Scott, Elizabeth

Tenure Summary

Elizabeth Scott has worked within the Georgia Department of Corrections since at least 2006, rising from Correctional Officer at Telfair State Prison through Sergeant, Lieutenant, and Captain ranks before reaching facility-lead positions. GPS records show she reached the unit-supervisor tier (Lieutenant, then Captain) between 2020 and 2024, with facility assignments unspecified for those years, before returning to Montgomery State Prison as Captain and then Deputy Warden in mid-2024. As of 2025, she holds the Superintendent title at Treutlen Probation Detention Center. GPS records show no deaths attributed to facility-leader tenures held by Scott — the deaths and incidents documented below occurred at facilities where she held staff-tier or non-leadership roles, or at Telfair State Prison during periods when her facility assignment is not confirmed by the structured records.

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What Happened on Their Watch

Telfair State Prison — Correctional Officer (2006; 2015)
Scott held a staff-level officer role at Telfair during two separate years. The intel record for this facility documents a December 2010 incident — before her 2015 posting — in which, according to Solitary Watch, tactical officers allegedly rampaged through the prison, destroying personal property and severely beating at least six prisoners, and the administration allegedly shut off heat when daytime temperatures were in the 30s. These events predate or fall outside Scott's documented assignments and are noted as facility-level context only.

Montgomery State Prison — Correctional Sergeant (2016–2019)
GPS records document Scott as a Sergeant at Montgomery during this four-year span. No deaths or lawsuits are attributed to this posting in the structured records.

Unspecified Facility — Lieutenant (2020–2021); Captain (2022–2023)
GPS records show Scott held Lieutenant and Captain ranks during 2020–2023 but do not specify a facility assignment for these years. Multiple violent deaths occurred at Telfair State Prison during this window — including Cedric La'Troy Johnson Sr. (strangulation, March 2020), Marcus Derrelle Pearson Jr. (multiple stab wounds, May 2020), Aldrich Norval Cain (multiple stab wounds, April 2020), Luis Garcia Palacio (blunt impact injuries, July 2020), Juan Carlos Arguelles-Reveles (stabbing involving 11 other inmates, May 2021), Xavier LaMar Warren (stab wound, December 2022), and Kwesi Jamal Stultz (multiple injuries to the head, December 2023) — but GPS records do not place Scott at Telfair during these years.

Montgomery State Prison — Captain (January–July 2024); Deputy Warden (July 31, 2024–present)
Scott returned to Montgomery State Prison as Captain in 2024 and was elevated to Deputy Warden on July 31, 2024. No deaths or lawsuits are attributed to Montgomery during her tenure there in the structured records.

Treutlen Probation Detention Center — Correctional Superintendent / Superintendent (January 2025–present)
Scott assumed the facility-lead role at Treutlen in January 2025. GPS records show no deaths or lawsuits attributed to this posting.

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Sources

• Atlanta Journal-Constitution — reporting on Telfair State Prison homicides, staffing shortages (76–79% officer vacancy rates), contraband smuggling conviction of Sgt. Desiree Briley, and systemic GDC conditions
• Solitary Watch — December 2010 reporting on alleged tactical officer rampage and heat shutoff at Telfair State Prison
• GPS records / GDC incident data — death and homicide records at Telfair State Prison, 2020–2025; position and salary records for Scott, 2006–2025
• GDC Office of Professional Standards — investigation of Preston Cato Phelps death (December 2025) as homicide at Telfair State Prison

Synthesized by GPS Intelligence System on May 6, 2026 from positions, attributed deaths, lawsuits, intel reports, and news mentions in the public corpus. The supporting data tables follow below.