Williams, Colette

Tenure Summary

Colette Williams is recorded as Deputy Warden of Administration at Coastal State Prison, a post beginning July 16, 2026 and listed as ongoing, with no end date in her personnel record. The record carries no earlier leadership posting for her, no lawsuit naming her as a defendant, and no news report that mentions her directly. Her status is listed as active.

Two deaths are attributed to her leadership tenure, both at Coastal State Prison, per GPS's death registry. The registry records both deaths as occurring while she held the Deputy Warden of Administration role. Two witness accounts published on Facebook during her tenure — on August 31 and September 5, 2026 — describe violence and deaths at the same facility going back to 2021; those accounts are allegations made by a formerly incarcerated person, not findings.

What happened on their watch

Coastal State Prison — Deputy Warden of Administration, from July 16, 2026 (ongoing)

Two deaths are attributed to her time in this role, per GPS's death registry:

• Phillip Alexander George died July 16, 2026, at Coastal State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Unknown/Pending and records his age at death as 66. Because the cause is listed as Unknown/Pending, GPS does not yet know what caused his death.
• Sheldon Leroy Burns died August 30, 2026, at Coastal State Prison; the registry lists the cause as Natural/Medical.

On August 31, 2026, a public Facebook post by a formerly incarcerated Georgian alleged that during a nearly five-year Georgia Department of Corrections term from 2021 to 2026 he witnessed four deaths and multiple beatings, restraints and torture; he further stated that he was stabbed eleven times and suffered a broken jaw, and that CERT team members and correctional officers were present during at least one life-threatening incident without effective intervention.

On September 5, 2026, a second public Facebook post by a formerly incarcerated person held at Coastal State Prison between 2021 and 2026 alleged that accurate counts were rare; that he witnessed multiple killings and prisoner abuse, including sexual assault, humiliation, restraint for days and burning; and that he was stabbed multiple times, beaten by a correctional response team and thrown down stairs. The same account states that GPS mortality records for that period list 103 deaths at the facility, nearly all with no public cause of death.

Both posts were published while Williams held the Deputy Warden of Administration role at Coastal State Prison, and both are witness claims rather than institutional findings. The periods the witnesses describe extend well before July 16, 2026, when her position record begins; the input describes her role only from that date forward and does not document her duties or assignments at the facility in earlier years.

Sources

• GPS death registry — entries for Phillip Alexander George (July 16, 2026, Coastal State Prison, Unknown/Pending, age 66) and Sheldon Leroy Burns (August 30, 2026, Coastal State Prison, Natural/Medical); total of two deaths attributed to her Coastal State Prison tenure.
• Facebook (public post), August 31, 2026 — witness claim of four deaths, beatings, restraints, torture, stab wounds and a broken jaw during a 2021–2026 term, with CERT members and officers present at a life-threatening incident.
• Facebook (public post), September 5, 2026 — witness claim of multiple killings, sexual assault, humiliation, prolonged restraint and burning at Coastal State Prison, and the assertion that GPS mortality records list 103 deaths there between 2021 and 2026 with nearly all causes unpublished.
• Personnel position record — Deputy Warden of Administration, Coastal State Prison, start date July 16, 2026, no end date.

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.