GPS RESEARCH LIBRARY: Georgia Diagnostic and Classification State Prison: the public record, 2015 to 2026 ============================================================ Georgia Prisoners' Speak — gps.press Generated: 2026-10-24 16:38:19 EDT Research Date: 2026-10-21 Topic: Georgia Diagnostic and Classification State Prison (Jackson): intake, death row and executions, population, conditions, violence, lawsuits, staffing and money JSON: https://gps.press/research-data/georgia-diagnostic-and-classification-state-prison-the-public-record-2015-to-2026/?format=json SUMMARY ---------------------------------------- This collection sets out facts from public sources on the subject in its title, drawn from Georgia, national and multi-state sources and other sources. Each entry gives a short statement, the exact passage from the source that supports it, and the source's title, web address and the date it was retrieved. Searches of a source that found no match are listed too, with the wordings that were tried. The entries record what each source said when it was retrieved. They aren't a complete account of the subject, and they don't add analysis or conclusions. CASE DETAILS (77) ---------------------------------------- - [reported] GDCP January 6, 2023 gang assault hospitalized six On January 6, 2023, a Lieutenant at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison (GDCP) responded to a housing unit and found two wounded incarcerated people: one with an apparent broken ankle after jumping from the upper-level walkway to escape an assault, the other with a jaw laceration. Six other incarcerated persons from that housing unit also had assault wounds including stabbings and lacerations. In all, six individuals were hospitalized that evening from attacks involving gang members attacking rival gang members. Date: 2023-01-06 Tags: violence,gangs,facilities,investigations Sources: DOJ Findings Report: Investigation of Georgia Prisons (October 2024) - [confirmed] Donnie Cleveland Lance execution date and time Donnie Cleveland Lance's execution, scheduled for 7 p.m. on Wednesday, January 29, 2020, at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson, was carried out on January 29, 2020, at 9:05 p.m. Date: 2020-01-29 Tags: death,legal,facilities Sources: Lance Execution Final Media Advisory | Georgia Department of Corrections - [confirmed] GBI arrests GDC Warden Brian Dennis Adams on RICO, bribery, false statements charges The GBI arrested Georgia Department of Corrections Warden Brian Dennis Adams, age 48, of Waycross, GA, and charged him with Conspiracy to Violate the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act (Georgia RICO Act), Bribery, False Statements, and a violation, in connection with corruption investigated at Smith State Prison. Date: 2023-02-08 Tags: corruption,investigations,legal Sources: GBI Arrests Georgia Department of Corrections Warden on RICO Charges | Georgia Bureau of Investigation - [confirmed] Marcus Ray Johnson executed at GDCP on November 19, 2015 The execution of Marcus Ray Johnson, scheduled for 7 p.m. on Thursday, November 19, 2015, at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson, was carried out at 10:11 p.m. in accordance with state law. Date: 2015-11-19 Tags: death,legal,facilities Sources: Johnson Execution Media Advisory | Georgia Department of Corrections - [reported] Bruce Chatman reassigned as GDCP Warden effective July 1, 2013 Georgia Department of Corrections Commissioner Brian Owens announced the reassignment of Bruce Chatman as Warden of Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison, effective July 1, 2013. Date: 2013-07-01 Tags: staffing,facilities,operations Sources: New Warden Named at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison | Georgia Department of Corrections, new warden named georgia diagnostic and classification prison [1] - [reported] Four more assaulted at GDCP four nights after January 6 attack Four nights after the January 6, 2023 GDCP housing-unit mass assault, four more incarcerated persons were assaulted in the same housing unit. One victim described his attack involving two masked men, one brandishing a "sword" that he used to whip the victim while demanding his CashApp account. Date: 2023-01-01 Tags: violence,gangs,facilities,contraband Sources: DOJ Findings Report: Investigation of Georgia Prisons (October 2024) - [confirmed] Willie James Pye execution date and time Willie James Pye's execution, scheduled for 7 p.m. on Wednesday, March 20, 2024, at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson, was carried out on March 20, 2024, at 11:03 p.m. Date: 2024-03-20 Tags: death,legal,facilities Sources: Pye Execution Final Media Advisory | Georgia Department of Corrections - [confirmed] Carlton Michael Gary executed at GDCP March 15, 2018 at 10:33 p.m. Carlton Michael Gary's execution, scheduled for 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 15, 2018, at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson, was carried out on Thursday, March 15, 2018 at 10:33 p.m. in accordance with state law. Date: 2018-03-15 Tags: death,facilities,legal Sources: Gary Execution Final Media Advisory | Georgia Department of Corrections - [reported] Boyd Henry Williams homicide at GDCP Boyd Henry Williams, 64, died at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification State Prison on Oct. 3, 2022, of manual strangulation and blunt force trauma to the head; the death was classified as a homicide. Date: 2022-10-03 Tags: violence,death,facilities Sources: Ga prison homicides: A list of those killed in Georgia's prison system - [reported] Stacey Humphreys' December 17 execution did not take place Stacey Humphreys had previously been scheduled to die by lethal injection on Dec. 17, but that execution did not take place. Tags: death,legal Sources: Georgia sets new execution date for Cobb Co. killer Stacey Humphreys | FOX 5 Atlanta - [reported] Antoine Caldwell promoted to GDCP Warden effective February 1, 2022 GDC Commissioner Timothy C. Ward announced the promotion of Antoine Caldwell to Warden at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification State Prison (GDCP), effective February 1, 2022. Date: 2022-02-01 Tags: staffing,facilities,operations Sources: New Warden at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification State Prison | Georgia Department of Corrections - [reported] Shawn Emmons reassigned to GDCP Warden effective July 1, 2023 GDC Commissioner Tyrone Oliver announced the reassignment of Shawn Emmons, Warden at Hays State Prison, to Warden at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison (GDCP), effective July 1, 2023. Date: 2023-07-01 Tags: staffing,facilities,operations Sources: New Warden Named at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison | Georgia Department of Corrections, new warden named georgia diagnostic and classification prison [2] - [confirmed] Robert Earl Butts Jr. executed at GDCP May 4, 2018 at 9:58 p.m. Robert Earl Butts Jr.'s execution, scheduled for 7 p.m. on Friday, May 4, 2018, at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson, was carried out on May 4, 2018 at 9:58 p.m. in accordance with state law. Date: 2018-05-04 Tags: death,facilities,legal Sources: Butts Execution Final Media Advisory | Georgia Department of Corrections - [reported] Jacob Beasley promoted to GDCP Warden effective July 16, 2025 GDC Commissioner Tyrone Oliver announced the promotion of Jacob Beasley, Warden at Smith State Prison, to Warden at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison (GDCP), effective July 16, 2025. Date: 2025-07-16 Tags: staffing,facilities,operations Sources: New Warden at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison | Georgia Department of Corrections, new warden georgia diagnostic and classification prison [1] - [reported] December 2022 GDCP sexual assault case closed for lack of evidence DOJ's findings report describes a December 2022 incident in which a man at GDCP complained that six men came into his cell and extorted him for money; two stayed, forced his cellmate to leave, and forcibly penetrated the man's mouth, then locked him in the cell for about 13 hours before his cellmate notified staff the next day. The man was taken to the hospital for wounds to his left ear and puncture wounds to his eye. GDC investigators recommended closing the investigation for lack of evidence when a sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE) was unable to detect seminal fluid. Date: 2022-12-01 Tags: violence,investigations,conditions,facilities Sources: DOJ Findings Report: Investigation of Georgia Prisons (October 2024) - [confirmed] Scotty Garnell Morrow executed at GDCP May 2, 2019 at 9:38 p.m. Scotty Garnell Morrow's execution, scheduled for 7 p.m. on Thursday, May 2, 2019, at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson, was carried out on May 2, 2019, at 9:38 p.m. in accordance with state