Thompson, Lisa H

Tenure Summary

Lisa H. Thompson's career in Georgia corrections spans more than two decades. She began as a Counselor at Telfair State Prison in 2000 and at Pulaski State Prison in 2005, then served as Chief Counselor (programs) at Wilcox State Prison in 2009. She moved into facility administration as Assistant Superintendent at the Bleckley Probation Substance Abuse Treatment Center in 2013, held central-office administrative and correctional officer roles in 2015 and Correctional Assistant Superintendent posts in 2016 and 2017, and became Superintendent at the Bleckley Probation Substance Abuse Treatment Center in 2018. Salary records list her as a Correctional Superintendent each year from 2019 through 2025; she appears as Warden at Bleckley from January 1, 2024, to January 15, 2026, as Correctional Superintendent at Whitworth Women's Facility from January 1, 2025, to January 15, 2026, and as Warden at Whitworth Women's Facility from January 16, 2026, with an additional Warden 1 entry at the same facility dated August 27, 2026. Her personnel status is listed as active.

One death is attributed to her facility-leadership tenures, all of it at Whitworth Women's Facility. GPS's records carry no lawsuits naming Thompson as a defendant, no intel reports or intel events dated within her leadership tenures, and no news reports naming her.

What happened on their watch

Bleckley Probation Substance Abuse Treatment Center — Assistant Superintendent (2013) and Superintendent (2018). In the 2013 deputy role she was Assistant Superintendent; in 2018 she held the Superintendent position. GPS attributes no deaths to these postings, and its records contain no intel reports, intel events, or lawsuits naming her in connection with them.

Bleckley Probation Substance Abuse Treatment Center — Warden, January 1, 2024, to January 15, 2026. No deaths are attributed to this posting in the per-facility totals. The records contain no intel reports or intel events dated within this tenure and no lawsuits filed against her while she held it.

Whitworth Women's Facility — Correctional Superintendent, January 1, 2025, to January 15, 2026; Warden from January 16, 2026 (Warden 1 entry dated August 27, 2026). This is the only facility where a death is attributed to her leadership tenure, and the record identifies her role on the date of death as Correctional Superintendent:

• Rhianna Woods died January 10, 2025, at Whitworth Women's Facility; GPS's death registry lists the cause as Overdose.

No age is recorded for Woods in the registry entry. The records contain no intel reports or intel events dated within this tenure, no lawsuits naming Thompson as a defendant, and no news mentions of her tied to this facility.

Sources

• GPS Death Registry — record for Rhianna Woods, died January 10, 2025, Whitworth Women's Facility; cause listed as Overdose.
• GPS personnel and salary records — position and salary history for Lisa H. Thompson, 2000–2026, including facility-lead postings at the Bleckley Probation Substance Abuse Treatment Center and Whitworth Women's Facility.

Synthesized by GPS Intelligence System on Oct 6, 2026 from positions, attributed deaths, lawsuits, intel reports, and news mentions in the public corpus. The supporting data tables follow below.