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Reynolds, Shavari
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Profile written July 12, 2026
This profile reflects positional accountability — this individual held the leadership roles shown during the dates shown, during which the listed deaths or lawsuits occurred. Inclusion does not constitute a legal finding of personal culpability for any specific incident.
Tenure Summary
Shavari Reynolds has worked for the Georgia Department of Corrections since 2013, starting as a correctional officer at Burruss Correctional Training Center. Over subsequent years, Reynolds moved through community supervision and behavioral health counselor positions before being promoted to CSM Correctional Unit Manager at the Special Management Unit in 2025. On April 16, 2026, Reynolds assumed the role of Deputy Warden of Security at the same facility. GPS records attribute one death to Reynolds’ leadership tenure: Antony Ramon Penick, who died at the Special Management Unit on May 30, 2026. No lawsuits name Reynolds as a defendant, and no internal disciplinary records appear in the available data.What Happened on Their Watch
Special Management Unit — Deputy Warden of Security (April 16, 2026–present) During Reynolds’ tenure as deputy warden, one death occurred at the Special Management Unit. Antony Ramon Penick, 32, died on May 30, 2026; his death is listed under cause category 6 in GPS records. Additional details about the circumstances of his death are not provided in the available documentation.At the time Reynolds took the post, the facility was entangled in the fallout from longstanding systemic failures. U.S. District Judge Marc T. Treadwell had held the GDC in contempt in April 2024 for violating a 2019 settlement over conditions at the Special Management Unit, finding that officials falsified and backdated prisoner review forms, misrepresented compliance with court orders, and denied required out-of-cell time. A U.S. Department of Justice report issued in 2024 described Georgia prisons as inhumane and understaffed, with widespread violence and obstruction of federal monitors. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution documented numerous incidents linked to the unit, including the conviction of inmate Arthur Lee Cofield Jr., who used a contraband cellphone inside the SMU to steal $11 million, and the 2024 death of Ricardo Daughtry, the lead plaintiff in the SMU lawsuit, who went unchecked for nearly seven hours. These events predate Reynolds’ promotion, but they define the institutional backdrop against which the death of Antony Ramon Penick is recorded. No allegations or lawsuits specifically connect Reynolds to those earlier incidents.
Sources
- GPS records — death of Antony Ramon Penick, May 30, 2026, at Special Management Unit.
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution — reporting on federal contempt order, falsified GDC records, DOJ investigation, Cofield phone scheme, and Daughtry death (multiple articles 2024–2026).
- U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia — contempt order against GDC (April 2024).
- U.S. Department of Justice — October 2024 report on conditions in Georgia’s prisons.
Positions Held
| Title | Facility | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| Deputy Warden of Security | SPECIAL MANAGEMENT UNIT | 2026-04-16 → present |
| CSM CORRECTIONAL UNIT MANAGER | SPECIAL MANAGEMENT UNIT | 2025-01-01 → present |
| BEHAVIORAL HLTH COUNSELOR 3 | SPECIAL MANAGEMENT UNIT | 2024-01-01 → 2024-12-31 |
| BEHAVIORAL HLTH COUNSELOR 3 | 2022-01-01 → 2023-12-31 | |
| BEHAVIORAL HLTH COUNSELOR 2 | SPECIAL MANAGEMENT UNIT | 2021-01-01 → 2021-12-31 |
| BEHAVIORAL HLTH COUNSELOR 1 | 2020-01-01 → 2020-12-31 | |
| COMMUNITY SUPERVISION OFC 2 | BURRUSS C.T.C | 2019-01-01 → 2019-12-31 |
| COMMUNITY SUPERVISION OFC 2 | 2018-01-01 → 2018-12-31 | |
| COMMUNITY SUPERVISION OFC 1 | 2017-01-01 → 2017-12-31 | |
| CSM CORRECTIONAL OFFICER 2 | BURRUSS C.T.C | 2016-01-01 → 2017-12-31 |
| CORRECTIONS OFFICER(WL) | BURRUSS C.T.C | 2015-01-01 → 2015-12-31 |
| Correctional Officer | BURRUSS C.T.C | 2013-01-01 → 2013-12-31 |
Deaths attributed during tenure
1 people died at facilities under Reynolds, Shavari's leadership.
| Date | Decedent | Age | Facility | Role at time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-30 | ANTONY RAMON PENICK | 32 | SPECIAL MANAGEMENT UNIT | Deputy Warden of Security |
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