Showers, Andrea

Tenure Summary

Andrea Showers began her GDC career as a Correctional Officer at Telfair State Prison in 2003, then worked at Pulaski State Prison as a General Office Clerk (2011) and Property and Supply Supervisor (2013), returned to Telfair as a Behavioral Health Counselor II (2014), and held behavioral-health counselor positions from 2015 through 2021, including a year as a Community Supervision Officer 1 in 2019. She entered facility leadership as a Correctional Assistant Superintendent at Bleckley Probation Substance Abuse Treatment Center in 2022, held the same title at Pulaski State Prison in 2023, and became Deputy Warden at Pulaski in 2024. Records list her as Pulaski's Deputy Warden of Security from April 1, 2024, with further Deputy Warden and Deputy Warden of Security titles in 2025 and 2026. Her status is active; no lawsuits naming her as a defendant appear in these records.

GPS attributes 16 deaths to her leadership tenures, all at Pulaski State Prison: 4 while she was Correctional Assistant Superintendent in 2023, 3 as Deputy Warden of Security in 2024, 4 as Deputy Warden in 2025, and 5 as Deputy Warden of Security in 2026. The GA DOAS Risk Management settlement ledger, obtained through open records, records an $85,000 state liability payout tied to Pulaski State Prison in a 2024 incident involving Makayah Howard.

What happened on their watch

Bleckley Probation Substance Abuse Treatment Center — Correctional Assistant Superintendent (2022). No deaths are attributed to this posting.

Pulaski State Prison — Correctional Assistant Superintendent (2023). Four deaths are attributed to this tenure. Sandra Sipsy died January 24, 2023, at Pulaski State Prison; GPS's registry lists the cause as Natural/Medical. Pharina S Peterson died May 1, 2023, at Pulaski State Prison; Natural/Medical. Cynthia Mccain died September 3, 2023, at Pulaski State Prison; Unknown/Pending — GPS does not yet know the cause. Sheila Britton died September 22, 2023, at Pulaski State Prison; Natural/Medical. On July 15, 2023, 11 incarcerated people destroyed building property at Pulaski using broomsticks, a crowbar, metal spray, shanks and locks; nine security staff responded and chemical spray was used. A July 9, 2023 mechanical failure of the prison's air conditioning was resolved the same day, and GDC stated there was no indication deaths were related to it. Records dated October 31, 2023 document a DOJ investigation of Georgia prisons finding constitutional violations at Pulaski State Prison.

Pulaski State Prison — Deputy Warden (January 1 – March 31, 2024). The only item recorded in this posting is the January 10, 2024 settlement-adjacent payout to Makayah Howard noted above.

Pulaski State Prison — Deputy Warden of Security (from April 1, 2024). Three deaths fall in this posting: Ramada Lesha Butts died April 16, 2024, at Pulaski State Prison; Unknown/Pending. Tracy Michelle Graves died May 16, 2024, at Pulaski State Prison; Unknown/Pending. Lesley Bell Owens died July 23, 2024, at Pulaski State Prison; Unknown/Pending. On May 13, 2024, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that Deputy Warden Alonzo L. McMillian was accused of having a sexual relationship with a prisoner and improper sexual contact with her on Feb. 24 and 25; he was arrested at the Hawkinsville prison on May 2 and released the next day on $10,000 bond, and GDC spokesperson Joan Heath confirmed both he and a second employee were terminated May 2. The same AJC reporting said the alleged sexual misconduct of two high-ranking employees could signal a larger systemic problem within GDC. The DOJ's civil rights investigation into Georgia's prison system was ongoing at that time, and a DOJ finding of constitutional violations at Pulaski covering 2022–2023 is recorded October 1, 2024.

Pulaski State Prison — Deputy Warden (2025). Four deaths, all listed as Natural/Medical: Stephanie Sabrina Gary died March 5, 2025, at Pulaski State Prison; Esmeralda Carillo Hernandez died May 22, 2025, at Pulaski State Prison; Candace Lajon Morgan died June 11, 2025, at Pulaski State Prison; Ronika Lashawn Carswell died December 12, 2025, at Pulaski State Prison. AJC reporting dated January 21, 2025 alleged that Bonnie Rocheleau failed to get adequate care for pneumonia at Pulaski, leading to her death, and that Mollianne Fischer failed to receive adequate medical care and was left in a vegetative state; the same reporting described officers and staff failing to notice a prisoner being stabbed until an outside caller reported it, with the prisoner saying she had been assaulted hours earlier by 10 people who stomped, hit and kicked her. Records dated April 1, 2025 cite reports of intimidation, retaliation and unsafe conditions under new warden Wendy Jackson, and an incident in which Pamela Dixon's daughter was subjected to gang extortion involving $10,000.

Pulaski State Prison — Deputy Warden of Security (2026, through July 12). Five deaths are attributed here: Denecia Nichelle Randall died March 30, 2026, at Pulaski State Prison; GPS's registry lists the cause as Suicide. Karen Michelle Lindsey died May 24, 2026, at Pulaski State Prison; Unknown/Pending. Tulia Eustache died June 3, 2026, at Pulaski State Prison; Unknown/Pending. Monika Yvette Bradley died July 5, 2026, at Pulaski State Prison; Unknown/Pending. Kristi Ray Perkins died July 12, 2026, at Pulaski State Prison; Natural/Medical. On July 14, 2026, GDC's Office of Professional Standards opened investigations into the deaths of Perkins and Bradley as standard procedure, and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation is investigating their causes of death. An April 6, 2026 case submission alleges that an incarcerated person at Pulaski was severely assaulted by other incarcerated people and that a warning call to the facility went unaddressed beforehand; February 10, 2026 records describe reports of intimidation, retaliation, extended lockdowns and grievance-process failures under Warden Wendy Jackson.

Sources

• Atlanta Journal-Constitution — Pulaski medical-care and stabbing reports (Jan. 21, 2025); alleged sexual misconduct by two supervisors (May 13, 2024)
• Georgia Department of Corrections — Office of Professional Standards investigations into the deaths of Kristi Perkins and Monika Bradley; statements by spokesperson Joan Heath
• Georgia Bureau of Investigation — investigation into the causes of death of Perkins and Bradley
• U.S. Department of Justice — civil rights investigation of Georgia prisons; documented constitutional violations at Pulaski State Prison (2022–2023)
• Georgia Department of Administrative Services Risk Management settlement ledger (open records) — $85,000 payout tied to Pulaski State Prison, 2024
• Georgia Prisoners' Speak — death registry; case submission on an unaddressed assault warning (April 6, 2026); reports on conditions under Warden Wendy Jackson (2025–2026)

Synthesized by GPS Intelligence System on Oct 11, 2026 from positions, attributed deaths, lawsuits, intel reports, and news mentions in the public corpus. The supporting data tables follow below.