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Wiley, Flemister E
Status: active
Profile written August 2, 2026
Salary
$88,627
2025 · state payroll
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
Flemister E. Wiley served the Georgia Department of Corrections primarily as a Public Safety Trainer 3 from 2016 through 2023, a staff-level role that did not carry facility-leadership accountability. In 2024, Wiley was promoted to Deputy Warden of the Special Management Unit, the state’s maximum‑security prison in Jackson. GPS records attribute a total of five deaths to the Special Management Unit during Wiley’s tenure as deputy warden — all between June 2024 and May 2026. The deaths occurred against the backdrop of a federal contempt order issued against the GDC in April 2024 for failing to comply with a 2019 settlement mandating reforms at the SMU, and a U.S. Department of Justice investigation that in 2024 found conditions in Georgia’s prisons “inhumane.”What happened on their watch
Wiely’s only facility-leadership posting is as Deputy Warden of the Special Management Unit, a role he has held since January 2024. During this time, GPS records list five deaths at the facility: Ricardo Castavio Daughtry, 41 (June 10, 2024); Emilio Christopher Canales, 40 (October 22, 2024); Lashon Boddie, 30 (September 2, 2025); Michael Ogletree, 33 (October 31, 2025); and Antony Ramon Penick, 32 (May 30, 2026). Each decedent’s cause is categorized under code 6 in GDC mortality data. The deaths are not isolated incidents — the SMU has been the subject of intense judicial and media scrutiny. In April 2024, U.S. District Judge Marc T. Treadwell held the GDC in contempt for “thumbing their noses” at a 2019 settlement that required, among other things, regular out‑of‑cell time and adequate staffing. According to the Atlanta Journal‑Constitution, the contempt order cited falsified and backdated prisoner review forms. The AJC also reported that Daughtry’s death exposed a breakdown in surveillance: prison records falsely showed him attending activities after he had been pronounced dead, and he was not checked for nearly seven hours despite a policy requiring checks every 30 minutes. A DOJ report issued in October 2024 described Georgia’s prisons as plagued by violence, sexual assault, and severe understaffing, and documented GDC’s obstruction of federal investigators.Litigation
* Gumm v. Jacobs (5:15‑cv‑00041, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia, filed February 12, 2015, terminated May 7, 2019). This class‑action lawsuit challenged solitary‑confinement conditions at the Special Management Unit. The case settled in 2019 with an agreement requiring sweeping reforms. Wiley is not named as a defendant in the case, but the suit’s subject is the facility he later helped oversee. The GDC’s noncompliance with the settlement led to the contempt order issued in April 2024, while Wiley was deputy warden.Sources
* GPS records — personnel file showing Public Safety Trainer 3 (2016‑2023) and Deputy Warden, Special Management Unit (2024‑present); death counts and individual decedent details. * Atlanta Journal‑Constitution — multiple investigative reports on deaths, falsified records, failure to conduct required checks, and GDC obstruction at the Special Management Unit; coverage of the 2024 contempt order against GDC and the DOJ report. * U.S. Department of Justice — October 2024 report finding conditions in Georgia prisons “inhumane” and detailing GDC’s interference with investigators. * Court records (U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia) — Gumm v. Jacobs docket, settlement, and April 2024 contempt order issued by Judge Marc T. Treadwell.Positions Held
| Title | Facility | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| DEPUTY WARDEN | SPECIAL MANAGEMENT UNIT | 2024-01-01 → present |
| PUBLIC SAFETY, TRAINER 3 | 2016-01-01 → 2023-12-31 | |
| PUBLIC SAFETY TRN (AL) | 2015-01-01 → 2015-12-31 |
Lawsuits as defendant
| Case # | Court | Filed | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5:15-cv-00041 | GAMD | 2015-02-12 | terminated |
Deaths attributed during tenure
5 people died at facilities under Wiley, Flemister E's leadership.
| Date | Decedent | Age | Facility | Role at time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-30 | ANTONY RAMON PENICK | 32 | SPECIAL MANAGEMENT UNIT | DEPUTY WARDEN |
| 2025-10-31 | MICHAEL OGLETREE | 33 | SPECIAL MANAGEMENT UNIT | DEPUTY WARDEN |
| 2025-09-02 | LASHON BODDIE | 30 | SPECIAL MANAGEMENT UNIT | DEPUTY WARDEN |
| 2024-10-22 | EMILIO CHRISTOPHER CANALES | 40 | SPECIAL MANAGEMENT UNIT | DEPUTY WARDEN |
| 2024-06-10 | RICARDO CASTAVIO DAUGHTRY | 41 | SPECIAL MANAGEMENT UNIT | DEPUTY WARDEN |
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