Todd, Curtis J

Tenure Summary

Curtis J. Todd entered the Georgia Department of Corrections in 2013 as a correctional officer at Smith Transitional Center, per GPS personnel records, and rose through the ranks at the same facility — officer (2015–2018), sergeant at Rogers State Prison (2019), sergeant again at Smith Transitional (2020), lieutenant (2021) — before moving into facility leadership as Correctional Assistant Superintendent at Emanuel Probation Detention Center (2022) and, in 2024, Correctional Superintendent there. In January 2025 he was named Correctional Superintendent at Smith State Prison, then shifted to Special Assistant to the Warden at Smith State in February 2025. On January 16, 2026 he became Warden at Dodge State Prison, the post he held when GPS records show the single death attributed to his leadership tenures.

Total deaths attributed to Todd's facility-leadership tenures: 1, all at Dodge State Prison (`total_deaths_attributed`, `deaths_by_facility`). GPS records list no lawsuits naming Todd as a defendant and no settlements tied to his tenures in the provided data.

What happened on their watch

Emanuel Probation Detention Center — Correctional Assistant Superintendent (2022) and Correctional Superintendent (2024). GPS attributes zero deaths to either posting. No facility intel reports for Emanuel PDC appear in the provided records.

Smith Transitional Center — Assistant Superintendent entry dated November 22, 2023 (single-date record), following a 2023 assistant-superintendent posting with no facility listed. Zero deaths attributed.

Smith State Prison — Correctional Superintendent (January 2025) and Special Assistant to the Warden (from February 2025). GPS attributes zero deaths to Todd's Smith State tenure. The facility's high-profile deaths in GPS records — Donquerius Lamonte Mahone (February 3, 2024), food service worker Aureon Shavea Grace (shot May 25, 2024; incident date also logged June 16, 2024) and correctional officer Robert Clark (June 21, 2024) — all predate his arrival there. The Smith State intel file in GPS records is dominated by allegations against former warden Brian Adams and inmate Nathan Weekes (RICO and contraband scheme, Tattnall County indictment May 12–13, 2026; Court of Appeals declined the appeal June 22, 2026), and by reporting from the AJC, The Marshall Project, GPB and In These Times on understaffing and contraband. Todd is not named in those items.

Dodge State Prison — Warden (from January 16, 2026). This is the one death GPS attributes during a Todd leadership tenure: Warren Peacock, age 70, died April 28, 2026 at Dodge State Prison with Todd recorded as Warden at the time. Per a Dodge County coroner open-records response dated June 30, 2026, the death was witnessed on April 28 and pronounced at 22:43; the decedent had chronic hypertension, kidney disease, COPD and diabetes; the body was released to the GBI with autopsy and toxicology pending. A GBI Open Records response dated August 1, 2026 stated it was "unable to locate any record(s) responsive" to the request — a result GPS notes conflicts with the coroner's record and may reflect intake/backlog timing rather than the absence of a file. Separately, GPS records a $16,000 State of Georgia liability settlement tied to Dodge State Prison in the matter of Kimyania Smith (incident 2025; settlement dated May 26, 2025) — a payout that predates Todd's January 2026 arrival as Warden. Records for Rogers State Prison, where Todd served as a sergeant in 2019, include undated family-group accounts of alleged staff contraband and a disputed fan-fire accusation; those accounts are not dated to his posting.

Sources

• GPS personnel and salary records — Todd's positions, 2013–2026
• GPS death records — Warren Peacock, Dodge State Prison, April 28, 2026; Dodge County coroner open-records response, June 30, 2026; GBI Open Records response, August 1, 2026
• GA DOAS Risk Management settlement ledger (open records) — Kimyania Smith / Dodge State Prison, $16,000, May 26, 2025
• The Georgia Virtue — Tattnall County grand jury indictment of former Smith State Prison warden (May 2026); Georgia Court of Appeals denial (June 22, 2026); civil suit against Brian Adams and Ireon Moore
• Atlanta Journal-Constitution — Smith State Prison homicide reporting and contraband investigations
• The Marshall Project — Smith State Prison understaffing and conditions (January 10, 2024)
• Georgia Public Broadcasting — drone-smuggled firearm and contraband testimony before state lawmakers (August 30, 2024)
• WTOC — Smith State Prison altercation and lockdown coverage (April 1, 2026); former employee sexual assault charge (May 1, 2025)
• In These Times — 2022 prison strike allegations regarding Georgia DOC conditions

Synthesized by GPS Intelligence System on Sep 13, 2026 from positions, attributed deaths, lawsuits, intel reports, and news mentions in the public corpus. The supporting data tables follow below.