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Williams, Jessie L
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Profile written August 30, 2026
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
Jessie L. Williams’s GDC records show a progression from Correction Administration in 2015, to CSM Correctional Unit Manager in 2016, Correctional Assistant Superintendent in 2017–2018, Correctional Superintendent in 2019–2022, and Warden 1 / Warden from 2023 onward. GPS records attribute one death to Williams’s facility-leader tenure: Lisa Michelle Morris, 51, at Emanuel Women’s Facility on July 5, 2024. No lawsuits naming Williams as a defendant appear in the GPS dataset.What happened on their watch
Facility-not-specified postings, 2015–2022
GPS records do not attach a facility name to Williams’s early postings: Correction Administration (2015), CSM Correctional Unit Manager (2016), Correctional Assistant Superintendent (2017–2018), and Correctional Superintendent (2019–2022). The single death attributed to Williams in the dataset is not logged against these unnamed postings; it is recorded at Emanuel Women’s Facility.Emanuel Women’s Facility, 2023–2025
GPS records place Williams as Warden at Emanuel Women’s Facility from March 1, 2023 through December 31, 2024, and list a Warden 1 posting there for calendar year 2025. On July 5, 2024, Lisa Michelle Morris, 51, died at Emanuel Women’s Facility. GPS records list Williams as Warden at the time and count this as the one death attributed to Williams’s leadership tenure. The structured record cites cause_category 6 and includes no narrative notes; the source data does not describe the cause. No lawsuits naming Williams as a defendant, and no intel reports tied to Williams at Emanuel, appear in the dataset.GPS intel events for Emanuel Women’s Facility contain repeated references to at least 22 deaths under Dr. Yvon Nazaire’s care at Pulaski State Prison and Emanuel Women’s Facility from 2005 to 2015. Those dates precede Williams’s Emanuel tenure, and the events do not name Williams.
Sources
- GPS personnel and positions records for Jessie L. Williams, 2015–2025.
- GPS deaths-during-tenure record for Lisa Michelle Morris, Emanuel Women’s Facility, July 5, 2024.
- GPS facility death attribution summary for Emanuel Women’s Facility.
- GPS intel events database, Emanuel Women’s Facility entries referencing Dr. Yvon Nazaire, 2005–2015.
Positions Held
| Title | Facility | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| Warden 1 | EMANUEL WOMEN’S FACILITY | 2026-08-27 → present |
| WARDEN 1 | EMANUEL WOMEN’S FACILITY | 2025-01-01 → present |
| WARDEN 1 | 2023-01-01 → 2024-12-31 | |
| Warden 1 | EMANUEL WOMEN’S FACILITY | 2023-11-22 → 2023-11-22 |
| Warden | EMANUEL WOMEN’S FACILITY | 2023-03-01 → 2024-12-31 |
| CORRECTIONAL SUPERINTENDENT | 2019-01-01 → 2022-12-31 | |
| CORRECTIONAL ASST. SUPT | 2017-01-01 → 2018-12-31 | |
| CSM CORRECTIONAL UNIT MANAGER | 2016-01-01 → 2016-12-31 | |
| CORRECTION ADMINISTRATION | 2015-01-01 → 2015-12-31 |
Deaths attributed during tenure
1 people died at facilities under Williams, Jessie L's leadership.
| Date | Decedent | Age | Facility | Role at time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-07-05 | LISA MICHELLE MORRIS | 51 | EMANUEL WOMEN’S FACILITY | Warden |
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