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Sikes, Shawn Louis
On GDC's 2025 payroll
Profile written September 23, 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.
Georgia Prisoners’ Speak personnel and mortality records show no deaths attributed to any facility-leader tenure held by Shawn Louis Sikes, and no lawsuits, intel reports, or news mentions naming him appear in the records reviewed. His documented leadership-tier posting was Correctional Superintendent at Long Unit (2016); he also served as Deputy Warden at Emanuel Women’s Facility (2012), with earlier service as a Counselor at Smith State Prison (2002) and later non-facility roles including Correction Administration (2015), Senior Manager, Correctional Administration (2017–2024), Assistant Region Director (2025) and Statewide Transitional Center Coordinator (2025–present). His career history is documented in the Positions table below.
Positions Held
| Title | Facility | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| Assistant Region Director | 2026-08-27 → present | |
| ASSISTANT REGION DIRECTOR | 2025-01-01 → present | |
| Statewide Transitional Center (TC) Coordinator | 2025-01-01 → present | |
| SR MGR, CORRECTIONAL ADMIN | 2017-01-01 → 2024-12-31 | |
| CORRECTIONAL SUPERINTENDENT | LONG UNIT | 2016-01-01 → 2016-12-31 |
| CORRECTION ADMINISTRATION | 2015-01-01 → 2015-12-31 | |
| Deputy Warden | EMANUEL WOMEN’S FACILITY | 2012-01-01 → 2012-12-31 |
| Counselor | SMITH STATE PRISON | 2002-01-01 → 2002-12-31 |
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