White, Jermaine M

Tenure Summary

Jermaine M. White's career in Georgia corrections spans more than two decades. He entered as a correctional officer at Wilcox State Prison in 2002, held a lieutenant posting in 2009, and served as a probation/parole officer at Lee State Prison in 2015 before moving into facility administration as deputy warden at Lee State Prison in 2016 and at the Albany Transitional Center in 2017. He reached facility leadership in 2018 as correctional superintendent at Washington State Prison, was promoted to Warden 1 there in 2019, and transferred to Telfair State Prison in 2020.

GPS attributes 23 deaths to White's leadership tenures — every one of them at Telfair State Prison, per GPS's death registry. No deaths are attributed to his tenures at Wilcox, Lee, Albany or Washington. Five federal lawsuits naming him as defendant were all terminated. Since July 1, 2023 he has served as Southwest Regional Director; he is listed as Region Director in 2024 and 2025 records, and a Region Director entry carries the date August 27, 2026.

What happened on their watch

Washington State Prison — correctional superintendent (2018), Warden 1 (2019). No deaths are attributed to this tenure. The Georgia Department of Administrative Services Risk Management settlement ledger (open records) records a $7,000 liability payout to Maurice Carter tied to Washington State Prison and a 2018 incident, dated October 11, 2018, when White held the correctional superintendent role.

Telfair State Prison — Warden 1 (2020). While White held the Warden 1 title, GPS's registry records these deaths at the facility:

• Cedric Latroy Johnson died March 14, 2020, at Telfair State Prison; GPS's registry lists the cause as Homicide, age 35.
• Aldrich Norval Cain died April 23, 2020; cause listed as Homicide, age 26.
• Marcus Derrelle Pearson died May 29, 2020; cause listed as Homicide, age 28.
• Louis Garcia-Palacio died July 28, 2020; cause listed as Homicide, age 41.
• Willie Ralph Wyatt died September 28, 2020; cause listed as Natural/Medical, age 49.
• Jerry Bolton died September 29, 2020; cause listed as Natural/Medical, age 69.
• Wright Greyhound Phoenix died October 14, 2020; cause listed as Natural/Medical, age 58.
• Wade Jr Smith died October 16, 2020; cause listed as Natural/Medical, age 41.
• Robert William Myers died November 5, 2020; cause listed as Natural/Medical, age 39.
• John Anthony Pratt died November 22, 2020; cause listed as Natural/Medical, age 59.
• William Locust died December 27, 2020; cause listed as Other, age 32.

Telfair State Prison — Warden 3 (2021).

• Jeremy Williams died March 16, 2021; cause listed as Overdose, age 29.
• Juan Carlos Arguello-Revelles died May 7, 2021; cause listed as Homicide, age 37. The incident record states he died from a stabbing and that 11 other inmates were involved.
• William Hiram Lumpkin died August 17, 2021; cause listed as Medical Neglect, age 74.

Also during this tenure, the DOAS Risk Management ledger records liability payouts of $1,850 to David Morris (dated April 6, 2021), $5,361 to Darryl Thomas (September 29, 2021) and $2,600 to Derrell Ruth (October 5, 2021), each tied to Telfair State Prison. An incident record dated 2021 states that Sen. Josh McLaurin and other legislators were turned away from an unannounced prison tour.

Telfair State Prison — Warden 3 (2022).

• Montrell James Clayton died May 26, 2022; cause listed as Suicide, age 25.
• Rafael Foragi Dasilva died November 24, 2022; cause listed as Suicide, age 36.
• Dustin Bowling died December 11, 2022; cause listed as Suicide, age 32.
• William Allen Slaton died December 13, 2022; cause listed as Overdose, age 40.
• Xavier Lamar Warren died December 28, 2022; cause listed as Homicide, age 32. The incident record states he died from a stab wound to the torso, with four other inmates involved.

Telfair State Prison — Warden (January 1–June 30, 2023).

• Renel Janvier Whitfield died January 25, 2023; cause listed as Natural/Medical, age 31.
• Larry Adams died April 3, 2023; cause listed as Accident, age 53.
• Deahmoz Oshmic Floyd died April 18, 2023; cause listed as Homicide, age 29. The incident record states he died from exsanguination caused by a stab wound to the side of the neck, and that a claim filed against the state alleged he was stabbed by several prisoners when no prison staff were in the dorm.
• Clifford Lawrence Bagley died May 28, 2023; cause listed as Overdose, age 31.

Also in this tenure: an incident record states that Sergeant Desiree Briley was sentenced to 18 months after pleading guilty to her role in a drug trafficking network, having helped prisoner James Dylon NeSmith smuggle methamphetamine into the prison for at least two years. The DOAS ledger records a $1,750 payout to Ryan Frank DeMon, dated February 18, 2023, tied to Telfair State Prison.

Southwest Regional Director / Region Director (July 1, 2023 onward). No deaths are attributed to this tenure.

Litigation

• Askew v. White, No. 5:20-cv-00264 (GAMD), filed July 6, 2020, terminated July 22, 2020 — filed while White was Warden 1 at Telfair.
• Ross v. White, No. 3:22-cv-00066 (GASD), filed June 22, 2022, terminated October 12, 2022 — Warden 3 at Telfair.
• Jackson v. White, No. 3:22-cv-00114 (GASD), filed September 13, 2022, terminated April 1, 2024 — Warden 3 at Telfair.
• Riggs v. Stewart, No. 7:23-cv-00124 (GAMD), filed November 21, 2023, terminated December 12, 2023 — during his regional directorship.
• Powell v. White, No. 3:23-cv-00096 (GASD), filed December 4, 2023, terminated March 28, 2024 — during his regional directorship.

No outcome amounts are recorded for any of the five cases.

Sources

• GPS death registry — 23 decedent records at Telfair State Prison, 2020–2023
• Georgia Department of Administrative Services Risk Management settlement ledger (open records) — Telfair and Washington State Prison payouts
• CourtListener federal dockets — GASD and GAMD case files
• GDC position and salary records, 2002–2026
• Incident records for Telfair State Prison (2020–2023), including the Briley sentencing and the 2021 legislative tour
• No news reports in the record name White directly.

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.