Reaves, Jessica

Tenure Summary

Jessica Reaves spent eight years in Georgia Department of Corrections financial operations — Financial Ops Generalist 1 from 2015 through 2020, Generalist 2 in 2021 and Generalist 3 in 2022 — before moving into facility leadership as Deputy Warden at Baldwin State Prison in 2023. She held that post through 2025 and is listed as Deputy Warden of Administration at the same prison from July 16, 2026.

Per the GPS death registry, 24 deaths are attributed to her leadership tenures, all of them at Baldwin State Prison. Of those, 21 carry a cause listed as Unknown/Pending, two are listed as Homicide and one as Natural/Medical. Records compiled by Georgia Prisoners' Speak list no lawsuit naming Reaves as a defendant.

What happened on their watch

Baldwin State Prison — Deputy Warden (2023–2025)

Twenty-one of the 24 registry deaths fall inside this posting, running from December 2023 through October 2025. Decedents with recorded ages ranged from 23 to 87; 11 of the 22 with an age listed were 60 or older. Most carry no cause in the registry.

• Jack Eubanks died October 24, 2025, at Baldwin State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, age 73.
• Cedric Phillips died September 14, 2025, at Baldwin State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, age 48.
• Douglas Jerome Salter died March 27, 2025, at Baldwin State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, age 87.
• Mark Tyrone Miller died February 7, 2025, at Baldwin State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, age 62.
• Walter Brown died January 22, 2025, at Baldwin State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending.
• Henry Finley died January 19, 2025, at Baldwin State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Homicide.
• Al Mir Harris died December 31, 2024, at Baldwin State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, age 23.
• James Leon Floyd died October 10, 2024, at Baldwin State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, age 49.
• Michael Jerome Brown died October 8, 2024, at Baldwin State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, age 52.
• Jerry W Hulsey died September 19, 2024, at Baldwin State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, age 75.
• Richard Lee Davenport died September 2, 2024, at Baldwin State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, age 64.
• Vincent Reshad Dyer died August 21, 2024, at Baldwin State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Homicide, age 50.
• Fred Leon Lewis died June 24, 2024, at Baldwin State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, age 63.
• Tyrone Eugene Level died May 3, 2024, at Baldwin State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, age 50.
• Lonnie Inman died April 25, 2024, at Baldwin State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, age 77.
• Anthony Raynard Wynn died April 15, 2024, at Baldwin State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, age 62.
• William D Moore died March 13, 2024, at Baldwin State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, age 66.
• Clint Donovan Shelley died January 17, 2024, at Baldwin State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, age 50.
• William Edward Smith died December 31, 2023, at Baldwin State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, age 58.
• James Kevin Ash died December 24, 2023, at Baldwin State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, age 46.
• Benjamin Sr Hicks died December 13, 2023, at Baldwin State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, age 64.

Dyer's death was recorded as sharp-force chest trauma after he was stabbed by other inmates; incident report data shows a homicide, a fight and contraband. 13WMAZ reported on August 24, 2026 that four Baldwin correctional officers were sued for failing to protect Dyer, and the report alleges Dyer had reported threats and asked to be moved shortly before his death, that an officer allowed inmates into his dormitory, that officers did not respond during or after the attack, and that logbook entries failed to accurately document it. A record dated the same day notes a Baldwin County jury convicted Traquan Bangs of malice murder for the stabbing, with a sentence of life without parole plus five years.

Two January 21, 2025 reports in the records cite the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: one states that Jamari McClinton's protective-custody status was removed when he was transferred from Phillips State Prison, leaving him vulnerable to gang threats that led to his death; the other describes a lawsuit by the mother of Joshua Emanuel Williams alleging he was negligently placed in a cell with an inmate who had previously stabbed other inmates. Separately, records show Ricky Mathis died April 5, 2025, at Baldwin, where GDC reported no signs of an altercation and sent the body to the GBI crime lab, and a lawsuit allegation dated March 23, 2025 that an officer threw a water bottle at Akeim Burgest and later returned with a shank and stabbed him while a lieutenant watched.

Baldwin State Prison — Deputy Warden of Administration (2026–)

• Rondal Booth Morrison died September 4, 2026, at Baldwin State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, age 51.
• Robert Franklin Barbee died August 14, 2026, at Baldwin State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, age 57.
• Edward Allen Pitt died July 24, 2026, at Baldwin State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Natural/Medical, age 65.

Two inside reports to Georgia Prisoners' Speak describe conditions at the prison that fall in this period. An October 10, 2026 email describes facility water being off for much of a day, widespread indigestion the writer suspected was linked to a broken water pipe or mold on food trays, daily fights in one housing area with few officers present, an informal market in state clothing and sheets that feeds theft, earlier stabbings or beatings every few days, officers allowing men from other dorms in, and yard access once in weeks. An October 22, 2026 report describes a roughly month-long movement shutdown in one dormitory where most who went to callouts were turned away, plus medical-request problems — staff declining to accept a request form, forms hard to obtain, and a request drop box left unsecured after an officer cut its padlock.

Litigation

• Lawsuit by the mother of Joshua Emanuel Williams, recorded January 21, 2025, alleging negligent cell placement with an inmate who had previously stabbed other inmates; court and disposition not stated in the records.
• Suit against four Baldwin State Prison correctional officers over the fatal stabbing of Vincent Dyer, reported by 13WMAZ on August 24, 2026, alleging failure to protect, an officer admitting inmates to his dormitory, non-response during and after the attack, and inaccurate logbook entries.
• Suit described in records concerning Akeim Burgest, dated March 23, 2025, alleging an officer threw a water bottle at him and later stabbed him with a shank while a lieutenant watched.

None of these lists Reaves as a defendant.

Sources

• GPS death registry — 24 deaths at Baldwin State Prison during Reaves's leadership tenures, with dates, ages and cause categories.
• Atlanta Journal-Constitution — homicide investigation reports dated January 21, 2025 concerning Jamari McClinton and Joshua Emanuel Williams.
• 13WMAZ — August 24, 2026 report on the lawsuit against four officers over Vincent Dyer's death.
• Inside reports to Georgia Prisoners' Speak (email), October 10 and October 22, 2026, on conditions at Baldwin State Prison.
• Incident and court records summarized in GPS event entries — Dyer homicide data, the Traquan Bangs conviction, the Ricky Mathis death, and the Burgest allegation.

Synthesized by GPS Intelligence System on Nov 1, 2026 from positions, attributed deaths, lawsuits, intel reports, and news mentions in the public corpus. The supporting data tables follow below.