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Samuel, Chanel Andrea
On GDC's 2025 payroll
Profile written September 23, 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
Chanel Andrea Samuel's documented career with the Georgia Department of Corrections spans a decade, moving from line staff into facility-deputy leadership. She served as a Correctional Officer at Burruss C.T.C. in 2015 and as a Behavioral Health Specialist II at the Metro Reentry Facility in 2017, then as a Social Services Program Consultant in 2018. Her first leadership-tier posting was Assistant Superintendent at West Central Integrated Treatment Facility in 2020, followed by Deputy Warden of Care and Treatment at Burruss C.T.C. in 2021 and a return to Burruss as Deputy Warden from January 1, 2025 through July 15, 2025, at an annual salary of $71,903.04.
GPS records attribute one death to her leadership tenures, occurring at Burruss C.T.C. during her 2025 Deputy Warden posting. No lawsuits naming her as a defendant, no intelligence reports or events dated within her tenures, and no news coverage naming her are recorded in the data provided.
What happened on their watch
West Central Integrated Treatment Facility — Assistant Superintendent (2020). Samuel held the Assistant Superintendent role at this facility, a position classified at the facility-deputy accountability tier. No deaths are attributed to this posting in GPS records, and no intelligence reports, intelligence events, or news mentions dated within this tenure are recorded.
Burruss C.T.C. — Deputy Warden of Care and Treatment (2021). In this facility-deputy role, Samuel oversaw care and treatment functions at Burruss. No deaths are attributed to this posting in GPS records, and the data provided contains no intelligence reports, intelligence events, or news mentions dated within this tenure.
Burruss C.T.C. — Deputy Warden (January 1 – July 15, 2025). This is the posting to which the single leadership-tenure death is attributed. According to GPS death records, Tyler Michael Zacher, 22, died at Burruss C.T.C. on February 3, 2025, while Samuel held the Deputy Warden role there. The record for this death carries a cause category coded as 3 and no public narrative or accompanying descriptive account. No lawsuit against Samuel as defendant, no intelligence report or intelligence event dated within this tenure, and no news mention naming her are recorded in the data provided. Because the inputs contain no additional detail on the circumstances of Zacher's death, no further facts about it can be stated here.
Correctional Officer, Burruss C.T.C. (2015); Behavioral Health Specialist II, Metro Reentry Facility (2017); Social Services Program Consultant (2018). These are non-leadership-tier positions. GPS records document the roles and dates only; the accountability data provided does not cover deaths, reports, or events from these periods.
Sources
- GPS personnel records — positions, titles, dates, and salary for Chanel Andrea Samuel (Burruss C.T.C., Metro Reentry Facility, West Central Integrated Treatment Facility; 2015–2025)
- GPS death records — Tyler Michael Zacher, age 22, died at Burruss C.T.C. on February 3, 2025, during Samuel's Deputy Warden tenure there
- No court records, DOJ documents, or news reports naming this person appear in the data provided.
Positions Held
| Title | Facility | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| DEPUTY WARDEN | BURRUSS C.T.C | 2025-01-01 → present |
| Deputy Warden of Care and Treatment | BURRUSS C.T.C | 2021-01-01 → 2021-12-31 |
| Assistant Superintendent | WEST CENTRAL INTEGRATED TREATMENT FACILITY | 2020-01-01 → 2020-12-31 |
| Social Services Program Consultant | 2018-01-01 → 2018-12-31 | |
| Behavioral Health Specialist II | METRO REENTRY FACILITY | 2017-01-01 → 2017-12-31 |
| Correctional Officer | BURRUSS C.T.C | 2015-01-01 → 2015-12-31 |
Deaths attributed during tenure
1 people died at facilities under Samuel, Chanel Andrea's leadership.
| Date | Decedent | Age | Facility | Role at time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-03 | TYLER MICHAEL ZACHER | 22 | BURRUSS C.T.C | DEPUTY WARDEN |
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