Rowland, Brandon Carl

Tenure Summary

Brandon Carl Rowland entered the Georgia Department of Corrections as a correctional officer in 2015, moving through sergeant (2016), lieutenant (2017–2018), and correctional unit manager (2019–2023) before arriving at Baldwin State Prison, where records place him as a CSM Correctional Unit Manager in a posting dated November 22, 2023. He became Deputy Warden at Baldwin for 2024 and 2025, and records list him as Deputy Warden of Security there from July 16, 2026.

Every one of the 21 deaths attributed to his leadership tenure occurred at Baldwin State Prison, per the GPS death registry — 12 in 2024, six in 2025, and three in 2026. Two are recorded as homicides: Vincent Reshad Dyer and Henry Finley. The decedents ranged in age from 23 to 87. GPS records list no lawsuits naming Rowland himself as a defendant.

What happened on their watch

Correctional officer, sergeant, lieutenant, unit manager (2015–2023). Records show these positions and dates without an assigned facility; his 2015 salary was $27,742.52, rising to $62,096.49 as a CSM Correctional Unit Manager in 2023.

Baldwin State Prison — CSM Correctional Unit Manager (posting dated November 22, 2023). He held a unit supervisor role at Baldwin on that date.

Baldwin State Prison — Deputy Warden (2024–2025). Eighteen of the 21 deaths fall inside this posting.

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

Around Dyer's death, 13WMAZ reported allegations — dated August 24, 2026 — that he had reported threats and asked to be moved shortly before he was killed, that an officer allowed inmates into his dormitory, that officers did not respond during or after the attack, and that logbook entries failed to accurately document it. The same outlet reported a suit against four Baldwin correctional officers alleging they failed to protect Dyer. A Baldwin County jury convicted Traquan Bangs of malice murder in May and sentenced him to life without parole plus five years, per the record of that event. Separately, the AJC reported January 21, 2025, on a lawsuit alleging Joshua Emanuel Williams was negligently placed in a cell with an inmate who had previously stabbed other inmates, and on the allegation that Jamari McClinton's protective custody status was removed when he was transferred from Phillips State Prison, leaving him vulnerable to gang threats. A lawsuit also alleges that on March 23, 2025, an officer threw a water bottle at Akeim Burgest and later returned with a shank and stabbed him while a lieutenant watched. On April 5, 2025, inmate Ricky Mathis died at Baldwin; the GDC reported no signs of an altercation and sent the body to the GBI crime lab to determine the cause.

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

• Edward Allen Pitt died July 24, 2026, at Baldwin State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Natural/Medical. He was 65.
• Robert Franklin Barbee died August 14, 2026, at Baldwin State Prison; Unknown/Pending. He was 57.
• Rondal Booth Morrison died September 4, 2026, at Baldwin State Prison; Unknown/Pending. He was 51.

Two inside reports reached GPS during this posting. One, dated October 10, 2026, describes facility-wide water being off for much of a day, widespread indigestion the reporter suspected was linked to a broken water pipe or mold on food trays, daily fights in one housing area with only a few officers said to remain, an informal market in state clothing and sheets that feeds theft, and earlier reports of stabbings or beatings every few days, officers allowing men from other dorms in, and yard access only once in weeks. A second, dated October 22, 2026, describes a roughly month-long movement shutdown in one dormitory where most who went to callouts were turned away or sent back, along with medical request access problems — medical staff declining to accept a request form, forms hard to obtain, and a medical request drop box left unsecured after an officer cut its padlock.

Litigation

• Suit against four Baldwin State Prison correctional officers alleging they failed to protect Vincent Dyer from a fatal stabbing; reported by 13WMAZ on August 24, 2026. Rowland is not listed as a defendant in GPS records.
• Suit filed by the mother of Joshua Emanuel Williams alleging he was negligently placed in a cell with an inmate who had previously stabbed other inmates; filed January 21, 2025, per the AJC.
• Lawsuit allegation involving Akeim Burgest, dated March 23, 2025, that an officer stabbed him with a shank while a lieutenant watched.

Sources

• GPS death registry — cause and date for each of the 21 deaths at Baldwin State Prison during Rowland's leadership tenure
• 13WMAZ — reporting on the Dyer stabbing, the suit against four officers, and the alleged logbook failures
• Atlanta Journal-Constitution — reporting on the McClinton and Williams allegations, January 21, 2025
• Inside reports to GPS (email) — October 10 and October 22, 2026, Baldwin State Prison conditions accounts
• Baldwin County jury record — conviction of Traquan Bangs for malice murder
• GDC statements — the April 5, 2025 death of Ricky Mathis and referral to the GBI crime lab

Synthesized by GPS Intelligence System on Nov 1, 2026 from positions, attributed deaths, lawsuits, intel reports, and news mentions in the public corpus. The supporting data tables follow below.