law. Date: 2019-05-02 Tags: death,facilities,legal Sources: Morrow Execution Final Media Advisory | Georgia Department of Corrections - [reported] 2012 contraband arrests of GDCP officer and maintenance worker On September 10, 2012, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison Correctional Officer Doug Hall was arrested by a Butts County Sheriff after a search resulted in one pack of tobacco, and maintenance worker Russell Connally was arrested the same day by a Butts County Sheriff after a search. Date: 2012-09-10 Tags: contraband,corruption,staffing Sources: Contraband Arrests at GDC Facilities | GDC - [reported] Mark Agbaosi promoted to GDCP Deputy Warden of Security effective December 1, 2022 GDC Commissioner Timothy C. Ward announced the promotion of Mark Agbaosi to Deputy Warden of Security at Georgia Diagnostic & Classification Prison (GDCP), effective December 1, 2022. Date: 2022-12-01 Tags: staffing,facilities,operations Sources: New Deputy Warden of Security at Georgia Diagnostic & Classification Prison | Georgia Department of Corrections - [reported] Prior assault at Coastal State Prison not investigated; perpetrator later killed cellmate at GDCP DOJ's findings report describes a case in which an incarcerated person's March 2020 assault of another person at Coastal State Prison was referred to the Office of Professional Standards (OPS) for investigation, but no record of an investigation could be located. The same individual reentered the prison system in 2022 and strangled his cellmate to death at GDCP. Tags: violence,death,investigations,corruption,facilities Sources: DOJ Findings Report: Investigation of Georgia Prisons (October 2024) - [confirmed] Marion Wilson Jr. executed at GDCP June 20, 2019 at 9:52 p.m. Marion Wilson Jr.'s execution, scheduled for 7 p.m. on Thursday, June 20, 2019, at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson, was carried out on June 20, 2019, at 9:52 p.m. in accordance with state law. Date: 2019-06-20 Tags: death,facilities,legal Sources: Wilson Execution Final Media Advisory | Georgia Department of Corrections - [reported] Nathan Weekes moved to GDCP SMU after murder charge The GBI announced that Smith State Prison inmate Nathan Weekes had also been charged in the murder of Kicklighter, and sometime prior to that announcement Weekes was moved to the Special Management Unit at Georgia Diagnostic & Classification Prison in Jackson, Georgia. Tags: violence,solitary,transfers Sources: 1 Prison, 3 Murders, and 7 Arrests: Here’s What We Know 2 Years Later • The Georgia Virtue - [reported] LaChesha Smith promoted to GDCP Deputy Warden of Care and Treatment effective December 1, 2022 GDC Commissioner Timothy C. Ward announced the promotion of LaChesha Smith to Deputy Warden of Care and Treatment at Georgia Diagnostic & Classification Prison (GDCP), effective December 1, 2022. Date: 2022-12-01 Tags: staffing,medical,facilities,operations Sources: New Deputy Warden of Care and Treatment at Georgia Diagnostic & Classification Prison | Georgia Department of Corrections, new deputy warden care and treatment georgia diagnostic classification [1] - [confirmed] Ray Jefferson Cromartie executed at GDCP November 13, 2019 at 10:59 p.m. Ray Jefferson Cromartie's execution, scheduled for 7 p.m. on Wednesday, November 13, 2019, at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson, was carried out on November 13, 2019, at 10:59 p.m. in accordance with state law. Date: 2019-11-13 Tags: death,facilities,legal Sources: Cromartie Execution Final Media Advisory | Georgia Department of Corrections - [reported] Jacinta Johnson promoted to GDCP Deputy Warden of Security effective April 1, 2026 GDC Commissioner Tyrone Oliver announced the promotion of Jacinta Johnson, Unit Manager at GDCP, to Deputy Warden of Security at GDCP, effective April 1, 2026. Date: 2026-04-01 Tags: staffing,facilities,operations Sources: New Deputy Warden of Security at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison | Georgia Department of Corrections - [reported] All GDC facilities locked down after June 18 fights All Georgia Department of Corrections facilities were placed on lockdown after a GDC spokesperson said multiple fights occurred across GDC facilities the evening of June 18th, with facilities on lockdown out of an abundance of caution. The document does not specify the year. Tags: violence,operations,facilities Sources: All GDC facilities on lockdown after violent night | WSAV-TV - [confirmed] Benjamin Ford appointed warden of GDCP GDC Commissioner Gregory C. Dozier announced the promotion of Benjamin Ford, Warden at Calhoun State Prison, to Warden at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison (GDCP), effective October 1st. Tags: staffing,facilities Sources: New Warden at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison | Georgia Department of Corrections, new warden georgia diagnostic and classification prison [3] - [confirmed] Deivon Waller sentenced in Operation Night Drop Deivon Waller, an inmate at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson, Georgia, was sentenced to 240 months in prison and a $2,000 fine followed by three years of supervised release after pleading guilty to Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute and to Distribute Methamphetamine and Marijuana, as part of the Operation Night Drop prison drone-smuggling prosecution. Tags: drugs,corruption,contraband,investigations Sources: Defendants Sentenced After Pleading Guilty in Georgia Prison Drug Trafficking Conspiracy - [reported] June 18, 2016 GDCP visitor incident: marijuana odor, refused search, Butts County called On June 18, 2016, when Cooper attempted to enter GDCP, a shift officer noticed a strong odor of marijuana, and after she refused a search local authorities (Butts County Sheriff's Office) were contacted. Date: 2016-06-18 Tags: contraband,drugs,investigations Sources: Visitor Arrested for Contraband Charges Takes Plea Deal | Georgia Department of Corrections - [confirmed] Asa James Ward sentenced in Operation Night Drop Asa James Ward, an inmate at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison, was sentenced to 56 months in prison and a $1,500 fine followed by three years of supervised release after pleading guilty to Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute and to Distribute Methamphetamine and Marijuana. Tags: drugs,corruption,contraband,investigations Sources: Defendants Sentenced After Pleading Guilty in Georgia Prison Drug Trafficking Conspiracy - [reported] Inmates began flowing through new Diagnostic and Classification Center week of March 10-14, 1969 The Georgia Department of Corrections' annual report for FY1969 states that a limited number of inmates began flowing through the new Diagnostic and Classification Center beginning the week of March 10-14, 1969. Date: 1969-03-01 Tags: facilities,operations Sources: Annual report to the Governor and the General Assembly from July 1, 1968 - June 30, 1969 [June 30, 1969] - [reported] Daniel Charriez, 46, died at GDCP Feb. 23, 2022 (homicide) Daniel Charriez, 46, died at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification State Prison on Feb. 23, 2022, of delayed complications of traumatic brain injury (homicide), four-month interval. Date: 2022-02-23 Tags: death,violence,facilities Sources: Ga prison homicides: A list of those killed in Georgia's prison system - [reported] Elmer W. Pless, 65, died at GDCP May 15, 2023 (strangulation, homicide) Elmer W. Pless, 65, died at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification State Prison on May 15, 2023, of strangulation (homicide). Date: 2023-05-15 Tags: death,violence,facilities Sources: Ga prison homicides: A list of those killed in Georgia's prison system - [reported] Jackson State Prison Staff Cafe inspection date 05/27/2026 A Georgia Department of Public Health inspection report for the Jackson State Prison Staff Cafe at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification State Prison lists the inspection date as 05/27/2026. Date: 2026-05-27 Tags: facilities,operations Sources: Food Facility Inspection Report, report full.cfm [1] - [reported] Death row cell photo at GDCP, Dec. 1, 2015 An AP photo caption states that a cell sits empty on death row at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison, dated Dec. 1, 2015, in Jackson, Ga. Date: 2015-12-01 Tags: facilities,death Sources: Facing Execution at 72, Georgia’s Oldest Death Row Inmate Exposes Death Penalty’s Racist Roots - The Intercept - [reported] Operation Ghost Guard indictments included GDCP guards and prisoners Indictments in the federal "Operation Ghost Guard" prison-contraband investigation were issued for guards and prisoners at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison, among other named Georgia state prisons including Autry, Baldwin, Dooly, Macon, Pulaski and the GEO Group-owned Riverbend Correctional Facility. Tags: