West, Sandi R

Tenure Summary

Those six deaths, recorded between July 2024 and February 2026, span natural causes, a confirmed suicide, and deaths listed under a cause category that GPS records do not further specify. Meanwhile, one pending federal lawsuit, Williams v. West, directly names West as a defendant in connection with events at Rogers, while an earlier suit, Jackson v. Catanzariti, named her during her earlier years at Smith State Prison. Separate intel reports collected by GPS mark Rogers State Prison as the site of allegations including a guard‑stabbing incident and a disputed death initially ruled a suicide.

What happened on their watch

Montgomery State Prison — Deputy Warden (2019)
West served as Deputy Warden at Montgomery State Prison for the full 2019 calendar year. GPS records show no deaths attributed to the facility during her tenure, and no intel reports or lawsuits specific to her time in that role were identified in the GPS database.

Women’s Probation Detention Center — Deputy Warden (2020)
In 2020 West held the Deputy Warden position at the Women’s Probation Detention Center. As with her Montgomery posting, the records contain no deaths attributed to this facility while she occupied the role, and no separate allegations or litigation tied to that assignment appear in the available data.

Correctional Superintendent — unspecified facility (2021‑2023)
For three consecutive years West held the title of Correctional Superintendent, a facility‑lead tier role, but the GPS personnel records do not associate those postings with a specific facility. Because no facility is identified, no deaths are directly attributable to this portion of her leadership tenure.

Rogers State Prison — Warden (2024‑2026)
The bulk of West’s accountability footprint rests on her time as Warden of Rogers State Prison. GPS records count six deaths at Rogers during her leadership window. On July 23, 2024, Shawn Remar Johnson, 34, died; his cause category is listed as 6. On September 27, 2024, Taylor Anthony Hunt, 29, also died under cause category 6. According to multiple GPS intel reports, Hunt’s death has been the subject of serious allegations — those reports assert that although the official ruling was suicide, the body bore ligature marks, broken bones, bruises, puncture wounds, and stab wounds, suggesting homicide. GPS records do not independently verify that claim but document it as a recurring allegation tied to Rogers during West’s tenure.

Three further deaths followed in 2025. David Woods (age not recorded) died on February 4; coroner records list the cause as coronary atherosclerotic and hypertensive heart disease complicated by influenza, with a manner of natural death. On June 26, Justin Waymon Hollingsworth, 43, died by suicide — a hanging inside a one‑man cell, according to a coroner narrative and a GBI Medical Examiner’s limited autopsy that confirmed ligature‑furrow findings. On July 17, Randy Eugene Stewart, 60, died of E. coli peritonitis stemming from a perforated duodenum; the coroner recorded the manner as natural and noted contributing conditions including cirrhosis and chronic hepatitis‑C. The most recent death in the record set is John Meeks, 49, on February 19, 2026; his cause category is listed as 6.

During this same stretch, a federal civil rights lawsuit, Williams v. West, was filed in the Northern District of Georgia on April 16, 2025, naming West as a defendant; the case remains pending. Separately, a GPS‑logged allegation dated mid‑2026 describes a “Guard Stabbing Incident” at Rogers State Prison, though no further details are provided in the report summary. The broader GDC system was under a U.S. Department of Justice civil investigation that began in 2021 and overlapped West’s warden tenure, highlighting systemic concerns statewide, though the available documentation does not tie that probe to any specific finding at Rogers.

Litigation

• Williams v. West, No. 1:25‑cv‑02109 (N.D. Ga., filed Apr. 16, 2025) — pending federal lawsuit naming West as a defendant; no disposition or settlement outcome recorded.
• Jackson v. Catanzariti, No. 6:12‑cv‑00113 (S.D. Ga., filed Dec. 10, 2012, terminated June 28, 2023) — a suit that included West as a defendant during her time as a Lieutenant at Smith State Prison; the case is closed but the docket does not show an outcome amount.

Sources

• GPS personnel records — career timeline, accountability tiers, and facility assignments for West
• GPS death‑attribution records — total deaths and per‑facility counts, plus the individual decedent entries for Rogers State Prison
• Tattnall County Coroner Records (2025) — cause‑and‑manner findings for Stewart, Hollingsworth, and Woods (Case Nos. 2025‑054, 2025‑043, 2025‑010)
• GPS intel reports — allegation of guard‑stabbing incident at Rogers State Prison; repeated allegations disputing the official cause in the death of Taylor Hunt
• CourtListener dockets — case records for Williams v. West and Jackson v. Catanzariti

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.