Showers, Andrea

Tenure Summary

Andrea Showers joined the Georgia Department of Corrections in 2003 as a correctional officer at Telfair State Prison and spent roughly two decades moving through staff and clinical roles — correctional officer, general office clerk, property supervisor, and behavioral health counselor — before ascending to facility-deputy leadership. She served as Correctional Assistant Superintendent at Bleckley Probation Substance Abuse Treatment Center in 2022, then moved to Pulaski State Prison, where she has held deputy-level roles continuously from 2023 through at least early 2026, most recently as Deputy Warden of Security. GPS records show sixteen deaths attributed to Pulaski State Prison during Showers's facility-deputy tenure there, spanning 2023 through March 2026. No lawsuits name her as a defendant. A DOJ investigation documented constitutional violations at Pulaski during the period overlapping her posting.

What Happened on Their Watch

Pulaski State Prison — Correctional Assistant Superintendent (2023)

During Showers's first year at Pulaski as Assistant Superintendent, GPS records show four deaths at the facility. Sandra Sipsy, 54, died January 24, 2023; Pharina S. Peterson, 75, died May 1, 2023; Cynthia McCain, 65, died September 3, 2023; and Sheila Britton, 60, died September 22, 2023. All four are categorized under cause category 6 in GPS records; no further cause detail is available in the structured data. Also during this period, on July 15, 2023, GPS records document an inmate disturbance in which eleven prisoners used weapons including shanks, a crowbar, broomsticks, and locks to destroy building property, with nine security staff responding and chemical spray deployed to restore order. A DOJ investigation documenting constitutional violations at Pulaski was active during 2023, per GPS records. Separately, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported allegations that a prisoner at Pulaski failed to receive adequate medical care and was left in a vegetative state, and that another prisoner died after developing pneumonia without adequate treatment — though the dates of those specific incidents are not confirmed in the structured data as falling within Showers's tenure.

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

GPS records show twelve additional deaths at Pulaski during Showers's tenure as Deputy Warden and Deputy Warden of Security. Three occurred in 2024: Ramada Lesha Butts, 52 (April 16); Tracy Michelle Graves, 45 (May 16); and Lesley Bell Owens, 49 (July 23). Four occurred in 2025: Stephanie Sabrina Gary, 55 (March 5); Esmeralda Carillo Hernandez, 50 (May 22); Candace Lajon Morgan, 41 (June 11); and Ronika Lashawn Carswell, 50 (December 12). One death occurred in 2026: Denecia Nichelle Randall, 28, on March 30, 2026. All are categorized under cause category 6 in GPS records, with the exception of Randall, who is categorized under cause category 2. A GPS user report describes Randall as having been in lockdown at the time and dying by suicide; GDC confirmed one death at Pulaski on that date, and coroner records are listed as pending in GPS records.

Also during this period, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that Deputy Warden Alonzo L. McMillian — a separate Pulaski official — was arrested May 2, 2024 on charges of sexual contact with a prisoner, with arrest warrants alleging improper contact on February 24–25, 2024, and was terminated the same day. The AJC reported the alleged misconduct of two prison supervisors could signal a broader systemic problem within GDC. Additionally, the AJC reported allegations that officers and staff failed to notice a prisoner being stabbed until an outside caller reported it, and that the prisoner had reported being assaulted hours earlier by ten people. GPS records also document a February 2026 GPS report of retaliation, intimidation, unsafe conditions, and a non-functional grievance process under Warden Wendy Jackson at Pulaski, and a reported gang extortion incident in which a prisoner's family member was allegedly pressured for $10,000.

Sources

• Atlanta Journal-Constitution — reporting on Pulaski State Prison medical care failures, sexual misconduct arrests, DOJ investigation of Georgia prisons, and systemic GDC conditions
• GPS records — deaths during tenure at Pulaski State Prison (2023–2026); disturbance incident July 15, 2023; user reports including Randall death account (GPS-260401-95552A); gang extortion report; Wendy Jackson conditions reports
• DOJ investigation of Georgia prisons — constitutional violations documented at Pulaski State Prison, active 2023–2024 per GPS event records

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.