contraband,corruption,investigations,staffing Sources: Prison Legal News: "Georgia Prison Contraband Investigation Nets 130 Arrests, Guilty Pleas" - [reported] Carrell Beontae Johnson, 32, died at GDCP June 6, 2023 (chopping/sharp force, homicide) Carrell Beontae Johnson, 32, died at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification State Prison on June 6, 2023, of chopping injuries to the head and sharp force injuries to the torso (homicide). Date: 2023-06-06 Tags: death,violence,facilities Sources: Ga prison homicides: A list of those killed in Georgia's prison system - [reported] Lethal injection gurney at GDCP Jackson The AJC reports that the gurney used for lethal injections sits behind glass windows in a small cinder block building at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson. Tags: facilities,death Sources: 5 Things To Know: Georgia's Death Row and the death penalty - [reported] Brandon Trace Burrell, 31, died at GDCP Jan. 28, 2024 (meth intoxication with altercation) Brandon Trace Burrell, 31, died at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification State Prison on Jan. 28, 2024, of methamphetamine intoxication complicated by a physical altercation; a TV station reported he had suffered numerous stab wounds. Date: 2024-01-28 Tags: death,violence,drugs,facilities Sources: Ga prison homicides: A list of those killed in Georgia's prison system - [confirmed] Bryan Keith Terrell execution date and time Bryan Keith Terrell's execution, scheduled for 7 p.m. on Tuesday, December 8, 2015, at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson, was carried out on December 9, 2015 at 12:52 a.m. Date: 2015-12-09 Tags: death,legal,facilities Sources: Terrell Execution Media Advisory | Georgia Department of Corrections - [reported] Tandra Rogers promoted to Deputy Warden of Care and Treatment at GDCP Tandra Rogers was promoted to Deputy Warden of Care and Treatment at Georgia Diagnostic Classification Prison (GDCP) effective November 1, 2022. Date: 2022-11-01 Tags: staffing,operations Sources: New Deputy Warden of Administration at Georgia Diagnostic Classification Prison | Georgia Department of Corrections - [confirmed] Joshua Daniel Bishop execution date and time Joshua Daniel Bishop's execution, scheduled for 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 31, 2016, at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson, was carried out at 9:27 p.m. Date: 2016-03-31 Tags: death,legal,facilities Sources: Bishop Execution Media Advisory | Georgia Department of Corrections - [reported] Staff Cafe inspection date 03/26/2025 A Georgia Department of Public Health inspection report for the Jackson State Prison Staff Cafe lists the inspection date as 03/26/2025. Date: 2025-03-26 Tags: facilities,operations Sources: Food Facility Inspection Report, report full.cfm [2] - [reported] Ricardo Daughtry died at SMU June 10, 2024 Ricardo Daughtry, the SMU class-action's lead plaintiff, reportedly died at GDC's Special Management Unit (SMU) on June 10, 2024, as stated in a court record. Date: 2024-06-10 Tags: death,solitary,legal Sources: Ricardo Daughtry, et al. v. Shawn Emmons, et al. – CourtListener.com - [reported] Alex Tillman promoted to Deputy Warden of Care and Treatment at GDCP Alex Tillman was promoted from Unit Manager to Deputy Warden of Care and Treatment at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison (GDCP), effective July 16, 2024. Date: 2024-07-16 Tags: staffing,operations Sources: New Deputy Warden of Care and Treatment at Georgia Diagnostic & Classification Prison | Georgia Department of Corrections, new deputy warden care and treatment georgia diagnostic classification [2] - [reported] DOJ: January 6, 2023 GDCP incident with two wounded incarcerated people DOJ's findings report on Georgia prisons describes a January 6, 2023 incident in which a Lieutenant at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison (GDCP) responded to a housing unit and found two wounded incarcerated people, one of whom appeared to have broken an ankle jumping from an upper-level walkway to escape being assaulted. Date: 2023-01-06 Tags: violence,conditions,investigations,facilities Sources: DOJ Findings Report: Investigation of Georgia Prisons (October 2024) - [confirmed] Kenneth E. Fults execution date and time Kenneth E. Fults's execution, scheduled for 7 p.m. on Tuesday, April 12, 2016, at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson, was carried out on April 12, at 7:37 p.m. Date: 2016-04-12 Tags: death,legal,facilities Sources: Fults Execution Media Advisory | Georgia Department of Corrections - [reported] Terrion Thurman promoted to Deputy Warden of Care and Treatment at GDCP Terrion Thurman was promoted from Behavioral Counselor III at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison (GDCP) to Deputy Warden of Care and Treatment at GDCP, effective September 1, 2025. Date: 2025-09-01 Tags: staffing,operations Sources: New Deputy Warden of Care and Treatment at Georgia Diagnostic & Classification Prison | Georgia Department of Corrections, new deputy warden care and treatment georgia diagnostic classification [3] - [confirmed] Daniel Anthony Lucas execution date and time Daniel Anthony Lucas's execution, scheduled for 7 p.m. on Wednesday, April 27, 2016, at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson, was carried out on April 27, at 9:54 p.m. Date: 2016-04-27 Tags: death,legal,facilities Sources: Lucas Execution Media Advisory | Georgia Department of Corrections - [reported] Patricia Watts promoted to Deputy Warden of Care and Treatment at GDCP Patricia Watts was promoted from Human Resources Technician Supervisor at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison (GDCP) to Deputy Warden of Care and Treatment at GDCP effective September 1, 2026. Date: 2026-09-01 Tags: staffing,operations Sources: New Deputy Warden of Care and Treatment at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison | Georgia Department of Corrections - [confirmed] Brandon Astor Jones execution date and time Brandon Astor Jones's execution, scheduled for 7 p.m. on Tuesday, February 2, 2016, at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson, was carried out on February 3, at 12:46 a.m. Date: 2016-02-03 Tags: death,legal,facilities Sources: Jones Execution Media Advisory | Georgia Department of Corrections - [reported] Joseph 'Joe' Williams promoted to Deputy Warden of Security at SMU Joseph 'Joe' Williams was promoted to Deputy Warden of Security at the Special Management Unit (SMU) effective May 1, 2021. Date: 2021-05-01 Tags: staffing,operations,solitary Sources: New Deputy Warden of Security at the Special Management Unit | Georgia Department of Corrections - [reported] DOJ: December 2022 GDCP extortion and sexual assault; man locked in cell about 13 hours DOJ's findings report on Georgia prisons states that a man at GDCP complained to GDC that in December 2022 six men came into his cell and extorted him for money, that two of the men stayed, forced his cellmate to leave, and then forcibly penetrated the man's mouth, and that the men then locked him in the cell for about 13 hours before his cellmate was able to notify staff the next day. Date: 2022-12-01 Tags: violence,conditions,investigations,staffing Sources: DOJ Findings Report: Investigation of Georgia Prisons (October 2024) - [confirmed] John Wayne Conner execution date and time John Wayne Conner's execution, scheduled for 7 p.m. on Thursday, July 14, 2016, at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson, was carried out on Friday, July 15, 2016, at 12:29 a.m. Date: 2016-07-15 Tags: death,legal,facilities Sources: Conner Execution Media Advisory | Georgia Department of Corrections - [reported] Contraband search incident at GDCP On a Saturday morning, GDC said several inmates at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison briefly prevented staff from leaving a dorm during a contraband search, leading to an incident in which inmates were injured. Tags: violence,contraband,operations Sources: “Controlled shakedown” at Georgia state prison turns briefly violent, GDC confirms – WSB-TV Channel 2 - Atlanta - [reported] SMU leadership roster as of October 2026 GDC's Facility Operations directory lists at the SPECIAL MANAGEMENT UNIT: Warden Eric Cox, Special Assistant Sheneca King, Deputy Warden Security Shavari Reynolds, Deputy Warden Security Jalaludin Douglas, and Deputy Warden CT Toricka Nash. Date: 2026-10-16 Tags: staffing,operations,solitary Sources: Facility Operations Updated: 10/16/2026 - [reported] DOJ: March 2023 GDCP mentally ill man found catatonic, bruised, bloodied; no prosecution DOJ's findings report on Georgia prisons states that in March 2023 a man with serious mental illness at GDCP was found catatonic with a large bruise on his head and his boxers, which were covered in blood, pulled down below his knees, and that the investigative files failed to