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Rogers, Tandra Tiease
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Profile written August 30, 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 held financial and administrative staff roles in the Georgia Department of Corrections from 2015 through 2022 — including financial operations generalist, purchasing assistant, and business support analyst — with no facility-level accountability listed. Starting in January 2023, GPS records place her as Deputy Warden at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification State Prison (GDCP) in Jackson, with salary entries continuing through 2025 and a later 2026 listing.GPS records list a total of 45 deaths at GDCP during the period Rogers is recorded as Deputy Warden. No lawsuit in the provided data names Rogers personally as a defendant.
What happened on their watch
Georgia Diagnostic and Classification State Prison — Deputy Warden, 2023 onward
GPS records list 45 deaths at GDCP during Rogers’s deputy warden tenure. The sampled decedents in the provided extract span December 2023 through July 2026 and include Al Pacino Bryant, James Larry Turner, Brandon Trace Burrell, Willie James Pye, Mark Smith, William Rhodes, Christopher Lee, and Mark Rutledge.The records carry multiple cause classifications. GBI medical examiner reports obtained by GPS list hangings as suicide for Rodriquez Demorris Garrett, Christopher Shawn Burnett, and Timothy Todd Holbrook. A prisoner report records William Rhodes’s death as “Homocide”; a GBI autopsy certified Christopher Lee’s death as natural, from probable cardiac dysrhythmia. Many other sampled deaths carry pending or unspecified classifications in the GPS extract.
GPS intel records describe GDCP as holding 4,540 incarcerated people in a facility designed for 800 — 568% of original design capacity — and report systemic death-reporting failures in October 2025, including deleted database entries, no autopsy ordered, and missing witness statements. Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporting collected by GPS alleges serious security failures at GDCP during this period: newly convicted Shane Tassi was photographed with a shank and contraband cell phone within days of arrival; Officer Vera Jackson admitted receiving thousands of dollars to provide information to a death row inmate; Charles Lee Broady Jr. was attacked by six gang members with razor blades after requesting protection; and consultants described widespread vandalism and infrastructure failure.
Specific incidents in the records include the January 28, 2024 death of Brandon Trace Burrell, which the AJC reported as an assault by another inmate while Burrell was under the effects of methamphetamine; an April 6, 2025 fatal stabbing witnessed by multiple inmates, with an alleged 30-minute delay in officer response; and a June 7, 2025 death of Mark Smith with neglect allegations in GPS intel records. Ronald Allen sustained severe hand injuries in April 2024 while assigned to separate frozen beef patties with inadequate protective equipment, according to GPS incident records.
Litigation
- Allen v. Georgia Department of Corrections — GPS intel records capture the filing, on March 5, 2026, of a federal civil rights lawsuit by Ronald Allen alleging medical neglect resulting in amputation of his left hand and permanent damage to his right hand. Rogers is not listed as a defendant.
Sources
- GPS personnel and mortality records (structured extract)
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution — investigations into GDCP violence, contraband, staff corruption, and infrastructure conditions
- GBI Medical Examiner reports obtained via GPS open records requests (Garrett, Burnett, Holbrook, Lee, and others)
- GDC official mortality reports, as cited in GPS data notes (e.g., June 2026 monthly mortality report)
- GPS intel records — Allen v. Georgia Department of Corrections filing and incident reports
Positions Held
| Title | Facility | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| Deputy Warden | GEORGIA DIAGNOSTIC AND CLASSIFICATION STATE PRISON | 2026-08-27 → present |
| DEPUTY WARDEN | GEORGIA DIAGNOSTIC AND CLASSIFICATION STATE PRISON | 2023-01-01 → present |
| Deputy Warden | GEORGIA DIAGNOSTIC AND CLASSIFICATION STATE PRISON | 2023-11-22 → 2023-11-22 |
| 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
45 people died at facilities under Rogers, Tandra Tiease's leadership.
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