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Tillman, Alexander
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Profile written September 6, 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
Alexander Tillman has worked in Georgia corrections since at least 2005, beginning as a behavioral health counselor at Emanuel Probation Detention Center and later holding state-level behavioral health, social services, and unit management roles. GPS records show Tillman became a CSM Correctional Unit Manager at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification State Prison in 2023, served a one-day unit manager assignment at the Special Management Unit on Nov. 22, 2023, and became Deputy Warden of Care and Treatment at GDCP on July 16, 2024, a posting listed through Aug. 31, 2025.GPS records attribute 15 deaths to Tillman’s leadership tenure, all at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification State Prison. Earlier postings have no deaths attributed in the structured records. One federal lawsuit lists Tillman as a defendant: Miller v. Holt, filed in August 2025 and still pending.
What happened on their watch
Georgia Diagnostic and Classification State Prison — CSM Correctional Unit Manager (2023)
GPS records list no deaths attributed to Tillman during this 2023 unit-manager posting at GDCP.Special Management Unit — CSM Correctional Unit Manager (Nov. 22, 2023)
A one-day unit manager assignment at the Special Management Unit appears in Tillman’s position history. GPS records show no deaths attributed to Tillman at SMU; the per-facility death count is entirely Georgia Diagnostic and Classification State Prison.Georgia Diagnostic and Classification State Prison — Deputy Warden of Care and Treatment (2024–2025)
All 15 deaths in the structured record’s GDCP count occurred during this tenure, with decedent-level entries dated from Sept. 6, 2024 through Aug. 5, 2025. Named decedents include Rodriquez Demorris Garrett, 30; Albert Stinson, 76; Joshua Mark Holliday, 43; Stephen Allen Hester, 41; Thomas Williams Jr., 62; Willie Henry Ponder, 47; John Irvin Jr. Tidd, 36; William Rhodes, 38; Michael Scott West, 46; David Octavious Robbs, 37; Mark Smith, 53; Jacob Scott Wilcox, 27; Woodrow Wilson Hodges, 68; Daniel Claude Callahan, 72; and Christopher Wayne Crook, 49. Three deaths fell on consecutive days in November 2024: Hester, Williams, and Ponder.The Holliday record is documented in GPS files with a GBI autopsy report that lists the manner as suicide and toxicology positive for methamphetamine; GPS notes a date conflict was resolved to an Oct. 21, 2024 death date. GPS internal event logs describe an April 6, 2025 stabbing at GDCP witnessed by multiple prisoners, with a 30-minute delay before officer response and an allegation that a witness was coerced to silence. Multiple June 2025 GPS entries describe Mark Smith’s death at 53 as a neglect case involving Parkinson’s disease, medication failures, and delayed response. During the same tenure, a U.S. Department of Justice report issued in October 2024, as referenced in GPS records, described Georgia prisons as inhumane and understaffed. GPS capacity entries dated January and February 2025 reported GDCP holding 4,540 people, 568% of its original 1968 design capacity of 800.
Litigation
- Miller v. Holt, No. 5:25-cv-00356, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, filed Aug. 25, 2025. Status: pending. GPS records list Tillman as a defendant.
Sources
- GPS personnel and death records for Alexander Tillman
- CourtListener docket, Miller v. Holt
- U.S. Department of Justice investigation into Georgia prisons, as referenced in GPS records
- GPS internal event and intelligence logs
Positions Held
| Title | Facility | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| Education Prgm Spec 3 | CENTRAL STATE PRISON | 2026-08-27 → present |
| DEPUTY WARDEN | 2025-01-01 → present | |
| Deputy Warden of Care and Treatment | GEORGIA DIAGNOSTIC AND CLASSIFICATION STATE PRISON | 2024-07-16 → 2025-08-31 |
| CSM CORRECTIONAL UNIT MANAGER | 2024-01-01 → 2024-07-15 | |
| CSM Correctional Unit Manager | SPECIAL MANAGEMENT UNIT | 2023-11-22 → 2023-11-22 |
| CSM CORRECTIONAL UNIT MANAGER | GEORGIA DIAGNOSTIC AND CLASSIFICATION STATE PRISON | 2023-01-01 → 2023-12-31 |
| SOCIAL SVCS PRGM CONSULTANT 3 | GEORGIA DIAGNOSTIC AND CLASSIFICATION STATE PRISON | 2022-01-01 → 2022-12-31 |
| BEHAVIORAL HLTH COUNSELOR 2 | GEORGIA DIAGNOSTIC AND CLASSIFICATION STATE PRISON | 2021-01-01 → 2021-12-31 |
| BEHAVIORAL HLTH COUNSELOR 2 | 2020-01-01 → 2020-12-31 | |
| SOCIAL SVCS PRGM CONSULTANT 3 | 2017-01-01 → 2019-12-31 | |
| EMPLOYMENT SVCS SPEC 3 | 2016-01-01 → 2016-12-31 | |
| BEH HEALTH/COUNSELOR (WL) | 2015-01-01 → 2015-12-31 | |
| Behavioral Health Counselor | EMANUEL PROBATION DETENTION CENTER | 2011-01-01 → 2011-12-31 |
| Behavioral Health Counselor | EMANUEL PROBATION DETENTION CENTER | 2007-01-01 → 2007-12-31 |
| Behavioral Health Counselor | EMANUEL PROBATION DETENTION CENTER | 2005-01-01 → 2005-12-31 |
Lawsuits as defendant
| Case # | Court | Filed | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5:25-cv-00356 | GAMD | 2025-08-25 | pending |
Deaths attributed during tenure
15 people died at facilities under Tillman, Alexander's leadership.
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