discuss interviews or review of surveillance footage to determine whether a sexual assault might have occurred. Date: 2023-03-01 Tags: violence,mental_health,investigations,conditions Sources: DOJ Findings Report: Investigation of Georgia Prisons (October 2024) - [confirmed] Gregory Paul Lawler execution date and time Gregory Paul Lawler's execution, scheduled for 7 p.m. on Wednesday, October 19, 2016, at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson, was carried out on Wednesday, October 19, 2016, at 11:49 p.m. Date: 2016-10-19 Tags: death,legal,facilities Sources: Lawler Execution Final Media Advisory | Georgia Department of Corrections - [reported] Brandon Burrell stabbed and bled out at GDCP; body retrieval took about an hour Brandon Burrell's fiancée Kaylyn Shilling said he was bleeding out, had been stabbed, and needed help, and it took about an hour for staff to get his body after his death at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification State Prison. Tags: death,violence,facilities Sources: Jackson state prison death: Inmate asked for protection ahead of attack | FOX 5 Atlanta - [confirmed] Board of Corrections met at Jackson, planned GDCP tour (Nov 2019) The Georgia Board of Corrections met at Jackson, Georgia on November 6, 2019, and its minutes record that the Board planned to tour the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison following that meeting. Date: 2019-11-06 Tags: operations,facilities Sources: Board of Corrections, board meeting minutes november 2019 - [confirmed] Officers Monica and Billue killed during transport Two correctional officers, Sgt. Christopher Monica and Sgt. Curtis Billue, were killed after two inmates being transported between Hancock State Prison and Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison escaped custody by overpowering the officers. Tags: violence,death,staffing Sources: Correctional Officers Christopher Monica and Curtis Billue tragically killed | Georgia Department of Corrections - [reported] Marcus Sutton died at GDCP after dangerous drug found in system 30-year-old Marcus Sutton died in February at the Special Management Unit in Jackson after a dangerous drug rare on the street had found its way into the facility, according to an autopsy. Date: 2023-02-01 Tags: drugs,death,overdose,solitary Sources: Overdosed: Drug deaths soar at Ga. prisons - [reported] DOJ: man who assaulted cellmate at Coastal later strangled cellmate to death at GDCP DOJ's findings report on Georgia prisons states that a man who assaulted a cellmate at Coastal State Prison (an incident that DOJ found no record was ever investigated) reentered the prison system in 2022 and strangled his cellmate to death at GDCP. Date: 2022-01-01 Tags: violence,death,investigations,facilities Sources: DOJ Findings Report: Investigation of Georgia Prisons (October 2024) - [reported] Fiancée warned GDCP staff of 'numerous violent threats'; protective custody request denied before Burrell's death Days before Brandon Burrell's death, his fiancée told jail staff in emails that she knew he was in immediate danger, detailing "numerous violent threats" coming from inside the prison system, and her request to move him into protective custody was not granted. Tags: death,violence,policy,facilities Sources: Jackson state prison death: Inmate asked for protection ahead of attack | FOX 5 Atlanta - [reported] Officer Allen Ramsey arrested with contraband at GDCP On May 18 at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification State Prison, during a search of Officer Allen Ramsey's vehicle, a jar of marijuana and bundles of tobacco wrapped in clear plastic were discovered, and Officer Allen was arrested by Butts County Sheriff's Office. Tags: contraband,corruption,drugs Sources: Contraband Arrests at Multiple State Prisons | Georgia Department of Corrections, contraband arrests multiple state prisons [3] - [reported] Autopsy found N-pyrrolidino etonitazene ('pyro') in Marcus Sutton's system The autopsy for Marcus Sutton, who died at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison on Feb. 25, 2023, found the drug N-pyrrolidino etonitazene, known as 'pyro,' in his system. Date: 2023-02-25 Tags: drugs,death,overdose Sources: Overdosed: Drug deaths soar at Ga. prisons - [reported] Brandon Burrell died in custody at GDCP in Jackson, Butts County, prompting investigation Brandon Burrell died while in custody at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification State Prison in Jackson, Butts County, over the weekend, prompting an investigation. Tags: death,facilities,investigations Sources: Jackson state prison death: Inmate asked for protection ahead of attack | FOX 5 Atlanta - [reported] Death row inmate Donnie Hulett apparent suicide Correctional Officers found death-row inmate Donnie Hulett (GDC #1066274) unresponsive in his cell at the Georgia Diagnostic & Classification Prison in Jackson, and he was pronounced deceased at 6:45 a.m. by the Butts County Coroner, in a death GDC was investigating as an apparent suicide, per a release dated October 01, 2017. Date: 2017-10-01 Tags: death,mental_health,facilities Sources: Inmate Death Being Investigated as Apparent Suicide | Georgia Department of Corrections, inmate death being investigated apparent suicide [1] - [reported] Officer Sharie Shonta Clark fired for trading with inmates Sharie Shonta Clark worked as a Lieutenant in GDC's Special Management Unit (SMU) at Georgia Diagnostic & Classification Prison in Jackson and was fired from the Georgia Department of Corrections after it was discovered that she traded with inmates and allegedly violated her oath of office. Date: 2021-01-01 Tags: corruption,staffing,investigations Sources: Indictment: Special Mgmt Unit Officer Helped Inmate Charged in Tattnall Murder for Hire • The Georgia Virtue - [confirmed] Compost Barn (~2,400 sq ft) at GDCP deemed severe disrepair, approved for demolition The Board of Corrections approved a property resolution for the Georgia Diagnostic & Classification Prison Barn Demo, describing a 'Compost Barn' (BLLIP ID# 5375) of approximately 2,400 square feet on the GDCP campus that had been evaluated and deemed in a state of severe disrepair and could be demolished without harming other structures. Date: 2025-09-01 Tags: facilities,policy Sources: Board of Corrections Meeting Minutes, September 4, 2025 - [reported] Death row inmate Jamie Green apparent suicide Correctional Officers found death-row inmate Jamie Green (GDC #628897) unresponsive in his cell at the Georgia Diagnostic & Classification Prison in Jackson on November 9, and he was pronounced deceased at 8:38 p.m. by the Butts County Coroner, in a death GDC was investigating as an apparent suicide. Date: 2017-11-09 Tags: death,mental_health,facilities Sources: Inmate Death Being Investigated as Apparent Suicide | Georgia Department of Corrections, inmate death being investigated apparent suicide [2] - [reported] Autopsy suggests hours passed before guards found Burrell; rigor mortis had begun The autopsy report for 31-year-old Brandon Burrell suggests hours went by until guards found his body at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification State Prison, and medics found rigor mortis had already begun and he was cold to the touch, with stab wounds all over his body. Tags: death,violence,facilities Sources: Man killed in Georgia prison laid there for hours before guards came, autopsy suggests | FOX 5 Atlanta - [confirmed] Juvenile civilian arrest at GDCP reported to Board (June 2023) The Georgia Board of Corrections' June 2023 minutes record that Mr. Wolfe discussed a Juvenile Civilian arrest at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison, alongside a Contract Counselor arrest at Wheeler Correctional Facility and an Attorney arrest at Hays State Prison. Date: 2023-06-01 Tags: corruption,investigations,operations Sources: Board of Corrections - [reported] Families report extortion by inmates at GDCP More families said they had been extorted by inmates at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison (GDCP) in Jackson, who threatened to hurt their family member who was incarcerated there. Tags: corruption,operations,investigations Sources: Families grapple with Georgia prison extortion, seek answers | FOX 5 Atlanta - [confirmed] Steven Frederick Spears execution date and time Steven Frederick Spears's execution, scheduled for 7 p.m. on Wednesday, November 16, 2016, at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson, was carried out on Wednesday, November 16, 2016, at 7:30 p.m. Date: 2016-11-16 Tags: death,legal,facilities Sources: Spears Execution Final Media Advisory | Georgia Department of Corrections - [reported] Five inmates charged in GDCP stabbing attack Five inmates face charges including participation in street gang activity, false imprisonment, and aggravated assault in connection with an attack