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Showers, Andrea
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Profile written August 30, 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 began with the Georgia Department of Corrections in 2003 as a correctional officer at Telfair State Prison, according to GPS personnel records. She later held posts at Pulaski State Prison as a general office clerk in 2011 and property and supply supervisor in 2013, followed by several behavioral health counselor roles, before moving into facility-deputy leadership in 2022 as correctional assistant superintendent at Bleckley Probation Substance Abuse Treatment Center. In 2023 she became correctional assistant superintendent at Pulaski State Prison; in 2024 she moved to deputy warden, then deputy warden of security as of April 2024.GPS records attribute 16 deaths to Pulaski State Prison during her facility-deputy tenure there — the only facility with deaths attributed in her record. No deaths are attributed to her 2022 Bleckley post. GPS records list no lawsuits naming Showers as a defendant.
What happened on their watch
Bleckley Probation Substance Abuse Treatment Center (2022)
GPS records show no deaths attributed to Bleckley during Showers’ 2022 assignment as correctional assistant superintendent.Pulaski State Prison — Correctional Assistant Superintendent (Jan. 2023–Dec. 2023)
GPS records list four deaths during this period: Sandra Sipsy, 54, on Jan. 24; Pharina S. Peterson, 75, on May 1; Cynthia McCain, 65, on Sept. 3; and Sheila Britton, 60, on Sept. 22. The database lists each with an unknown/pending cause category. The same year, on July 15, 2023, eleven prisoners at Pulaski were involved in a disturbance involving weapons and property destruction; nine security staff responded and chemical spray was used, per GPS records. A U.S. Department of Justice investigation of Georgia prisons documented constitutional violations at Pulaski, according to GPS-compiled investigative records.Pulaski State Prison — Deputy Warden and Deputy Warden of Security (2024–present)
Showers held the deputy warden title from January to March 2024; GPS death records do not show a Pulaski death during that quarter. From April 2024 onward, first as deputy warden of security and later as deputy warden, GPS records list Ramada Lesha Butts, 52, on April 16; Tracy Michelle Graves, 45, on May 16; and Lesley Bell Owens, 49, on July 23, 2024 — all with unknown/pending causes.In 2025, Pulaski County Coroner Fred J. Clark III records give natural causes for Stephanie Sabrina Gary, 55 (cancer), Esmeralda Carillo Hernandez, 50 (cancer), and Candace Lajon Morgan, 41 (cancer), per GPS records. Ronika Lashawn Carswell, 50, died Dec. 12, 2025; her cause remains unknown/pending after the coroner sent the body to the GBI Crime Lab, according to GPS records.
In 2026, GPS records list five deaths: Deneica Nichelle Randall, 28, on March 30; Karen Michelle Lindsey, 59, on May 24; Tulia Eustache, 66, on June 3; Monika Yvette Bradley, 43, on July 5; and Kristi Ray Perkins, 59, on July 12. A GBI Medical Examiner autopsy certified Randall’s death as suicide by hanging, per the records. Causes for Lindsey, Eustache, Bradley, and Perkins remain unknown/pending; for Bradley, a family report described heat exhaustion and dehydration, and for Perkins, a user report alleged untreated diabetes and a fall, according to GPS-compiled reports. The GDC Office of Professional Standards and GBI were investigating the Bradley and Perkins deaths in July 2026, per GPS records.
Facility-level context during this period includes the May 2024 arrest of Pulaski Deputy Warden Alonzo L. McMillian on charges of sexual contact with a prisoner; GPS records note he was terminated. In January 2025, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that staff at Pulaski did not notice a prisoner had been stabbed until an outside caller reported it, and the prisoner said she had been assaulted earlier by 10 people. In February 2026, GPS received reports of retaliation, intimidation, extended lockdowns, and unsafe conditions under Pulaski Warden Wendy Jackson. The DOJ investigation of constitutional violations at Pulaski was recorded in October 2024. GPS records show an $85,000 state liability payout tied to Pulaski in 2024 (Makayah Howard), but it is not linked to Showers as a defendant.
Sources
- GPS personnel and mortality records
- Pulaski County Coroner Fred J. Clark III death investigation reports
- GBI Medical Examiner autopsy report, ME-26-40234
- Atlanta Journal-Constitution — Pulaski reporting on medical neglect, sexual misconduct, stabbing non-response, and Georgia prison conditions
- GA DOAS Risk Management settlement ledger (Open Records)
- U.S. Department of Justice investigation records via GPS
Positions Held
| Title | Facility | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| Deputy Warden | PULASKI STATE PRISON | 2026-08-27 → present |
| DEPUTY WARDEN | PULASKI STATE PRISON | 2024-01-01 → present |
| Deputy Warden of Security | PULASKI STATE PRISON | 2024-04-01 → present |
| Correctional Asst. Supt | BLECKLEY PROBATION SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTER | 2023-11-22 → 2023-11-22 |
| 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
16 people died at facilities under Showers, Andrea's leadership.
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