West, Sandi R

Tenure Summary

Sandi R. West's documented career with the Georgia Department of Corrections runs from a 2003 Sergeant posting at Smith State Prison through a Lieutenant post there in 2011, a 2015 Corrections Officer (SP) record with no facility listed, and a CSM Correctional Lieutenant assignment at Smith in 2016. She moved into unit supervision at Smith as CSM Correctional Unit Manager in 2017, then to Montgomery State Prison as Unit Manager in 2018 and Deputy Warden in 2019, and to the Women's Probation Detention Center as Deputy Warden in 2020. Salary records list her as a Correctional Superintendent in 2021, 2022 and 2023 without naming a facility, with a separate record dated November 22, 2023 tying the Correctional Superintendent title to the Women's Probation Detention Center. Her recorded pay rose from $39,215.04 in 2015 to $92,825.04 in 2025.

West has held the top post at Rogers State Prison since January 1, 2024 — as WARDEN 1 through June 15, 2024, and as Warden from June 16, 2024 through May 31, 2026. Six deaths are attributed to her leadership tenure, all of them recorded at Rogers State Prison. Her status is listed as active, with no other sourced status. No news reports in these records name her directly.

What happened on their watch

Pre-Rogers leadership and supervisory postings (2019–2023). Records place West as Deputy Warden at Montgomery State Prison in 2019 and Deputy Warden at the Women's Probation Detention Center in 2020, then as Correctional Superintendent on 2021, 2022 and 2023 salary records that do not name a facility, with a further record dated November 22, 2023 placing her as Correctional Superintendent at the Women's Probation Detention Center. The deaths attributed to her tenures are recorded only at Rogers State Prison; GPS's registry lists none at these facilities.

Rogers State Prison — Warden, January 1, 2024 to May 31, 2026. All six attributed deaths fall in this period:

• Shawn Remar Johnson died July 23, 2024, at Rogers State Prison; GPS's registry lists the cause as Natural/Medical, age 34.
• Taylor Anthony Hunt died September 28, 2024, at Rogers State Prison; GPS's registry lists the cause as Suicide, age 29. Separate GPS registry entries dated September 1, 2024 describe Hunt's death as occurring "under suspicious circumstances," state that GDC classified it as a suicide despite "evidence of trauma" — including ligature marks, broken bones, bruises, puncture wounds, and stab wounds — and allege the evidence suggests homicide. Those are the claims of those entries, not an established finding.
• David Edward Wood died February 4, 2025, at Rogers State Prison; GPS's registry lists the cause as Natural/Medical.
• Justin Waymon Hollingsworth died June 26, 2025, at Rogers State Prison; GPS's registry lists the cause as Suicide, age 43.
• Randy Eugene Stewart died July 17, 2025, at Rogers State Prison; GPS's registry lists the cause as Natural/Medical, age 60.
• John Meeks died February 19, 2026, at Rogers State Prison; GPS's registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending, age 49.

Three of the six deaths are recorded as Natural/Medical, two as Suicide, and one as Unknown/Pending. A GPS intel case submission dated May 28, 2026 — while West held the WARDEN 1 role at Rogers — reports that two officers were stabbed at the facility in 2026, with injuries described as serious and at least one officer transported to an external medical facility.

Litigation

• Jackson v. Catanzariti, case no. 6:12-cv-00113, GASD, filed December 10, 2012 and terminated June 28, 2023. West is listed as a defendant; no outcome amount is recorded.

Sources

• GPS Death Registry — six deaths recorded at Rogers State Prison during West's tenure as Warden (Johnson, Hunt, Wood, Hollingsworth, Stewart, Meeks)
• GPS registry entries dated September 1, 2024 on the death of Taylor Hunt (allegations of trauma and a contested suicide classification)
• GPS intel case submission dated May 28, 2026 — report of two officers stabbed at Rogers State Prison
• Court records via CourtListener — docket for Jackson v. Catanzariti, 6:12-cv-00113 (GASD), filed 2012, terminated 2023

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.