at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification State Prison. Tags: violence,gangs,investigations Sources: Officers nowhere to be found during recorded brutal stabbing attack on Georgia State Prison inmate | FOX 5 Atlanta - [confirmed] William Sallie execution date and time William Sallie's execution, scheduled for 7 p.m. on Tuesday, December 6, 2016, at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson, was carried out on Tuesday, December 6, 2016, at 10:05 p.m. Date: 2016-12-06 Tags: death,legal,facilities Sources: Sallie Execution Final Media Advisory | Georgia Department of Corrections - [confirmed] J.W. Ledford Jr. execution date and time J.W. Ledford Jr.'s execution, scheduled for 7 p.m. on Tuesday, May 16, 2017, at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson, was carried out on May 17, 2017, at 1:17 a.m. Date: 2017-05-17 Tags: death,legal,facilities Sources: Ledford Execution Final Media Advisory | Georgia Department of Corrections FINDINGS (24) ---------------------------------------- - [reported] Commissioner Oliver: five to six years to fix locks and control systems When presenting Gov. Kemp's recommendations, GDC Commissioner Tyrone Oliver told lawmakers it would take five to six years just to fix all the locks and control systems. Tags: facilities,staffing,policy Sources: Georgia prisons are in crisis, say consultants hired by Gov. Kemp - [reported] Consultants: almost every part of GDCP vandalized by prisoners In a startling assessment of the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson, consultants hired by Gov. Kemp wrote that almost every part of the facility has been vandalized by prisoners; window coverings have been turned into weapons or shields, and plumbing is not functional in some areas. Tags: conditions,facilities,violence Sources: Georgia prisons are in crisis, say consultants hired by Gov. Kemp - [reported] DOJ: GDCP segregation cell doors frequently unlocked or insecure DOJ reported receiving consistent reports at GDCP that staff frequently fail to lock the cell doors in segregation. Even when doors are locked, they are reportedly not secure; one incarcerated individual at GDCP admitted to "popping" out of his cell one morning because he did not receive a breakfast tray and reported that incarcerated individuals in segregation regularly manipulate their door locks and exit the cells. Tags: solitary,conditions,staffing,facilities,investigations Sources: DOJ Findings Report: Investigation of Georgia Prisons (October 2024) - [reported] SMU is state's most restrictive solitary confinement facility The Southern Center for Human Rights states that the Special Management Unit (SMU) at Georgia Diagnostic & Classification Prison is the state's most restrictive solitary confinement facility, where prisoners spend years wholly isolated in a small concrete room. Date: 2018-01-01 Tags: solitary,conditions Sources: Georgia Prisoners Are Subjected to “Harshest and Most Draconian” Solitary Confinement Units in the Nation – Southern Center for Human Rights, georgia prisoners are subjected to harshest and most draconian solitary confinement units in the nation [2] - [reported] Retired SMU warden on suicide watch staffing requirements The retired SMU warden said: 'We were required to conduct 30-minute checks at a minimum, and if we had anyone on suicide watch, they would have to be checked every 15 minutes,' and 'When you have a short staff of six people out of a 27-man post, you can't do it.' Tags: staffing,mental_health,solitary,conditions Sources: Violence, suicides mount in Georgia’s woefully understaffed prisons - [reported] SMU prisoners locked down virtually 24 hours per day According to the Southern Center for Human Rights, SMU prisoners are in some form of lockdown at all times; most remain locked inside their cells virtually 24 hours per day, five to seven days per week, and on other days spend about 22 hours or more per day alone in their cells. Date: 2018-01-01 Tags: solitary,conditions Sources: Georgia Prisoners Are Subjected to “Harshest and Most Draconian” Solitary Confinement Units in the Nation – Southern Center for Human Rights, georgia prisoners are subjected to harshest and most draconian solitary confinement units in the nation [2] - [confirmed] SMU conditions: years in 'hermetically sealed' cells without windows The conditions for which SMU inmates sought relief in Gumm v. Jacobs are sometimes years spent in what an expert quoted in the contempt order described as 'hermetically sealed' single-occupancy cells without the smallest windows. Tags: solitary,conditions,mental_health Sources: In a scathing order, federal judge finds Georgia prison officials in contempt of their own promises | Georgia Public Broadcasting - [reported] GDCP described as 900-acre maximum security facility outside Jackson A federally published report on Georgia prisons describes the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center as located on 900 acres outside Jackson and as a maximum security facility. Tags: facilities Sources: Georgia Prisons - [reported] Haney: SMU cells dirty and disheveled; exercise areas are concrete-floored enclosed cages Dr. Craig Haney noted in his report on the SMU that "The interiors of many of the cells were dirty and disheveled and reflect the desperate conditions of the men who lived inside them," and that the outdoor exercise areas "are barren and restrictive; they consist of concrete-floored enclosed cages." Tags: solitary,conditions Sources: Georgia prison system engages in deception as crisis builds, Atlanta Journal-Constitution - [reported] Retired SMU warden Jose Morales on inmate decompensation Retired SMU warden Jose Morales told GPB in a 2021 interview: 'When I was a warden, I could see them, from the day that they arrive, to a year later, they decompensate. They're normal mentally, but then they start talking to themselves. They start to hallucinate.' Date: 2021-01-01 Tags: solitary,mental_health,conditions Sources: In a scathing order, federal judge finds Georgia prison officials in contempt of their own promises | Georgia Public Broadcasting - [reported] SMU at GDCP described as state's most restrictive solitary confinement facility The Southern Center for Human Rights described the Special Management Unit (SMU) at Georgia Diagnostic & Classification Prison as the state's most restrictive solitary confinement facility, where prisoners spend years wholly isolated in a small concrete room. Date: 2018-01-01 Tags: solitary,conditions,mental_health Sources: Georgia Prisoners Are Subjected to “Harshest and Most Draconian” Solitary Confinement Units in the Nation – Southern Center for Human Rights, georgia prisoners are subjected to harshest and most draconian solitary confinement units in the nation [1] - [reported] SMU prisoners in lockdown virtually 24 hours per day SMU prisoners at GDCP are in some form of lockdown at all times: most remain locked inside their cells virtually 24 hours per day, five to seven days per week, and on other days spend about 22 hours or more per day alone in their cells. Date: 2018-01-01 Tags: solitary,conditions,mental_health Sources: Georgia Prisoners Are Subjected to “Harshest and Most Draconian” Solitary Confinement Units in the Nation – Southern Center for Human Rights, georgia prisoners are subjected to harshest and most draconian solitary confinement units in the nation [1] - [reported] GDC official Ahmed Holt's 2022 sworn statements contradicted by evidence on out-of-cell time and TVs Ahmed Holt swore in 2022 that prisoners were getting time out of their cells at tables, but evidence showed they were not. Holt said required educational programming was provided via televisions in cells when in fact two entire wings of the unit had no TVs. Date: 2022-01-01 Tags: solitary,corruption,legal,conditions Sources: Georgia prison system engages in deception as crisis builds, Atlanta Journal-Constitution - [reported] GDC declined comment on SMU legal matter A spokeswoman for the Georgia Department of Corrections said the agency would not comment on a legal matter, according to the AJC/Corrections1 report on the SMU contempt ruling. Tags: legal,solitary Sources: Federal judge imposes fines, monitor on Ga. prison - [reported] GDCP PREA audit describes diagnostic processing, death row, executions, and SMU The PREA auditor's report on GDCP describes the facility as conducting diagnostic processing for the state correctional system, housing male offenders under death sentence, carrying out state-ordered executions by lethal injection, and containing a special management unit housing some of the most aggressive and dangerous prisoners in the correctional system. Date: 2016-01-01 Tags: facilities,operations,solitary Sources: Prea Audit: Auditor’s Summary Report - [reported] Brandon Astor Jones on shackling of medical prisoners In a 2013 column addressed to the Georgia prison commissioner, death row prisoner Brandon Astor Jones described