Reaves, Jessica

Tenure Summary

What happened on their watch

Baldwin State Prison — Deputy Warden (appointment dated Nov. 22, 2023)

Among the records with cause documentation, the January 19, 2025 entry for Henry Finley carries text from a GDC-released mortality report: “Homicide due to Multiple Puncture Wounds.” The August 21, 2024 death of Vincent Reshad Dyer, 50, is recorded as homicide from sharp force chest trauma; 13WMAZ reported that a Baldwin County jury convicted Traquan Bangs of malice murder in May 2026. A federal lawsuit, Moore v. Waller, 5:26-cv-00135 (M.D. Ga., filed April 13, 2026), accuses four Baldwin officers — Lt. Sherri V. Waller and COs Angela Jackson, Matthew Brooks, and Daphne Hillman — of failing to protect Dyer. 13WMAZ reports the suit alleges Dyer had reported threats and asked to be moved, an officer allowed inmates into his dormitory, and logbook entries failed to document the attack accurately.

Other entries on Reaves’s watch include Ricky Mathis, 38, who died April 5, 2026; GPS records note the GDC’s Office of Professional Standards opened a standard investigation, while a user-submitted report said the family was waiting to hear back from the prison. The January 2, 2026 entry for Isaac Evan Robinson, 41, carries a prisoner allegation from social media describing protective custody detainees being handcuffed and dragged back to housing while wardens watched; GPS flags that claim as a prisoner report, not an official finding. The intel file also contains a separate death note for Almir Harris titled as diabetic ketoacidosis after denial of essential medical care, though his mortality record itself carries no cause note.

Baldwin-related allegations reported during Reaves’s tenure include a 13WMAZ account that an officer threw a water bottle at inmate Akeim Burgest and later returned with a shank while a lieutenant watched; Burgest filed suit, and a federal judge ordered preservation of all records and camera footage. Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporting documented a federal Sex Money Murder indictment in November 2023 and former Lt. Tracey Wise’s admission to smuggling K-2-laced papers into Baldwin for inmate Ryan Brandt, part of a broader contraband pattern the AJC says led to at least 360 Georgia prison employee arrests since 2018.

Sources

• GPS structured records — mortality ledger, salary and position records, GDC number reconciliations
• GDC-released January 2025 mortality PDF, per record provenance notes
• 13WMAZ — Vincent Dyer homicide conviction and lawsuit, Akeim Burgest alleged shanking
• Atlanta Journal-Constitution — Joshua Emanuel Williams cell-placement allegation, contraband arrests, Sex Money Murder case, prison conditions
• GA DOAS Risk Management settlement ledger via Open Records — Baldwin State Prison liability payouts

Synthesized by GPS Intelligence System on Aug 30, 2026 from positions, attributed deaths, lawsuits, intel reports, and news mentions in the public corpus. The supporting data tables follow below.