Scott-Gist, Laura C

Tenure Summary

Laura C. Scott-Gist joined the Georgia Department of Corrections in a training and development role in 2017, later moving through education program specialist and behavioral health counselor positions before transitioning into facility leadership. Since 2022, GPS records show she has held the title of Correctional Assistant Superintendent — a facility-deputy accountability tier — at Helms Facility, where she remains active as of 2025. During her tenure at Helms, GPS records attribute six deaths to the facility while she held that deputy leadership role: three in 2022 and three in 2023. All six carry cause category 6. No lawsuits naming Scott-Gist as a defendant, no intel reports, and no news mentions appear in GPS records.

What Happened on Their Watch

Helms Facility — Correctional Assistant Superintendent (2022–present)

GPS records attribute six deaths at Helms Facility during Scott-Gist's tenure as Assistant Superintendent. The first three occurred in 2022: Mitchell Lebron Dunn, age 60, on January 26; Kenneth Clyde, age 65, on February 25; and Walton Jerome Thomas, age 56, on June 26. Three more followed in 2023: Frank Eugene Huffman, age 66, on April 23; Robert Lee Hines, age 63, on May 17; and James Michael Stafford, age 59, on July 20. All six deaths are recorded under cause category 6. The decedents ranged in age from 56 to 66, with a median age in the early-to-mid sixties. No additional notes, allegations, lawsuits, or investigative findings appear in GPS records in connection with any of these deaths or with Scott-Gist's conduct at the facility.

Sources

• GPS records — six deaths attributed to Helms Facility during Scott-Gist's facility-deputy tenure, 2022–2023
• GPS records — position and salary data, 2017–2025

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.