being told he must remain shackled while eating and being denied a free hand to clean himself after using the bathroom, policies he wrote 'rob medical prisoners of our human' dignity. Date: 2013-01-01 Tags: conditions,medical,solitary Sources: Facing Execution at 72, Georgia’s Oldest Death Row Inmate Exposes Death Penalty’s Racist Roots - The Intercept - [reported] PREA audit: no cell locks working in GDCP housing units A and B A PREA auditor's summary report for Georgia Diagnostic & Classification Prison found that none of the cell locks in two of the facility's large housing units, A and B, were working, allowing inmates to roam freely through the housing unit; with one staff on duty and the layout of the housing unit, the officer had no way of knowing what was going on. Date: 2016-01-01 Tags: conditions,staffing,facilities,violence Sources: Prea Audit: Auditor’s Summary Report - [reported] SMU shift staffing fell to five or six officers against 27 authorized Jose Morales, a retired Georgia prison warden who ended his GDC career leading the Special Management Unit in Jackson, said that when staffing dropped during the pandemic, it was routine to have just five or six officers working a shift that was supposed to have 27. Tags: staffing,solitary,conditions Sources: Violence, suicides mount in Georgia’s woefully understaffed prisons - [confirmed] GDCP processes all male inmates and houses death row The Senate study committee's final report states that in Jackson, GA, the Georgia Diagnostic Class Prison (GDCP) processes all male inmates and houses death row inmates, and the Special Management Unit handles supermax situations including murderers who've killed additional individuals while in prison. Date: 2024-01-01 Tags: operations,facilities,solitary Sources: senate.ga.gov: 2024SenateStudyCommDOCFinalReport, 2024SenateStudyCommDOCFinalReport [1] - [reported] DOJ: GDCP segregation cell doors frequently unlocked or unsecured DOJ's findings report on Georgia prisons states that investigators received consistent reports at GDCP that staff frequently fail to lock cell doors in segregation, and that even when doors are locked they are reportedly not secure, with one incarcerated individual at GDCP admitting to "popping" out of his cell one morning because he did not receive a breakfast tray. Date: 2024-01-01 Tags: conditions,solitary,staffing,investigations Sources: DOJ Findings Report: Investigation of Georgia Prisons (October 2024) - [reported] DOJ: GDCP individuals spent weeks in segregation without out-of-cell recreation DOJ's findings report on Georgia prisons states that incarcerated individuals at GDCP reported that they spent weeks in segregation without being afforded out-of-cell recreation. Date: 2024-01-01 Tags: conditions,solitary,mental_health,investigations Sources: DOJ Findings Report: Investigation of Georgia Prisons (October 2024) - [reported] GDCP PREA audit (2019) describes executions and Special Management Unit GDCP's PREA audit report describes the facility as carrying out state ordered executions by lethal injections, with the prison complex also containing a Special Management Unit that houses some of the most aggressive and dangerous prisoners in the correctional system. Date: 2019-01-01 Tags: facilities,operations,solitary Sources: GDC, PREA GDCP - Audit (Cycle 2) - [reported] GDCP Diagnostic/Gym area staffing: 1 deputy warden, 18 civilian staff, 6 officers GDCP's PREA audit report describes the Diagnostic/Gym (Intake/Out-take Processing) area as consisting of 1 Processing Office, 37 offices, 1 classroom, 1 gym, 1 barbershop, 1 intake area, and 1 out take area, staffed by 1 Deputy Warden of Diagnostic, 18 civilian staff, and 6 officers. Date: 2019-01-01 Tags: staffing,facilities,operations Sources: GDC, PREA GDCP - Audit (Cycle 2) - [reported] Kemp-hired consultants: almost every part of GDCP vandalized; plumbing, showers, cameras, electrical systems compromised In a consultants' assessment of the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson, hired by Gov. Kemp, the consultants wrote that almost every part of the facility has been vandalized by prisoners, with window coverings turned into weapons or shields, plumbing not functional in some areas, showers that can't be turned off, cameras damaged and blocked, and electrical systems that have been altered. Tags: conditions,facilities,operations Sources: Georgia prisons are in crisis, say consultants hired by Gov. Kemp STATISTICS (42) ---------------------------------------- - [confirmed] GDCP listed capacity 2,487 GDC's facility page for GA Diagnostic Class Prison lists the prison's capacity as 2487. This is GDC's rated capacity, not a design capacity. Value: 2487.0 people Tags: facilities,operations Sources: GA Diagnostic Class Prison | Georgia Department of Corrections - [confirmed] GDCP constructed 1968 GDC's facility page lists GA Diagnostic Class Prison as constructed in 1968. Value: 1968.0 year Date: 1968-01-01 Tags: facilities Sources: GA Diagnostic Class Prison | Georgia Department of Corrections - [reported] GDCP houses up to 2,708 male offenders including death row GDC's Special and Unique Missions fact sheet states GDCP houses up to 2,708 male offenders to include Under Death Sentence (UDS) offenders. Value: 2708.0 male offenders Tags: facilities,demographics Sources: Special and Unique GEORGIA - [reported] Officer vacancies at 20 of 34 prisons at 'emergency levels' Staffing vacancies for correctional officers at 20 of Georgia's 34 prisons had reached 'emergency levels,' making it impossible to keep up with even basic protocols such as routine counts of prisoners, according to consultants hired by Gov. Brian Kemp to evaluate the Department of Corrections. Value: 20.0 prisons (vs. 34 total Georgia prisons) Tags: staffing,operations,investigations Sources: Georgia prisons are in crisis, say consultants hired by Gov. Kemp - [confirmed] GDCP opened 1968 per facility page GDC's facility page lists GA Diagnostic Class Prison as opened in 1968. Value: 1968.0 year Date: 1968-01-01 Tags: facilities Sources: GA Diagnostic Class Prison | Georgia Department of Corrections - [confirmed] PREA audit inmate count (cycle 3) A PREA audit report for GDCP lists the total number of inmates in the facility as of the first day of the onsite portion of the audit as 2424. Value: 2424.0 inmates Date: 2022-03-14 Tags: demographics,facilities Sources: PREA Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison Audit Cycle 3 - [reported] Approximately 500 offenders processed weekly at GDCP GDC's Special and Unique Missions fact sheet states approximately 500 offenders are processed each week at GDCP. Value: 500.0 offenders per week Tags: facilities,operations,transfers Sources: Special and Unique GEORGIA - [confirmed] PREA audit standards met (cycle 3) A PREA audit report for GDCP records the Number of standards met as 43 and the Number of standards not met as 0. Value: 43.0 standards Date: 2022-01-01 Tags: investigations,policy Sources: PREA Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison Audit Cycle 3 - [confirmed] 33 UDS cases as of December 31, 2025 GDC's Death Row Roster for calendar year 2025 states that on December 31, 2025 the Georgia Department of Corrections had 33 UDS (Under Death Sentence) cases. Value: 33.0 UDS cases Date: 2025-12-31 Tags: demographics,operations Sources: Data Management, death row roster cy 2025 - [confirmed] GDCP renovated 1998 GDC's facility page lists GA Diagnostic Class Prison as renovated in 1998. Value: 1998.0 year Date: 1998-01-01 Tags: facilities Sources: GA Diagnostic Class Prison | Georgia Department of Corrections - [reported] Approximately 400 offenders transferred out of GDCP weekly GDC's Special and Unique Missions fact sheet states approximately 400 offenders are transferred out of the facility per week. Value: 400.0 offenders per week Tags: facilities,operations,transfers Sources: Special and Unique GEORGIA - [confirmed] PREA audit average daily population vs staffing plan (cycle 3) A PREA audit of Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison found that since the last PREA audit, the average daily number of inmates was 2038, while the average daily number of inmates on which the staffing plan was predicated was 2516. Value: 2038.0 inmates (vs. 2516 staffing plan predicated average daily inmates) Date: 2022-01-01 Tags: staffing,facilities,demographics Sources: PREA Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison Audit Cycle 3 - [confirmed] PREA audit standards exceeded (cycle 3) A PREA audit of GDCP found 2 standards exceeded (115.11 Zero tolerance of sexual abuse and sexual harassment/PREA coordinator, and 115.87 Data collection), 43 standards met, and 0 standards not met. Value: 2.0 standards exceeded Date: 2022-01-01 Tags: investigations,policy Sources: PREA Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison Audit Cycle 3 - [reported] GDCP correctional officer vacancy rate 