Showers, Andrea

Tenure Summary

Andrea Showers entered Georgia Department of Corrections employment in 2003 as a correctional officer at Telfair State Prison, 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 and community supervision officer posts through 2021. Her first facility leadership role was Correctional Assistant Superintendent at Bleckley Probation Substance Abuse Treatment Center in 2022; she took the same title at Pulaski State Prison in 2023, became Deputy Warden there in 2024, and has served as Deputy Warden of Security from April 2024.

GPS's death registry attributes 17 deaths to Showers's leadership tenures, all 17 at Pulaski State Prison — four during her 2023 stint as Correctional Assistant Superintendent and 13 from 2024 onward as Deputy Warden and Deputy Warden of Security. The records around those postings include a state liability settlement tied to the prison, a U.S. Department of Justice report documenting constitutional violations at Pulaski for 2022–2023, and repeated allegations of inadequate medical care and unaddressed violence.

What happened on their watch

Pulaski State Prison — Correctional Assistant Superintendent (2023)

Four registry deaths fall in this posting:

• Sandra Sipsy died January 24, 2023, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Natural/Medical, age 54.
• Pharina S Peterson died May 1, 2023, at Pulaski State Prison; registry cause Natural/Medical, age 75.
• Cynthia Mccain died September 3, 2023, at Pulaski State Prison; registry cause Unknown/Pending, age 65.
• Sheila Britton died September 22, 2023, at Pulaski State Prison; registry cause Natural/Medical, age 60.

A DOJ investigation of Georgia prisons documented constitutional violations at Pulaski State Prison spanning 2022–2023, according to the DOJ report dated October 31, 2023. Per GPS event records, on July 15, 2023, 11 inmates destroyed building property using broomsticks, a crowbar, metal spray, shanks and locks; chemical spray was deployed and nine security staff responded. On July 9, 2023, a mechanical air-conditioning issue arose and was resolved the same day; GDC said there was no indication the deaths were related to it.

Pulaski State Prison — Deputy Warden (2024) and Deputy Warden of Security (2024–present)

Thirteen registry deaths fall in this period:

• Ramada Lesha Butts died April 16, 2024, at Pulaski State Prison; registry cause Unknown/Pending, age 52.
• Tracy Michelle Graves died May 16, 2024, at Pulaski State Prison; registry cause Unknown/Pending, age 45.
• Lesley Bell Owens died July 23, 2024, at Pulaski State Prison; registry cause Unknown/Pending, age 49.
• Stephanie Sabrina Gary died March 5, 2025, at Pulaski State Prison; registry cause Natural/Medical, age 55.
• Esmeralda Carillo Hernandez died May 22, 2025, at Pulaski State Prison; registry cause Natural/Medical, age 50.
• Candace Lajon Morgan died June 11, 2025, at Pulaski State Prison; registry cause Natural/Medical, age 41.
• Ronika Lashawn Carswell died December 12, 2025, at Pulaski State Prison; registry cause Natural/Medical, age 50.
• Denecia Nichelle Randall died March 30, 2026, at Pulaski State Prison; registry cause Suicide, age 28.
• Karen Michelle Lindsey died May 24, 2026, at Pulaski State Prison; registry cause Unknown/Pending, age 59.
• Tulia Eustache died June 3, 2026, at Pulaski State Prison; registry cause Unknown/Pending, age 66.
• Monika Yvette Bradley died July 5, 2026, at Pulaski State Prison; registry cause Unknown/Pending, age 43.
• Kristi Ray Perkins died July 12, 2026, at Pulaski State Prison; registry cause Natural/Medical, age 59.
• Jane Doe died October 19, 2026, at Pulaski State Prison; registry cause Natural/Medical.

GDC's Office of Professional Standards and the Georgia Bureau of Investigation opened inquiries into the deaths of Kristi Perkins and Monika Bradley in July 2026, per GDC statements describing the reviews as standard procedure. In October 2026, GDC announced it had completed contact tracing under Department of Health guidelines and initiated quarantine and testing protocols for exposed staff and prisoners after, per event records dated October 19, 2026, a woman in GDC custody died of tuberculosis complications following transfer from McRae Women's Diagnostic Facility to Pulaski State Prison.

Allegations recorded while Showers held the deputy warden roles include: AJC reporting (January 21, 2025) that Bonnie Rocheleau failed to receive adequate care for pneumonia at Pulaski, leading to her death, and that Mollianne Fischer was left in a vegetative state after inadequate medical care; AJC reporting the same day that staff did not notice a prisoner being stabbed until an outside caller reported it, with the prisoner saying she had been assaulted hours earlier by 10 people; a family member's report (April 6, 2026) that an incarcerated person was severely assaulted by other prisoners after a prior warning call to the facility went unaddressed; and an inmate account (October 19, 2026) that a captain was removed over excessive force.

Also during this period: AJC reporting (May 13, 2024) on the arrests of two high-ranking employees in sex cases, which the paper said could signal a larger systemic problem in GDC. Deputy Warden Alonzo L. McMillian was arrested May 2, 2024, at the Hawkinsville prison, booked into the Pulaski County jail and released the next day on $10,000 bond; arrest warrants allege a sexual relationship with a prisoner and improper sexual contact on February 24–25, and GDC confirmed he and Clark were terminated May 2. GPS-published reports dated April 1, 2025, and February 10, 2026, describe intimidation, retaliation, extended lockdowns and grievance-process failures under new warden Wendy Jackson; the April 2025 report also records Pamela Dixon's daughter being subjected to gang extortion at the prison. A state liability settlement of $85,000 tied to Pulaski State Prison (incident 2024), recorded in the GA DOAS Risk Management settlement ledger and dated January 10, 2024, names Makayah Howard.

Sources

• Atlanta Journal-Constitution — reporting on medical-care failures (Rocheleau, Fischer), the unnoticed stabbing, and the 2024 arrests of two supervisors
• U.S. Department of Justice — prison-conditions findings at Pulaski State Prison (2022–2023) and the Georgia prison system civil rights investigation
• Georgia Department of Corrections — Office of Professional Standards statements; termination confirmation; TB contact-tracing announcement
• Georgia Bureau of Investigation — death investigations (July 2026)
• GA DOAS Risk Management settlement ledger (open records) — $85,000 Pulaski payout
• Arrest warrants, Pulaski County booking records — Alonzo L. McMillian
• GPS death registry and event records — 17 deaths at Pulaski State Prison during Showers's leadership tenure; disturbance, AC-failure and assault accounts

Synthesized by GPS Intelligence System on Nov 1, 2026 from positions, attributed deaths, lawsuits, intel reports, and news mentions in the public corpus. The supporting data tables follow below.