whitworth Women’s Facility — Deputy Warden, 2023–2025
GPS records attribute one death to Whitworth Women’s Facility during Powell’s tenure: Rhianna Woods, with an incident date of Jan. 10, 2025. The Georgia Department of Corrections’ January 2025 mortality data, as reflected in GPS records, lists the entry as “Acute Respiratory Failure/ Possible Drug Overdose.” The DeKalb County Medical Examiner case 25-0059, also reflected in GPS records, lists the manner as accident (overdose) and the cause as acute drug (benzodiazepine) intoxication. GPS records classify the death as drug-related.GPS notes a facility discrepancy for Woods: the medical examiner report places her at Metro Reentry Facility in DeKalb County, while the GPS database of record lists Whitworth Women’s Facility. The facility record was left unchanged pending administrative decision. GPS records also note an administrative hypothesis, not an established finding, that GDC may make a technical or administrative transfer to Metro Reentry Facility when an incarcerated person is near death or sent to an Atlanta-area hospital. The death record narrative states that Woods reportedly swallowed a substance on the evening of Jan. 8, 2025, then experienced seizures, had admission bloodwork positive for benzodiazepine, and developed respiratory failure. No age at death is listed. No intel reports, intel events, lawsuits, or news mentions tied to Powell’s Whitworth tenure appear in the records.
Sources
- GPS personnel, mortality, and facility records for Beau J. Powell
- Georgia Department of Corrections January 2025 mortality data, official release as reflected in GPS records
- DeKalb County Medical Examiner case 25-0059, as reflected in GPS records
Positions Held
| Title | Facility | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| Auditor/Examiner 3 | 2026-08-27 → present | |
| DEPUTY WARDEN | WHITWORTH WOMEN’S FACILITY | 2023-01-01 → present |
| Deputy Warden | WHITWORTH WOMEN’S FACILITY | 2023-11-22 → 2023-11-22 |
| 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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