72.96% and facility details Georgia Diagnostic and Classification State Prison had a correctional officer vacancy rate of 72.96% and held 2,777 inmates, including eight cellblocks, seven dormitories, 256 general population inmates, a medical unit, a 17-bed S.T.E.P. (Segregated Transition Education Unit), death row, and a Special Management Unit with 192 beds. Value: 72.96 percent vacancy rate Tags: staffing,facilities,solitary,conditions Sources: Violence, suicides mount in Georgia’s woefully understaffed prisons - [reported] FY1974 report lists GDCP opened 1969 with population 800 The Georgia Board of Corrections' annual report for FY1974 lists the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center's date opened as 1969 and its population as 800. Value: 800.0 people Date: 1974-01-01 Tags: facilities,demographics,operations Sources: Annual report 1974 - [confirmed] PREA audit facility capacity and population (cycle 3) A GDC PREA audit final report for Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison states a designed facility capacity of 2516, a current population of facility of 2182, and an average daily population for the past 12 months of 2100. Value: 2516.0 designed capacity (vs. 2182 current population) Date: 2022-01-01 Tags: facilities,demographics Sources: PREA Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison Audit Cycle 3 - [reported] GDCP PREA audit (2016) designed capacity 2538, current population 2029 GDCP's PREA audit (auditor Katherine Brown) lists designed facility capacity as 2538 and current population of facility as 2029. Note: this population figure is from a 2016 PREA audit and is not the GDC monthly count that includes the statewide county-jail backlog; it is treated as a facility-reported figure. Value: 2029.0 people (vs. 2538 designed capacity) Date: 2016-01-01 Tags: facilities,demographics,operations Sources: Prea Audit: Auditor’s Summary Report - [reported] GDCP PREA audit (2016): 2 standards exceeded, 38 met, 3 not applicable The PREA audit of Georgia Diagnostic & Classification Prison (GDCP) found that the facility exceeded 2 standards and met 38 standards, with 3 standards marked not applicable. Value: 38.0 standards met (vs. 2 standards exceeded) Date: 2016-01-01 Tags: legal,policy,facilities Sources: Prea Audit: Auditor’s Summary Report - [reported] Diagnostics Center Renovations projected cost $3,470,000 GDC's fiscal-year report states a projected cost of $3,470,000 for the Diagnostics Center Renovations project at GDCP. Value: 3470000.0 USD Tags: budget,facilities Sources: GDC Annual Fiscal Report 2014 - [confirmed] PREA audit standards exceeded (cycle 4) A PREA audit report for GDCP records a summary of audit findings with 0 standards exceeded and 45 standards met. Value: 0.0 standards exceeded Date: 2024-01-01 Tags: investigations,policy Sources: PREA Facility Audit Report: Final, prea gdcp audit cycle 4 - [reported] GDCP remodeling projected cost $3,660,000 GDC's fiscal-year report states a projected cost of $3,660,000 for a remodeling project at GDCP. Value: 3660000.0 USD Tags: budget,facilities Sources: GDC Annual Fiscal Report 2014 - [confirmed] PREA audit inmate count (cycle 4) A PREA audit report for GDCP lists the total number of inmates in the facility as of the first day of the onsite portion of the audit as 1973. Value: 1973.0 inmates Date: 2024-12-03 Tags: demographics,facilities Sources: PREA Facility Audit Report: Final, prea gdcp audit cycle 4 - [confirmed] PREA audit standards met (cycle 4) A PREA audit of GDCP found 0 standards exceeded, 45 standards met, and 0 standards not met. Value: 45.0 standards Date: 2024-01-01 Tags: investigations,policy Sources: PREA Facility Audit Report: Final, prea gdcp audit cycle 4 - [disputed] GDCP monthly statistical profile lists 2,777 male inmates (August 2023) GDC's Inmate Statistical Profile lists Ga Diag Class Prison with a male count of 2,777 and a total of 2,777 among institution type - state prisons. NOTE: This monthly figure may include the county-jail backlog; the housed count is this figure minus the Friday Report's 'Inmate jail backlog'. Value: 2777.0 inmates Date: 2023-08-01 Tags: demographics,facilities,operations Sources: Inmate Statistical Profile, profile all inmates 2023 08 - [confirmed] GDCP officer turnover rate 2010-2013: 26%, 34%, 28%, 32% The 2013 Georgia State Auditor report's Appendix C table of GDC and DJJ Facility Turnover Rates lists Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison's turnover rate as 26% in 2010, 34% in 2011, 28% in 2012, and 32% in 2013. Value: 32.0 percent turnover (2013) (vs. 26 percent turnover (2010)) Tags: staffing,facilities Sources: DOAA State Corrections and Community Officers Audit (2013-12) - [reported] Staff Cafe current score 100, grade A The Georgia Department of Public Health's food service establishment inspection report for Jackson State Prison Staff Cafe (at GDCP) shows a current score of 100 with grade A. Value: 100.0 inspection score Tags: facilities,operations Sources: Food Facility Inspection Report, report full.cfm [1] - [reported] AJC lists 5 homicides at GDCP Georgia Diagnostic and Classification State Prison is listed by the AJC with 5 homicides in its prison-homicides dataset. Value: 5.0 homicides Tags: death,violence,facilities Sources: Ga prison homicides: A list of those killed in Georgia's prison system - [reported] GDCP PREA audit (2019): 5 standards exceeded, 40 met, 0 not met GDCP's PREA audit report records a summary of audit findings with 5 standards exceeded (115.11, 115.33, 115.34, 115.51, 115.87), 40 standards met, and 0 standards not met. Value: 40.0 standards met (vs. 5 standards exceeded) Date: 2019-01-01 Tags: legal,policy,facilities Sources: GDC, PREA GDCP - Audit (Cycle 2) - [confirmed] GDCP had 406 officers, the most among GDC state prisons; average was 198 A Georgia State Auditor report found that, among GDC state prisons, the number of officers ranged from 37 (Emanuel Women's Facility) to 406 (Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison), with an average of 198. Value: 406.0 officers (vs. 198 average officers per state prison) Date: 2013-01-01 Tags: staffing,facilities Sources: DOAA State Corrections and Community Officers Audit (2013-12) - [reported] GDCP PREA audit (2019) security-level population: minimum 211, medium 2059, closed 323 GDCP's PREA audit report lists the facility's security-level population breakdown as MINIMUM 211, MEDIUM 2059, CLOSED 323. Note: this is a facility-reported breakdown from the 2019 PREA audit, not the GDC monthly count that includes the statewide county-jail backlog. Value: 2059.0 medium security people (vs. 211 minimum security people) Date: 2019-01-01 Tags: demographics,facilities,operations Sources: GDC, PREA GDCP - Audit (Cycle 2) - [confirmed] 33 UDS cases as of June 30, 2026 As of June 30, 2026, GDC's death-row roster listed 33 inmates under death sentence (UDS) in the department's physical custody. Value: 33.0 UDS cases Date: 2026-06-30 Tags: demographics,operations Sources: Data Management, death row roster cy 2026 - [confirmed] GDCP Special Management Unit consists of 192 beds (FY2017) GDCP's Special Management Unit consists of 192 beds, as described in GDC's FY2017 annual fiscal report. Value: 192.0 beds Date: 2017-01-01 Tags: solitary,facilities Sources: GDC Annual Fiscal Report 2017 - [confirmed] 37 UDS cases as of December 31, 2023 As of December 31, 2023, GDC's death-row roster listed 37 inmates under death sentence (UDS) in the department's physical custody. Value: 37.0 UDS cases Date: 2023-12-31 Tags: demographics,operations Sources: Data Management, death row roster cy 2023 - [confirmed] GDCP physical utilization rate 82.0% as of June 30, 2017 As of June 30, 2017, Georgia Diagnostic & Classification Prison's physical utilization rate was 82.0%, per GDC's FY2017 Annual Fiscal Report table of Physical Utilization Rates on June 30, 2017. Value: 82.0 percent Date: 2017-06-30 Tags: facilities,operations Sources: GDC Annual Fiscal Report 2017 - [confirmed] 2023 UDS changes: 0 added, 0 executed, 1 natural death, 0 commuted GDC's death-row roster for calendar year 2023 recorded that one inmate was removed from the UDS count by natural death and that no inmates were executed, added, or had sentences commuted during 2023. Value: 1.0 natural deaths Date: 2023-01-01 Tags: death,operations,demographics Sources: Data Management, death row roster cy 2023 - [reported] FY2015 budget: $3.05M bond for GDCP infirmary renovation Georgia's FY2015 Governor's Budget Report lists, among 'New Projects Recommended by Policy Area' under 'Safe Georgia' / Department of Corrections General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund bond projects, item 3: 'Renovation of infirmary area, Georgia Diagnostic & Classification Prison, Jackson, Butts County' with a 20-year term, Principal of $3,050,000 and annual Debt Service of $261,080. Value: 3050000.0 USD principal Date: 2015-01-01 