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Scott, Tracey
Status: active
Profile written July 12, 2026
Salary
$69,779
2025 · state payroll
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
Tracey Scott began their career with the Georgia Department of Corrections in behavioral health and administrative support roles, including Behavioral Health Counselor, Administrative Assistant, and Correctional Officer, before being promoted to Deputy Warden at Calhoun State Prison in January 2020. GPS records show Scott remains in that position as of 2025. During Scott’s tenure as Deputy Warden, Calhoun State Prison recorded 29 deaths—ranging from homicides and suicides to natural causes—and became a focus of a U.S. Department of Justice investigation that documented systemic failures in safety, staffing, and medical care. A death from dehydration in segregation during this period led to a $3.25 million state settlement.What happened on their watch
Scott assumed the Deputy Warden post at Calhoun State Prison at the start of 2020 and, per GPS records, was still serving in that role through at least the end of 2025. Over that span, the prison saw 29 deaths. Cause-of-death categories include multiple homicides: Daquavious Lackey, 21, was stabbed by a cellmate in May 2022 after, according to a DOJ report cited by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, staff failed to follow classification procedures when moving his assailant; Gonzalo Colmenero-Ayala, 54, died of blunt force injuries and neck compression in July 2024; Kenneth Piper, 37, was killed in an inmate-on-inmate assault in May 2024; Martel Dorsey, 32, was stabbed in November 2023; Theodore Roundtree died from sharp-force abdominal trauma in January 2025; Matthew Nutt, 37, died from blunt force trauma that same December, with GPS records labeling the incident a homicide; and Willie Andrew Willis Jr., 27, died in October 2024 after, according to the coroner, a fall that his family told WALB was a deliberate throw from a balcony. A suicide by hanging was recorded in April 2022 (Christopher Oliva, 43). The most scrutinized death was that of 24‑year‑old Reginald Jacobs Jr., who died in February 2023 from dehydration with renal failure while held in segregation. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and WALB reported DOJ findings that staff cut off his water, failed to conduct required rounds, and did not provide alternative drinking water; a federal lawsuit, Jacobs v. GDC, detailed the allegations and settled for $3.25 million. Other coroner-confirmed deaths include Jimmy McMullen (pancreatic cancer), Thomas Haugabook (intracranial hemorrhage), and Charles Owens (ruptured abdominal aneurysm), alongside numerous deaths logged under cause-category 6 for which GPS records lack publicly reported specifics. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and WALB documented DOJ conclusions that Calhoun State Prison and the wider GDC system severely underreported homicides, failed to forward the vast majority of assault and weapon incidents for investigation, and operated with correctional officer vacancy rates above 50% since mid‑2021. Intel gathered by GPS further points to a 2023 death by dehydration after staff allegedly cut off food and water as retaliation, and to persistent delays in emergency medical response.Sources
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution — multiple homicide reports (Lackey, Colmenero-Ayala, Piper, Dorsey) and DOJ investigation findings regarding Calhoun State Prison
- WALB — family allegations about Willis’s death, DOJ investigation details including underreporting of homicides and systemic safety failures
- GPS records — open‑records death certificates from Calhoun County coroner, GA DOAS settlement ledger, internal facility death logs, and verified complaint in Jacobs v. GDC
- U.S. Department of Justice investigation into GDC (2018–2023) — cited findings on underreporting, classification failures, and unconstitutional conditions at Calhoun State Prison
Positions Held
| Title | Facility | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| DEPUTY WARDEN | CALHOUN STATE PRISON | 2020-01-01 → present |
| CSM CORRECTIONAL OFFICER 2 | 2020-01-01 → 2022-12-31 | |
| CSM CORRECTIONAL OFFICER 1 | 2019-01-01 → 2019-12-31 | |
| BEHAVIORAL HLTH COUNSELOR SPV | 2017-01-01 → 2019-12-31 | |
| ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT (GCI) | 2016-01-01 → 2019-12-31 | |
| BEHAVIORAL HLTH COUNSELOR 3 | 2016-01-01 → 2016-12-31 | |
| BEH HEALTH/COUNSELOR (WL) | 2015-01-01 → 2015-12-31 |
Lawsuits as defendant
| Case # | Court | Filed | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3:23-cv-00073 | GASD | 2023-08-31 | pending |
Deaths attributed during tenure
29 people died at facilities under Scott, Tracey's leadership.
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