Reaves, Jessica

Tenure Summary

Jessica Reaves's documented GDC career began in financial operations: Financial Ops Gen (AL) in 2015, Financial Ops Generalist 1 from 2016 through 2020, Generalist 2 in 2021, and Generalist 3 in 2022, with salary records rising from $29,745.41 to $47,261.29 across those years. In 2023 she moved into facility leadership as Deputy Warden at Baldwin State Prison, a role GDC payroll records show for salary years 2023 ($66,487.44), 2024 ($68,232.88) and 2025 ($72,922.32), with additional Deputy Warden records dated November 22, 2023 and August 27, 2026. Her personnel status is active.

Per GPS's death registry, 33 deaths are attributed to her leadership tenure, all 33 at Baldwin State Prison — a figure that spans decedents aged 23 to 87 and includes deaths recorded as natural/medical, as homicides, and as unknown/pending. No lawsuit naming Reaves as a defendant appears in the records reviewed.

What happened on their watch

Baldwin State Prison — Deputy Warden (2023–2026). Every death attributed to Reaves's tenure occurred at this facility, per GPS's registry. Four of the deaths recorded during her tenure are classified as homicides, and the registry records a substantial group of deaths whose cause is still listed as unknown/pending. The AJC has reported two allegations at the facility while Reaves held the Deputy Warden role. First, an Atlanta Journal-Constitution report dated January 21, 2025 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 — an allegation the family attributes to prison decisions, not a finding of fault. A second AJC item of the same date concerns Joshua Emanuel Williams; a lawsuit filed by his mother alleges he was negligently placed in a cell with an inmate who had previously stabbed other inmates. Separately, a lawsuit alleges that on March 23, 2025 an officer at Baldwin threw a water bottle at inmate Akeim Burgest and later returned with a shank and stabbed him while a lieutenant watched. GPS records also describe the death of Ricky Mathis, where GDC reported no signs of an altercation and the body was sent to the GBI crime lab to determine the official cause. Registry-linked event entries describe Almir Harris, an autistic prisoner with type 1 diabetes, as dying from diabetic ketoacidosis after being denied essential medical care. Reaves held the Deputy Warden role on each of those dates, according to the records' role-at-time fields.

Those recorded as dying during her tenure at Baldwin State Prison:

• Edward Allen Pitt died July 24, 2026, at Baldwin State Prison; GPS's registry lists the cause as Natural/Medical, age 65.
• Terry Lee Goolsby died July 15, 2026, at Baldwin State Prison; GPS's registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, age 45.
• Artinez Rafael Ceaser died July 3, 2026, at Baldwin State Prison; GPS's registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, age 35.
• Richard Lyle Timmons died May 19, 2026, at Baldwin State Prison; GPS's registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, age 37.
• James Monroe Dailey died May 10, 2026, at Baldwin State Prison; GPS's registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, age 64.
• Ricky Carroll Mathis died April 5, 2026, at Baldwin State Prison; GPS's registry lists the cause as Homicide, age 38.
• Ronald Gene Mcghee died March 21, 2026, at Baldwin State Prison; GPS's registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, age 66.
• Derek Oneal Boyd died March 21, 2026, at Baldwin State Prison; GPS's registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, age 68.
• Leroy Keye died March 4, 2026, at Baldwin State Prison; GPS's registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, age 71.
• Melvin A Greene died January 15, 2026, at Baldwin State Prison; GPS's registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, age 80.
• Isaac Evan Robinson died January 2, 2026, at Baldwin State Prison; GPS's registry lists the cause as Homicide, age 41.
• Jack Eubanks died October 24, 2025, at Baldwin State Prison; GPS's registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, age 73.
• Cedric Phillips died September 14, 2025, at Baldwin State Prison; GPS's registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, age 48.
• Douglas Jerome Salter died March 27, 2025, at Baldwin State Prison; GPS's registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, age 87.
• Mark Tyrone Miller died February 7, 2025, at Baldwin State Prison; GPS's registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, age 62.
• Walter Brown died January 22, 2025, at Baldwin State Prison; GPS's registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending.
• Henry Finley died January 19, 2025, at Baldwin State Prison; GPS's registry lists the cause as Homicide.
• Al Mir Harris died December 31, 2024, at Baldwin State Prison; GPS's registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, age 23.
• James Leon Floyd died October 10, 2024, at Baldwin State Prison; GPS's registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, age 49.
• Michael Jerome Brown died October 8, 2024, at Baldwin State Prison; GPS's registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, age 52.
• Jerry W Hulsey died September 19, 2024, at Baldwin State Prison; GPS's registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, age 75.
• Richard Lee Davenport died September 2, 2024, at Baldwin State Prison; GPS's registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, age 64.
• Vincent Reshad Dyer died August 21, 2024, at Baldwin State Prison; GPS's registry lists the cause as Homicide, age 50.
• Fred Leon Lewis died June 24, 2024, at Baldwin State Prison; GPS's registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, age 63.
• Tyrone Eugene Level died May 3, 2024, at Baldwin State Prison; GPS's registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, age 50.

Sources

• Atlanta Journal-Constitution — homicide investigation listing; January 21, 2025 allegations concerning Jamari McClinton's protective custody transfer and the negligent cell placement alleged in the Joshua Emanuel Williams lawsuit, both at Baldwin State Prison during Reaves's Deputy Warden tenure.
• Georgia Department of Corrections payroll and position records — Deputy Warden, Baldwin State Prison, salary years 2023–2025 and dated position entries 2023 and 2026.
• Court records / lawsuit filings referenced in GPS event entries — Burgest shanking allegation (March 23, 2025) and the Williams cell-placement suit (January 21, 2025).
• GDC statements and GBI crime lab referral — reported circumstances of Ricky Mathis's death.
• GPS death registry and facility event records — cause and date entries for the 33 deaths attributed to the tenure, including the Baldwin State Prison entries listed above.

Synthesized by GPS Intelligence System on Sep 25, 2026 from positions, attributed deaths, lawsuits, intel reports, and news mentions in the public corpus. The supporting data tables follow below.