Wilson, Jennifer

Tenure Summary

Jennifer Wilson's documented Georgia Department of Corrections career begins in 2015 in behavioral-health counseling: BEH Health/Counselor (WL) in 2015, Behavioral Health Counselor 3 from 2016 through 2019, and Behavioral Health Counselor Supervisor from 2020 through 2023. GDC position records then list her as Deputy Warden at Wilcox State Prison on Nov. 22, 2023, and again for 2024 and 2025 — a facility-deputy accountability tier. Records list one further position, Sr Mgr, Correctional, on Aug. 27, 2026. Her status is active.

GPS's death registry attributes 22 deaths to her leadership tenure, all 22 at Wilcox State Prison. Records show no lawsuits naming her as a defendant, and no news reports in the records name her directly — the reporting tied to her tenure concerns the facility rather than her by name.

What happened on their watch

Deputy Warden, Wilcox State Prison (Nov. 22, 2023 – 2025)

Every death attributed to Wilson's leadership tenure occurred at Wilcox State Prison, where records list her as Deputy Warden. GPS's registry lists the causes among these deaths as natural/medical, homicide, overdose and suicide, with one listed as unknown/pending. Recorded ages range from 29 to 78, and one decedent has no age listed.

The registry names the following: Kevin Joseph Degraft died February 12, 2024, at Wilcox State Prison; the cause is listed as Overdose, age 40. Arthur Jerome Williams died July 19, 2024, at Wilcox State Prison; the cause is listed as Homicide, age 55. Jody Cris Jones died August 21, 2024, at Wilcox State Prison; the cause is listed as Natural/Medical, age 52. Mariol Juante Rawls died August 27, 2024, at Wilcox State Prison; the cause is listed as Homicide, age 41. Rodney Whatley died October 5, 2024, at Wilcox State Prison; the cause is listed as Homicide, age 54. Alexander S Grimes died October 9, 2024, at Wilcox State Prison; the cause is listed as Overdose, age 44. George Luis Morales died October 28, 2024, at Wilcox State Prison; the cause is listed as Natural/Medical, age 75. Rodney Hurley died November 9, 2024, at Wilcox State Prison; the cause is listed as Natural/Medical, age 56. James Edward Hogan died December 10, 2024, at Wilcox State Prison; the cause is listed as Overdose, age 32. Keith Wingo died January 16, 2025, at Wilcox State Prison; the cause is listed as Natural/Medical. Raymond Trey Moody died March 11, 2025, at Wilcox State Prison; the cause is listed as Unknown/Pending, age 37. Daylyne Collins died April 20, 2025, at Wilcox State Prison; the cause is listed as Homicide, age 30. Darrius Jerrod Zanders died May 5, 2025, at Wilcox State Prison; the cause is listed as Suicide, age 33. Thomas Leonardo Schwartz died May 14, 2025, at Wilcox State Prison; the cause is listed as Natural/Medical, age 59. Roy Lee Gates died May 16, 2025, at Wilcox State Prison; the cause is listed as Natural/Medical, age 39. Terry Alan Roper died June 6, 2025, at Wilcox State Prison; the cause is listed as Natural/Medical, age 70. Dominique Cornelius Cole died June 8, 2025, at Wilcox State Prison; the cause is listed as Homicide, age 37. Ian Rashod Henry died June 22, 2025, at Wilcox State Prison; the cause is listed as Homicide, age 29. Harold Stanley Hester died July 10, 2025, at Wilcox State Prison; the cause is listed as Natural/Medical, age 78. Collis Jr Welch died November 7, 2025, at Wilcox State Prison; the cause is listed as Overdose, age 55. Stacy Ray Bullard died November 8, 2025, at Wilcox State Prison; the cause is listed as Overdose, age 54. Willie Thomas Mosley died December 1, 2025, at Wilcox State Prison; the cause is listed as Natural/Medical, age 63.

Allegations recorded at the facility while she is listed as Deputy Warden, per the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: that the DOJ found Georgia's gang-run prisons "riddled with regular violence and sexual assault" (Sept. 16, 2025); that hundreds of GDC employees were arrested and fired for smuggling drugs and other contraband (Sept. 16, 2025); that "the warden" promised Cole's family a follow-up call with details of his death that never came and that the prison failed to return Cole's belongings, including his wallet and Social Security card (Sept. 16, 2025 — the report attributes this to the warden, not to Wilson); that Cole allegedly told his family guards at Wilcox were tied to gangs, with gang members signing off on actions for the guards (Sept. 16, 2025); and that officials failed to recognize James Wheeler's mental-health disease despite his history of self-harm and placed him in solitary confinement, where he was found hanging (Jan. 21, 2025).

Events recorded at the facility during that role: a 2024 DOJ report on GDC's gang-run prisons; homicide of Mariol Juante Rawls, 41, on Aug. 27, 2024, with incident-report data showing nine offenders involved and a homemade weapon, and a Jan. 21, 2025 account stating Rawls was stabbed repeatedly with a 12-inch blade by at least eight men described as validated gang members, with at least eight men charged with murder; homicide of Arthur Williams, 55, with incident-report data showing two inmates involved; a gang fight in early 2025 that sent nine inmates to the hospital with stab wounds; the Legislature's approval of $434 million in new GDC funding plus roughly $200 million for the following fiscal year; and a GDC figure of 42 deaths under investigation as possible homicides in the first six months of 2025, against 66 suspected prison homicides in all of 2024.

Wilson's earlier GDC posts, held before her deputy-warden tenure, are the behavioral-health counseling roles listed above; GDC records also list her as Sr Mgr, Correctional on Aug. 27, 2026.

Sources

• Georgia Prisoners' Speak death registry — 22 deaths attributed to Wilson's tenure, all at Wilcox State Prison
• GDC position records — Wilson's roles from 2015 through 2025 and the Aug. 27, 2026 entry
• Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Sept. 16, 2025 — Georgia prison homicides outpacing last year; DOJ findings, contraband arrests, and the Cole family's account
• Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Jan. 21, 2025 — "Prison system failures cost Georgia taxpayers millions"; Rawls homicide account and the Wheeler solitary-confinement allegation
• U.S. Department of Justice — 2024 report on Georgia's gang-run prisons, as described in the records
• GDC incident report data — Rawls and Williams homicides, as described in the records

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.