Turnage, Gloria ANN

Tenure Summary

Gloria Ann Turnage began her GDC career in 2005 as a General Clerk at Columbus Transitional Center and rose through counseling and deputy-warden roles before reaching facility-lead status. GPS records show she served as Correctional Superintendent from 2017 through at least 2022, with her 2017 posting confirmed at Columbus Transitional Center and subsequent years unassigned to a named facility in GPS records. As of September 2024, she holds a Special Assistant to the Warden role at Pulaski State Prison. GPS records show zero deaths attributed to facility-leader tenures held by Turnage; no lawsuits name her as a defendant. However, intel reports tied to facilities where she has worked document serious allegations — including inadequate medical care, staff contraband smuggling, and staff sexual misconduct — at those same institutions during overlapping or adjacent periods.

What Happened on Their Watch

Rutledge State Prison — Chief Counselor (2014) / Deputy Warden (2016)
Turnage held a specialty-lead counseling role at Rutledge in 2014 and returned as Deputy Warden in 2016. No deaths are attributed to her tenure there. However, intel events at Rutledge document a pattern of concern across a broader window: Curtis Mincey, 74, died on July 22, 2021, from blunt force trauma; according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, his sister filed a lawsuit alleging he suffered from mental illness and did not receive appropriate medical or psychological assistance. Daniel Tyler Nichols, 26, died on April 23, 2023, from asphyxia due to neck compression, per GPS records. Leon Venteris Hobson, 58, died on July 7, 2024, from an inmate-to-inmate assault; a coroner told a TV station he was found dead in his cell after a fight with his cellmate. These deaths all post-date Turnage's documented Rutledge postings. Separately, in 2021 an officer at Rutledge, Promise Tucker, admitted to smuggling tobacco since becoming a cadet and resigned in lieu of termination, per GPS records. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution also reported that Sergeant Erika Shonquandria Hall allegedly admitted to providing prisoners with cellphones, chargers, tobacco, and food in exchange for money on at least six occasions at Rutledge; the date of that allegation is not specified in GPS records.

Columbus Transitional Center — Correctional Superintendent (2017)
Turnage served as facility lead at Columbus Transitional Center in 2017. GPS records show no deaths attributed to her tenure there. A GPS case submission dated April 7, 2026 — after Turnage had left that facility — references a verbal altercation involving a sergeant at Columbus Transitional Center; the submission is incomplete in GPS records and no source publication is listed.

Pulaski State Prison — Special Assistant to the Warden (September 2024–present)
Turnage joined Pulaski State Prison in September 2024. GPS records show no deaths attributed to her current posting. The facility carries significant documented history predating and overlapping her arrival. A DOJ investigation documented constitutional violations at Pulaski during 2022–2023, per GPS records. On July 15, 2023, an inmate disturbance involved 11 prisoners using weapons including shanks, a crowbar, and locks; nine security staff responded, per GPS records. Deputy Warden Alonzo L. McMillian was arrested on May 2, 2024 — months before Turnage's arrival — on charges of sexual contact with a prisoner; GDC confirmed his termination that same day, per GPS records. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported allegations that Mollianne Fischer failed to receive adequate medical care at Pulaski, leaving her in a vegetative state, and that Bonnie Rocheleau died after allegedly failing to receive adequate care when she developed pneumonia. A GPS case submission from April 2026 references a family member reporting concerns about a loved one at Pulaski; no source publication is listed and details are incomplete. GPS records also document a report from February 2026 describing a pattern of retaliation, intimidation, and a non-functional grievance process under Warden Wendy Jackson at Pulaski.

Sources

• Atlanta Journal-Constitution — allegations re: Curtis Mincey lawsuit, Rutledge contraband scheme (Hall), Pulaski medical care failures (Fischer, Rocheleau), McMillian sexual misconduct arrest, systemic sexual misconduct reporting
• GPS records / GPS case submissions — Columbus Transitional Center sergeant incident (April 2026); Pulaski family report (April 2026); Promise Tucker resignation at Rutledge (2021); Pulaski inmate disturbance (July 2023); McMillian arrest and termination (May 2024); Hobson, Nichols, and Mincey death records
• DOJ investigation — constitutional violations documented at Pulaski State Prison (investigation period 2022–2023; report dated October 2024), per GPS records
• GPS records — Wendy Jackson retaliation/conditions reports at Pulaski (2025–2026); gang extortion incident at Pulaski (2025)

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