Todd, Curtis J

Tenure Summary

Curtis J. Todd’s career in the Georgia Department of Corrections spans more than a decade, beginning in 2013 as a correctional officer at the Smith Transitional Center and progressing through sergeant and lieutenant roles there, a sergeant stint at Rogers State Prison, and deputy superintendent posts before ascending to facility leadership. He served as Correctional Superintendent at Emanuel Probation Detention Center in 2024, held the same title at Smith State Prison for one month in January 2025, and was appointed Warden of Dodge State Prison in January 2026. GPS records attribute one death to a facility during his leadership tenure: a single fatality at Dodge State Prison while he was Warden. No lawsuits have been filed against Todd personally in connection with his GDC posts.

What happened on their watch

Emanuel Probation Detention Center — Correctional Superintendent (2024)

During Todd’s year as superintendent, GPS records show no deaths attributed to the facility. The available data contains no allegations, intel reports, or major incidents tied to Emanuel PDC for that period.

Smith State Prison — Correctional Superintendent (January 2025)

Todd held the top role at Smith State Prison for only the month of January 2025. No deaths are attributed to his tenure there. However, the prison was already under intense scrutiny: the U.S. Department of Justice had been investigating conditions in Georgia’s prison system since 2021, and Smith State Prison had been the site of multiple high-profile incidents in the preceding year, including the June 2024 shooting of Aramark employee Aureon Grace by an inmate with a smuggled firearm, and the killing of correctional officer Robert Clark. In January 2025, according to an intel event record, a lawsuit was filed in connection with the death of Hiwatha Abdulcah Hakeem Jr., alleging that prison officials failed to provide timely medical care after an assault. The former warden, Brian Adams, was arrested in January 2026 on RICO and other charges, but that occurred after Todd had been reassigned to the Special Assistant to the Warden role in February 2025.

Dodge State Prison — Warden (from January 16, 2026)

One death is recorded during Todd’s tenure as Warden at Dodge State Prison: Warren Peacock, age 70, died on April 28, 2026. The death is categorized in GPS records under cause category 6; no further details or notes are available in the system. No additional deaths at Dodge have been attributed to his watch thus far, and no lawsuits have been filed naming Todd as a defendant in connection with the facility.

Litigation

No lawsuits naming Curtis J. Todd as a defendant appear in the records.

Sources

• GPS intelligence records — personnel file, deaths by facility, and death during tenure for Warren Peacock
• Atlanta Journal-Constitution — reporting on violence, staffing, smuggling, and corruption at Smith State Prison (multiple articles from 2023–2026)
• The Georgia Virtue — coverage of the indictment and civil suit against former Smith State Prison Warden Brian Adams
• WTOC — reporting on a former Smith State Prison employee charged with sexual assault
• The Marshall Project — reporting on understaffing and conditions at Georgia prisons, including Smith State Prison
• In These Times — prisoner strike allegations about conditions and contraband across GDC facilities
• Georgia Public Broadcasting — coverage of drone contraband smuggling and legislative hearings on prison safety

Synthesized by GPS Intelligence System on Jun 7, 2026 from positions, attributed deaths, lawsuits, intel reports, and news mentions in the public corpus. The supporting data tables follow below.