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Powell, Beau J
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Profile written July 12, 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 began his Georgia Department of Corrections career in 2019 as a Business Support Analyst 1, a role he held through 2022 without a recorded facility assignment. In 2023, he moved into a custody-leadership position as Deputy Warden at Whitworth Women’s Facility, a post he continues to hold in 2025. GPS records attribute one death to a facility during his leadership tenure — a single fatality at Whitworth Women’s Facility while Powell served as deputy warden. The death prompted no lawsuits or public allegations against Powell during the period covered, though the official record contains a noteworthy facility-location discrepancy.What happened on their watch
Whitworth Women’s Facility (Deputy Warden, 2023–present) One death was recorded at Whitworth Women’s Facility during Powell’s tenure as deputy warden. On January 10, 2025, Rhianna Woods died; the DeKalb County Medical Examiner (case 25-0059) determined the manner was accident and the cause acute drug (benzodiazepine) intoxication. GPS records show an internal discrepancy: while the death is attributed to Whitworth Women’s Facility in the GPS database, the medical examiner’s report places Woods at the Metro Reentry Facility (1301 Constitution Road, DeKalb County). An administrative note in the GPS record hypothesizes that GDC may perform a technical/administrative transfer of an inmate to Metro when the inmate is near death or sent to an Atlanta‑area hospital, even if the inmate never physically sees that facility. No lawsuits or intel reports link Powell or the facility to the death beyond the documented discrepancy.Litigation
No lawsuits naming Powell as a defendant were recorded in the GPS database at the time of this report.Sources
- GPS records — death of Rhianna Woods on January 10, 2025, attributed to Whitworth Women’s Facility during Powell’s deputy warden tenure; total\_deaths\_attributed count; facility‑location discrepancy note and administrative transfer hypothesis.
- DeKalb County Medical Examiner case 25-0059 — manner (accident) and cause (acute benzodiazepine intoxication) of Rhianna Woods’s death.
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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