Turnage, Gloria ANN

Tenure Summary

Gloria Ann Turnage's documented Georgia Department of Corrections career begins at Columbus Transitional Center, where she was a General Clerk in 2005 and a Counselor in 2007, and moves through program and behavioral-health roles into facility command: Chief Counselor at Rutledge State Prison (2014), a behavioral health counselor post in 2015, and Deputy Warden at Rutledge State Prison (2016). In 2017 she held the Correctional Superintendent position at Columbus Transitional Center, and she continued as a Correctional Superintendent from 2018 through 2021 in postings these records do not tie to a named facility. Her 2022 superintendent year is recorded at Pulaski State Prison. Since September 16, 2024, she has been listed as Special Assistant to the Warden at Pulaski State Prison — a role below the leadership tier.

Five deaths are attributed to her leadership tenures. All five occurred at Pulaski State Prison during her 2022 superintendent year there. No lawsuits naming her as a defendant appear in these records, and no news reports naming her directly are recorded.

What happened on their watch

Columbus Transitional Center — Correctional Superintendent (2017). These records attribute no deaths to this posting.

Correctional Superintendent (2018–2021; no facility listed). These records attribute no deaths to the four superintendent years recorded without a named facility.

Pulaski State Prison — Correctional Superintendent (2022). Five deaths are attributed to this posting, all of them in 2022:

• Margaret Ann Palmer died January 21, 2022, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, age 55.
• Sharon Ann Fuquea died April 16, 2022, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, age 56.
• Tammy Lowann Baker died May 26, 2022, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Natural/Medical, age 54.
• Monica Mae Cutts died August 15, 2022, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Suicide, age 29.
• Christina Marie Buttery died December 21, 2022, at Pulaski State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, age 34.

Three of the five causes are recorded as Unknown/Pending, meaning the registry does not state a cause; one is recorded as Suicide and one as Natural/Medical. Two of the dead were in their twenties; three were in their fifties.

One recorded intel event overlaps Turnage's superintendent tenure at Pulaski. A report dated June 30, 2022, titled "Gang members using violence to extort inmates and families at Pulaski State Prison for Women," names Pamela Dixon and is logged with Turnage's role as Correctional Superintendent at the time. The record carries no further description of the event, and no finding of responsibility is stated against anyone.

Pulaski State Prison — Special Assistant to the Warden (from September 16, 2024). This is not a leadership-tier post; only the role and dates are recorded here.

Sources

• GPS death registry — dates, facilities, ages and listed causes for Margaret Ann Palmer (Jan. 21, 2022), Sharon Ann Fuquea (Apr. 16, 2022), Tammy Lowann Baker (May 26, 2022), Monica Mae Cutts (Aug. 15, 2022) and Christina Marie Buttery (Dec. 21, 2022), all at Pulaski State Prison
• GPS intel events — June 30, 2022 report on gang members using violence to extort inmates and families at Pulaski State Prison for Women
• Georgia Department of Corrections personnel and salary records — Turnage's position titles, facilities and dates of service from 2005 through 2024

Synthesized by GPS Intelligence System on Oct 11, 2026 from positions, attributed deaths, lawsuits, intel reports, and news mentions in the public corpus. The supporting data tables follow below.