Taylor, Cedric Bernard

Tenure Summary

Cedric Bernard Taylor's recorded career with the Georgia Department of Corrections runs from 2015 through 2022. The position records list a 2015 "Correction Administration" post (a staff-tier role), three consecutive years as "Warden 2" (2016–2018, the facility-lead tier), and four years as a Region Director (2019–2022). None of those position records attach a named facility, and the salary lines run from $89,400 in 2015 to $107,100 at the Region Director level in 2020.

Georgia Prisoners' Speak records show no deaths attributed to facility-leader tenures held by Taylor. The attributed-death total is zero and the per-facility breakdown is empty. No intel reports or intel events are recorded against any facility during his tenure, and no news outlet named him in the material provided. His only documented exposure in these records is civil, not custodial: four terminated federal lawsuits in which he is listed as a defendant.

What happened on their watch

Warden 2 (2016–2018). Taylor held a facility-lead-tier warden title across three calendar years, but the records do not identify which institution, and no death is attributed to this period. No intel reports, intel events, or news mentions name him in connection with the warden years. Because the records attach no facility to the role, there is nothing to tie to a specific prison's death count or incident history.

Region Director (2019–2022). Taylor moved to a regional oversight title in 2019 and is listed in it through 2022. The accountability tier for that title is recorded as unknown, and the records again attach no facility and attribute no deaths to the period. No intel reports or events are logged at facilities under this tenure, and no news coverage names him.

The absence of attributed deaths is a statement about the records reviewed, not a finding that no deaths occurred at facilities he oversaw; the position entries themselves do not name a single institution.

Litigation

CourtListener dockets list Taylor as a defendant in four terminated federal cases, all in GAMD (U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia). The available records give filing and closure dates and case status only — no dispositions on the merits, no findings, and no monetary outcomes are recorded, and the dockets provided do not state the underlying claims.

• Washington v. Taylor, No. 5:19-cv-00178 (GAMD) — filed May 9, 2019; terminated Aug. 17, 2020. Filed during his Region Director years.
• Cassady v. Dozier, No. 5:17-cv-00495 (GAMD) — filed Dec. 18, 2017; terminated Nov. 21, 2018. Filed while he held the Warden 2 title.
• Harris v. Taylor, No. 5:14-cv-00236 (GAMD) — filed June 23, 2014; terminated March 16, 2015. Filed before the leadership-tier postings recorded here began.
• Pearson v. Taylor, No. 7:13-cv-00026 (GAMD) — filed March 8, 2013; terminated May 10, 2017. Filed before the recorded leadership tenure; closed during his Warden 2 years.

No outcome amount is recorded for any of the four cases.

Sources

• CourtListener — dockets for Washington v. Taylor (5:19-cv-00178), Cassady v. Dozier (5:17-cv-00495), Harris v. Taylor (5:14-cv-00236), Pearson v. Taylor (7:13-cv-00026)
• Georgia Prisoners' Speak personnel file for Cedric Bernard Taylor — position, tier, and salary records, 2015–2022; attributed-death counts, intel logs, and news mentions (all empty for this person)

Synthesized by GPS Intelligence System on Sep 23, 2026 from positions, attributed deaths, lawsuits, intel reports, and news mentions in the public corpus. The supporting data tables follow below.