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Ward, Alicia Necole

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Profile written June 7, 2026

Current Position Deputy Warden Of Administration Dodge State Prison

Salary $72,428 2025 · state payroll

Deaths Under Their Watch 3 during their tenure

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

Alicia Necole Ward began her Georgia Department of Corrections career in 2014 as a correctional officer at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification State Prison, later working as a field training officer at Wilcox State Prison and rising through supervisory ranks — sergeant, lieutenant, and unit manager — before being appointed Deputy Warden of Administration at Dodge State Prison in December 2024. In 2025 she held the Deputy Warden title at the same facility. During her leadership tenure as a facility deputy at Dodge, GPS records attribute three in-custody deaths to that prison. A lawsuit naming Ward, Lynch v. Ward, was filed in federal court in 2021 and terminated in 2023 without a disclosed financial outcome.

What happened on their watch

Dodge State Prison (December 2024–present)

Ward served as Deputy Warden of Administration from December 1, 2024, and as a Deputy Warden across the 2025 calendar year. During this period, GPS records show that three incarcerated men died at the facility. On May 20, 2025, Sotero Uriquiza-Hernandez, age 51, died; on June 13, 2025, Joseph Chatfield, age 62, died; and on April 28, 2026, Warren Peacock, age 70, died. All three deaths are listed under cause category 6 (the cause grouping is not further detailed in the available records). No additional incident reports, allegations, or lawsuits associated with Dodge State Prison during Ward’s deputy warden tenure appear in the intelligence file.

Litigation

Lynch v. Ward, No. 5:21-cv-00461 (M.D. Ga., filed Dec. 27, 2021, terminated Jun. 7, 2023). No settlement or judgment amount is recorded.
Butler v. The Georgia Department of Corrections, No. 6:18-cv-00170 (S.D. Ga., filed Jun. 21, 2018, terminated Jan. 7, 2019).
Willis v. Government Employees Insurance Company, No. 5:23-cv-00430 (M.D. Ga., filed Oct. 26, 2023, terminated Jan. 23, 2026).
Benvenutti v. Geico General Insurance Company Do Not Docket in This Case, No. 5:22-cv-00182 (M.D. Ga., filed May 11, 2022, terminated May 30, 2024).
Daker v. Oliver Filing Restriction Per 59 Order, No. 1:25-cv-03191 (N.D. Ga., filed Jun. 6, 2025, terminated Mar. 30, 2026).
In Re Equifax Inc Customer Data Security Breach Litigation, No. 1:17-md-02800 (N.D. Ga., filed Dec. 6, 2017, terminated Apr. 13, 2022).
In Re Ethicon Physiomesh Flexible Composite Hernia Mesh Products Liability, No. 1:17-md-02782 (N.D. Ga., filed Jun. 2, 2017, still pending).

Note: Several cases listed involve corporate or multi-district litigation where Ward’s role as a named defendant is not independently verified beyond the court docket entries.

Sources

GPS records — position history and deaths attributed to Dodge State Prison under Deputy Warden Alicia Necole Ward (Sotero Uriquiza-Hernandez, Joseph Chatfield, Warren Peacock).
Court records via CourtListener — Lynch v. Ward, 5:21-cv-00461 (M.D. Ga.); and additional dockets reflecting Ward as a named party.

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.

Positions Held

Title	Facility	Tenure
DEPUTY WARDEN	DODGE STATE PRISON	2025-01-01 → present
Deputy Warden of Administration	DODGE STATE PRISON	2024-12-01 → present
CORRECTIONAL UNIT MANAGER		2023-01-01 → 2024-11-30
CORRECTIONAL LIEUTENANT		2020-01-01 → 2022-12-31
CORRECTIONAL SERGEANT	GEORGIA DIAGNOSTIC AND CLASSIFICATION STATE PRISON	2017-01-01 → 2019-12-31
Field Training Officer	WILCOX STATE PRISON	2016-01-01 → 2016-12-31
Correctional Officer	GEORGIA DIAGNOSTIC AND CLASSIFICATION STATE PRISON	2014-01-01 → 2014-12-31

Lawsuits as defendant

Case #	Court	Filed	Status
1:25-cv-03191	GAND	2025-06-06	terminated
5:23-cv-00430	GAMD	2023-10-26	terminated
5:22-cv-00182	GAMD	2022-05-11	terminated
5:21-cv-00461	GAMD	2021-12-27	terminated
6:18-cv-00170	GASD	2018-06-21	terminated
1:17-md-02800	GAND	2017-12-06	terminated
1:17-md-02782	GAND	2017-06-02	pending

Deaths attributed during tenure

3 people died at facilities under Ward, Alicia Necole's leadership.

Date	Decedent	Age	Facility	Role at time
2026-04-28	WARREN PEACOCK	70	DODGE STATE PRISON	DEPUTY WARDEN
2025-06-13	JOSEPH CHATFIELD	62	DODGE STATE PRISON	DEPUTY WARDEN
2025-05-20	SOTERO URIQUIZA-HERNANDEZ	51	DODGE STATE PRISON	DEPUTY WARDEN

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