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Showers, Andrea
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Profile written July 12, 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
Andrea Showers has spent over two decades in the Georgia Department of Corrections, beginning as a correctional officer at Telfair State Prison in 2003 and shifting through a series of non‑leadership roles — general office clerk, property supervisor, behavioral health counselor — at both Telfair and Pulaski State Prisons. Her career turned toward facility leadership in 2022, when she became a Correctional Assistant Superintendent at the Bleckley Probation Substance Abuse Treatment Center. The following year she returned to Pulaski State Prison, where she has held deputy‑level security posts continuously since January 2023: Correctional Assistant Superintendent (2023), Deputy Warden (January–March 2024), and Deputy Warden of Security (April 2024–present). GPS records attribute 14 deaths to her leadership tenure at Pulaski State Prison. No lawsuits have been filed naming Showers as a defendant.What happened on their watch
Showers’ deputy‑level leadership at Pulaski State Prison has coincided with the deaths of 14 women, all recorded by GPS while she served as a facility deputy. The first occurred on January 24, 2023, a few weeks after she started as Correctional Assistant Superintendent, and the most recent was reported on July 3, 2026. The decedents ranged in age from 28 to 75. Coroner records obtained in May 2026 determined that three of the 2025 deaths — Stephanie Gary (March), Esmeralda Carillo Hernandez (May), and Candace Lajon Morgan (June) — were natural, caused by cancer. One death, that of Denecia Nichelle Randall in March 2026, was described by a user report as a suicide while the individual was in lockdown. For the remaining deaths, the cause remains unknown; notably, the body of Ronika Lashawn Carswell (December 2025) was sent to the GBI Crime Lab, a step that coroners take only when a death is suspected to be non‑natural.During Showers’ tenure, the prison faced external scrutiny. A U.S. Department of Justice civil rights investigation documented constitutional violations at Pulaski for the period 2022–2023, a window that overlaps with Showers’ arrival as a facility deputy, according to the Atlanta Journal‑Constitution. In February 2026, Georgia Prisoners’ Speak received multiple reports of retaliation, intimidation, extended lockdowns, and a non‑functioning grievance process under the warden, Wendy Jackson, while Showers held the role of Deputy Warden of Security.
Sources
- GPS records — personnel positions, death records, and facility‑level death tallies
- Atlanta Journal‑Constitution — reporting on the U.S. Department of Justice civil rights investigation at Pulaski State Prison (2024)
- Georgia Prisoners’ Speak — intelligence report describing retaliation and unsafe conditions under Warden Wendy Jackson at Pulaski State Prison (February 2026)
Positions Held
| Title | Facility | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| DEPUTY WARDEN | PULASKI STATE PRISON | 2024-01-01 → present |
| Deputy Warden of Security | PULASKI STATE PRISON | 2024-04-01 → present |
| CORRECTIONAL ASST. SUPT | PULASKI STATE PRISON | 2023-01-01 → 2023-12-31 |
| CORRECTIONAL ASST. SUPT | BLECKLEY PROBATION SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTER | 2022-01-01 → 2022-12-31 |
| BEHAVIORAL HLTH COUNSELOR 2 | 2020-01-01 → 2021-12-31 | |
| COMMUNITY SUPERVISION OFC 1 | 2019-01-01 → 2019-12-31 | |
| BEHAVIORAL HLTH COUNSELOR 2 | 2016-01-01 → 2018-12-31 | |
| BEH HEALTH/COUNSELOR (WL) | 2015-01-01 → 2015-12-31 | |
| Behavioral Health Counselor II | TELFAIR STATE PRISON | 2014-01-01 → 2014-12-31 |
| Property and Supply Supervisor | PULASKI STATE PRISON | 2013-01-01 → 2013-12-31 |
| General Office Clerk | PULASKI STATE PRISON | 2011-01-01 → 2011-12-31 |
| Correctional Officer | TELFAIR STATE PRISON | 2003-01-01 → 2003-12-31 |
Deaths attributed during tenure
14 people died at facilities under Showers, Andrea's leadership.
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