Pritchett, Lonnie Shane

Tenure Summary

Lonnie Shane Pritchett began his GDC career as a correctional officer at Bacon Transitional Center in 2005 and rose steadily through the ranks over two decades, serving as a sergeant at Coffee Correctional Facility from 2015 through 2019, a lieutenant and then assistant superintendent at Appling Integrated Treatment Facility in 2020–2021, and superintendent at Bacon Transitional Center in 2023. GPS records show no deaths attributed to facilities during Pritchett's leadership-tier tenures, and no lawsuits name him as a defendant. However, two homicides and staff-corruption allegations are documented at Coffee Correctional Facility during the years he served there as a line sergeant, and intel reports flagged at that facility are noted below for context.

What Happened on Their Watch

Coffee Correctional Facility — Sergeant (2015–2019)

Pritchett held a staff-level sergeant role at Coffee Correctional Facility across five years. GPS records show two homicides occurred at that facility during overlapping or adjacent periods. Kendall Ja'Mal Cromer, 31, died on November 30, 2020 from stab wounds to the neck and chest; an incident report cited by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution indicates four other inmates were involved in the stabbing. Hendricks Riley Gunn, 42, died on January 1, 2022 from blunt force injuries to the head and neck. Both deaths fall outside Pritchett's documented sergeant tenure at Coffee (which GPS records place through 2019), and neither death is attributed to him in GPS records. Separately, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that Dacia Gaskins, a former correctional officer at Coffee Correctional Facility, was indicted for conspiring to distribute cocaine, methamphetamine, oxycodone, and marijuana as part of a drug-trafficking operation. The timeline of Gaskins's alleged conduct relative to Pritchett's tenure at the facility is not established in the available records, and no allegation in the intel reports connects Pritchett to that conduct.

Appling Integrated Treatment Facility — Lieutenant / Assistant Superintendent (2020–2021)

GPS records show no deaths or lawsuits attributed to Appling Integrated Treatment Facility during Pritchett's tenure there at the unit-supervisor and facility-deputy tiers.

Bacon Transitional Center — Superintendent (2023–present through at least mid-2025)

GPS records show no deaths or lawsuits attributed to Bacon Transitional Center during Pritchett's tenure as superintendent. As of July 16, 2025, GPS records reflect Pritchett transitioning to a Regional Operations Coordinator role based at Coffee Correctional Facility.

Sources

• Atlanta Journal-Constitution — reporting on Coffee Correctional Facility homicides and staff indictment (cited in GPS intel reports, URLs on file)
• GPS records — positions table, deaths-during-tenure table, lawsuits-as-defendant table for Pritchett, Lonnie Shane (profile: https://gps.press/intelligence/personnel/pritchett-lonnie-shane/)

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.