Reaves, Jessica

Tenure Summary

Jessica Reaves spent 2015 through 2022 in Georgia Department of Corrections financial operations posts — Financial Ops Generalist 1, then Generalist 2, then Generalist 3 — with no facility assignment recorded in the position data. In 2023 she moved into custody leadership as Deputy Warden at Baldwin State Prison, a role she held through 2025. On July 16, 2026, she took up the post of Deputy Warden of Administration at the same facility, per GDC position records.

GPS's death registry attributes 22 deaths to her leadership tenures, all of them at Baldwin State Prison: 21 while she was Deputy Warden, and one after she became Deputy Warden of Administration. Two are recorded as homicides, one as Natural/Medical, and 19 remain Unknown/Pending. Recorded ages range from 23 to 87. No lawsuit naming Reaves as a defendant appears in the records; the litigation logged during her tenure names correctional officers at the facility.

What happened on their watch

Baldwin State Prison — Deputy Warden (2023–2025)

Twenty-one of the 22 deaths attributed to Reaves's leadership occurred during this posting. Two are recorded as homicides — Vincent Reshad Dyer and Henry Finley. The registry lists 19 others as Unknown/Pending. The dead:

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

Records logged against this posting include two allegations published by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution on January 21, 2025, tied to Baldwin State Prison: 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; and that a lawsuit alleges Joshua Emanuel Williams was negligently placed in a cell with an inmate who had previously stabbed other inmates — a lawsuit filed by Williams's mother is logged the same date. An incident record dated March 23, 2025 states that, according to a lawsuit, an officer threw a water bottle at inmate Akeim Burgest and later returned with a shank and stabbed him while a lieutenant watched. A separate death event records that inmate Ricky Mathis died April 5, 2025, at Baldwin; the GDC reported no signs of an altercation and sent the body to the GBI crime lab. Other intel records describe Al Mir Harris's death as diabetic ketoacidosis after denial of essential medical care, while the registry still lists his cause as Unknown/Pending.

Baldwin State Prison — Deputy Warden of Administration (from July 16, 2026)

Edward Allen Pitt died July 24, 2026, at Baldwin State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Natural/Medical, age 65 — the one death attributed to this posting, and the 22nd overall.

Allegations dated August 24, 2026, published by 13WMAZ, concern the August 21, 2024 stabbing of Vincent Dyer: that Dyer 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, that logbook entries failed to accurately document it, and that four Baldwin correctional officers failed to protect him. A court record dated the same day reports that a Baldwin County jury convicted Traquan Bangs of malice murder in the stabbing, with a sentence of life without parole plus five years. An inside report to GPS dated October 10, 2026 describes facility-wide water being off for much of a day, indigestion the reporter suspected was linked to a broken water pipe or mold on food trays, daily fights in one housing area, few officers remaining, an informal market in state clothing and sheets, earlier reports of stabbings or beatings every few days, officers allowing men from other dorms in, and yard access only once in weeks.

Sources

• GPS death registry — 22 deaths at Baldwin State Prison across Reaves's leadership tenures
• GDC position and salary records — Deputy Warden (Baldwin, 2023–2025) and Deputy Warden of Administration (from July 16, 2026)
• Atlanta Journal-Constitution — allegations logged January 21, 2025 (Jamari McClinton; Joshua Emanuel Williams)
• 13WMAZ — August 24, 2026 report on the lawsuit over Vincent Dyer's stabbing
• Court record — Baldwin County jury conviction of Traquan Bangs for malice murder
• Inside report to GPS (email) — October 10, 2026 account of conditions at Baldwin State Prison

Synthesized by GPS Intelligence System on Oct 11, 2026 from positions, attributed deaths, lawsuits, intel reports, and news mentions in the public corpus. The supporting data tables follow below.