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Rogers, Tandra Tiease
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Profile written July 19, 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
Tandra Tiease Rogers worked in financial and administrative roles for the Georgia Department of Corrections starting in 2015, rising through positions such as Financial Ops Generalist and Business Support Analyst. In 2023, she was appointed Deputy Warden at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification State Prison (GDCP) in Jackson, a role she has held continuously through at least 2025. GPS records attribute 63 deaths to GDCP during her tenure as deputy warden. Although no lawsuit names Rogers personally, the facility faced persistent reports of violence, extreme overcrowding, contraband networks, and medical neglect throughout her watch.What happened on their watch
Rogers became deputy warden at GDCP in January 2023. According to GPS records, 63 people died at the prison between then and the most recent count. The deaths include at least three homicides identified by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Carrell D. Johnson, 32, died from chopping wounds to the head and sharp-force injuries to the torso in June 2023; Elmer W. Pless, 65, was strangled in May 2023; and William Rhodes, 38, was killed in February 2025. GPS user reports also document that Mark Rutledge was beaten at the prison on Father’s Day 2026. Other deaths occurred under circumstances that drew allegations of neglect or failures in supervision. Christopher Lee, 19, was found dead in a stripped cell in January 2026; staff accounts cited cold and exposure after he had been placed on suicide watch, according to GPS user reports. Mark Smith, 53, a Parkinson’s patient, died in June 2025 after what GPS reports describe as repeated denials of a medical-unit transfer, leaving him unattended in his cell.Broader systemic failures overlapped Rogers’s tenure. GPS reports show GDCP was housing approximately 4,540 people in a facility originally designed for 800 — an occupancy rate of 568% of design capacity. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution documented that newly convicted individuals acquired contraband cellphones and homemade weapons within days of arrival, and that a correctional officer admitted to accepting thousands of dollars to leak security information to a death-row prisoner. In April 2024, inmate Ronald Allen suffered severe cold injuries to both hands after being ordered to separate frozen beef patties without adequate protective gloves; his left hand was later amputated. In March 2026, Allen filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the Georgia Department of Corrections and twelve defendants, alleging medical neglect. GPS records also note systemic lapses in death reporting, including the deletion of death records from the public database and missing witness statements in some in-custody fatality investigations.
Sources
- Georgia Prisoners’ Speak (GPS) records — personnel data, death counts, and death incident details for Georgia Diagnostic and Classification State Prison
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution — investigation into Georgia prison homicides, confirming causes of death for Carrell Johnson and Elmer Pless; reporting on contraband seizures, officer corruption, and facility vandalism
- GPS user reports — allegations regarding the deaths of Christopher Lee (cold/exposure in stripped cell) and Mark Rutledge (beaten), and Mark Smith (neglect)
- Federal court records — Allen v. Georgia Department of Corrections (filed 2026) concerning medical neglect leading to amputation
Positions Held
| Title | Facility | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| DEPUTY WARDEN | GEORGIA DIAGNOSTIC AND CLASSIFICATION STATE PRISON | 2023-01-01 → present |
| BUSI SUPPORT ANALYST 1 | 2022-01-01 → 2022-12-31 | |
| FINANCIAL OPS GENERALIST 3 | 2021-01-01 → 2021-12-31 | |
| FINANCIAL OPS GENERALIST 1 | 2019-01-01 → 2020-12-31 | |
| PURCHASING ASST 2 | 2018-01-01 → 2018-12-31 | |
| FINANCIAL OPS GEN (AL) | 2015-01-01 → 2016-12-31 |
Deaths attributed during tenure
63 people died at facilities under Rogers, Tandra Tiease's leadership.
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