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Yancey, Jody LEE
Status: active
Profile written July 12, 2026
Salary
$88,312
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
Jody Lee Yancey first entered the Georgia Department of Corrections in 2007 as Assistant Chief of Security at McRae Women’s Facility. After a long gap in recorded leadership postings, Yancey’s career accelerated in 2022 with a series of deputy and warden assignments at both Coffee Correctional Facility and McRae Women’s Facility. GPS records attribute a total of 15 deaths to the periods during which Yancey held facility leadership roles — 10 at Coffee and 5 at McRae. No lawsuits naming Yancey as a defendant were located in this review.What happened on their watch
Coffee Correctional Facility — Assistant Warden (2022)
During Yancey’s year as Assistant Warden, GPS records document seven deaths of incarcerated individuals at Coffee, all assigned cause category 6 (unclassified/unreported cause of death). Among them, Hendricks Riley Gunn, 42, died on January 1, 2022, from blunt force injuries to the head and neck; the Atlanta Journal‑Constitution investigated the death as a homicide. Other decedents included Robbie Lee Collins (45), Maurice Bernard White (48), Enrique Alejandro Lopez (37), Aydin M. Rashidov (27), Charles J. Edwards (75), and Karl Eugene Pundt (78). No intelligence reports or lawsuits from this period directly implicate Yancey’s personal conduct.McRae Women’s Facility — Deputy Warden (2023)
No deaths are attributed to McRae during Yancey’s tenure as Deputy Warden in 2023.Coffee Correctional Facility — Deputy Warden (2024)
Returning to Coffee as Deputy Warden, Yancey’s watch saw three additional deaths, all cause category 6: Jeffery B. Russell (60) on January 8, Robert Adams (52) on February 8, and William Eric Green (61) on May 24. These bring Coffee’s total attributed deaths under Yancey’s deputy-level leadership to 10.McRae Women’s Facility — Warden (2025–present)
As Warden of McRae, Yancey has presided over five deaths as of the latest GPS data. The first, Jadia Corine Rozier, 23, died on July 20, 2025. GPS records show her death was classified under cause category 3 (which includes homicides; a related habeas corpus case was subsequently filed). In 2026, four more deaths occurred: Beverly Suzanne Sipple (59) on March 16, Kristal Lyn Layne (55) on May 10, Shannon Michelle Rush (43) on May 16, and Chasity King (26) on May 18. All four are recorded with an unclassified cause of death.Litigation
None of the records accessed list lawsuits where Yancey was a named defendant.Sources
- GPS intelligence records — personnel postings, death tallies, and facility-attributed incident logs.
- Atlanta Journal‑Constitution — investigation into the homicide of Hendricks Riley Gunn at Coffee Correctional Facility.
- Court records — habeas corpus filing related to the death of Jadia Corine Rozier at McRae Women’s Facility.
Positions Held
| Title | Facility | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| Warden | McRAE WOMEN’S FACILITY | 2025-01-16 → present |
| WARDEN 3 | McRAE WOMEN’S FACILITY | 2025-01-01 → present |
| DEPUTY WARDEN | COFFEE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY | 2024-01-01 → 2024-12-31 |
| DEPUTY WARDEN | McRAE WOMEN’S FACILITY | 2023-01-01 → 2023-12-31 |
| Assistant Warden | COFFEE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY | 2022-01-01 → 2022-12-31 |
| Assistant Chief of Security | McRAE WOMEN’S FACILITY | 2007-01-01 → 2007-12-31 |
Deaths attributed during tenure
15 people died at facilities under Yancey, Jody LEE's leadership.
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