Tags: budget,facilities,medical Sources: The Governor’s Budget Report, fy 2015 governors budget report - [reported] Autopsy found roughly 60 lacerations on Brandon Burrell's body The autopsy found roughly 60 lacerations on Brandon Burrell's body, and the GDC's Office of Professional Standards was conducting an investigation into Burrell's death that was not yet complete. Value: 60.0 lacerations Tags: death,violence,investigations Sources: Man killed in Georgia prison laid there for hours before guards came, autopsy suggests | FOX 5 Atlanta - [reported] FY2015 budget: $4.725M statewide locking controls and perimeter detection Georgia's FY2015 Governor's Budget Report lists, in the same Department of Corrections bond-projects table, item 4: 'Enhanced locking controls and perimeter detection systems, statewide' with a 5-year term, Principal of $4,725,000 and annual Debt Service of $1,093,365, a statewide (not facility-specific) line item. Value: 4725000.0 USD principal Date: 2015-01-01 Tags: budget,facilities,operations Sources: The Governor’s Budget Report, fy 2015 governors budget report - [reported] FY2016 budget: $5.51M statewide locking controls and perimeter detection Georgia's FY2016 Governor's Budget Report lists a Department of Corrections General Obligation Debt Sinking Fund bond project: 'Locking controls and perimeter detection improvements, statewide' with a 5-year term, Principal of $5,510,000 and annual Debt Service of $1,275,014, not tied to a named facility. Value: 5510000.0 USD principal Date: 2016-01-01 Tags: budget,facilities,operations Sources: The Governor’s Budget Report, fy 2016 governors budget report - [reported] Families paid up to $500 to meet GDCP extortion demands At least two families who contacted Fox 5 said they paid as much as $500 to meet extortion demands from inmates at GDCP out of fear for their loved one. Value: 500.0 USD Tags: corruption,operations,investigations Sources: Families grapple with Georgia prison extortion, seek answers | FOX 5 Atlanta - [confirmed] Statewide CO vacancy rate 28.34% FY2020 GDC's statewide Correctional Officer vacancy rate was 28.34% in FY2020, department-wide. Value: 28.34 percent Tags: staffing,budget Sources: gdc.georgia.gov: gdc annual fiscal report 2021 - [confirmed] Statewide CO vacancy rate 41.70% FY2021 GDC's statewide Correctional Officer vacancy rate rose to 41.70% in FY2021, department-wide. Value: 41.7 percent (vs. 28.34 FY2020 vacancy rate) Tags: staffing,budget Sources: gdc.georgia.gov: gdc annual fiscal report 2021 METHODOLOGY NOTES (7) ---------------------------------------- - [confirmed] PREA audit onsite start date (cycle 3) A PREA audit report for GDCP lists the start date of the onsite portion of the audit as 2022-03-14. Date: 2022-03-14 Tags: investigations,policy,facilities Sources: PREA Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison Audit Cycle 3 - [confirmed] PREA final report submission date (cycle 3) A final PREA audit report for GDCP was submitted 05/01/2022. Date: 2022-05-01 Tags: investigations,policy Sources: PREA Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison Audit Cycle 3 - [confirmed] Auditors visited GDCP as initial male intake facility The Georgia Department of Audits and Accounts' report states auditors visited Georgia Diagnostic & Classification Prison, described as the initial facility encountered by male offenders entering the prison system, to better understand prisoner diagnostics and classification. Date: 2018-12-01 Tags: operations,facilities Sources: DOAA Bed Demand & Agency Strategy Report (2018-12) - [reported] PREA auditor Katherine Brown conducted GDCP visit February 8-10, 2016; report submitted May 5, 2016 PREA auditor Katherine Brown conducted a facility visit to Georgia Diagnostic & Classification Prison (GDCP) on February 8-10, 2016, and submitted the final report on May 5, 2016. Date: 2016-01-01 Tags: legal,policy,facilities Sources: Prea Audit: Auditor’s Summary Report - [confirmed] PREA final report submission date (cycle 4) A PREA Facility Audit Report: Final for Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison has a Date Final Report Submitted of 01/28/2025 and is signed by Auditor Darla P. O'Connor. Date: 2025-01-28 Tags: investigations,policy Sources: PREA Facility Audit Report: Final, prea gdcp audit cycle 4 - [reported] PREA auditor Mable P. Wheeler conducted GDCP visit May 28-30, 2019; report July 12, 2019 PREA auditor Mable P. Wheeler of Diversified Correctional Services, LLC conducted the facility visit to GDCP on May 28-30, 2019, with the final report dated July 12, 2019. Date: 2019-01-01 Tags: legal,policy,facilities Sources: GDC, PREA GDCP - Audit (Cycle 2) - [confirmed] 2012 audit excluded GDCP because maintenance was under statewide contract The Georgia Department of Audits and Accounts' special examination of state prison maintenance excluded Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison from its review of fiscal years 2010 and 2011 because GDCP's maintenance was provided via a statewide contract. Tags: facilities,operations,budget Sources: DOAA Maintenance of State Prisons Audit (2012-02) LEGAL FACTS (24) ---------------------------------------- - [confirmed] Gumm v. GDCP SMU class-action filed pro se in 2015 A lawsuit challenging conditions and practices in the Special Management Unit at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison was filed pro se in 2015 by prisoner Timothy Gumm, and the district court appointed Sarah Geraghty of the Southern Center for Human Rights to represent him. Date: 2015-01-01 Tags: legal,solitary,conditions Sources: David M. Reutter, "Settlement in Class-Action Suit Over SMU Conditions at Georgia Prison," Prison Legal News, September 9, 2019 - [confirmed] Gumm v. Jacobs: SMU class action against GDC The contempt order stems from a civil case, Gumm v. Jacobs, in which, as a class, the people incarcerated at Georgia's Special Management Unit (SMU) at Georgia Diagnostic Prison in Jackson sued the Georgia Department of Corrections claiming that denying minimal conditions of confinement such as outdoor exercise time, access to showers and books violated inmates' constitutional rights. Tags: legal,solitary,conditions Sources: In a scathing order, federal judge finds Georgia prison officials in contempt of their own promises | Georgia Public Broadcasting - [reported] SCHR and Kilpatrick Townsend filed SMU preliminary injunction motion On July 5, 2018, the Southern Center for Human Rights and Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP filed a motion for a preliminary injunction in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia on behalf of men incarcerated in the Special Management Unit at Georgia Diagnostic & Classification Prison. Date: 2018-07-05 Tags: solitary,legal,conditions Sources: Georgia Prisoners Are Subjected to “Harshest and Most Draconian” Solitary Confinement Units in the Nation – Southern Center for Human Rights, georgia prisoners are subjected to harshest and most draconian solitary confinement units in the nation [2] - [confirmed] Judge Treadwell: SMU officials 'obstinately disobedient' in 100-page order In a 100-page order, Chief U.S. District Judge for Georgia's Middle District Marc Treadwell describes officials at the SMU as obstinately disobedient, making no real effort to affect change at all. Tags: legal,solitary,conditions Sources: In a scathing order, federal judge finds Georgia prison officials in contempt of their own promises | Georgia Public Broadcasting - [confirmed] Judge Browning stay under Georgia Survivor Justice Act Cobb County Superior Court Judge Tyler Browning issued a stay of Stacey Humphreys' execution to allow for a hearing under the Georgia Survivor Justice Act, a new state law allowing victims of abuse to have their sentences reconsidered. Tags: legal,legislation Sources: Georgia execution put on hold for hearing under new law that could spare inmate's life - CBS News - [confirmed] Georgia Supreme Court declines to hear state appeal before execution time The Georgia Supreme Court declined to hear the state's appeal of the stay before Stacey Humphreys' scheduled execution time and left the lower court's stay in place. Tags: legal Sources: Georgia execution put on hold for hearing under new law that could spare inmate's life - CBS News - [confirmed] Federal judge imposed $2,500-a-day fine on GDC over SMU A federal judge imposed a $2,500-a-day fine on Georgia Department of Corrections officials for failure to comply with an order to improve conditions at the Special Management Unit located at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison. Tags: solitary,legal,conditions Sources: Federal judge imposes fines, monitor on Ga. prison - [confirmed] 2019 agreement: 24-month SMU cap and outdoor exercise, unmet due to staffing The 2019 agreement in Gumm v. Jacobs included a maximum of 24 months in the SMU for any single inmate and a restoration of exercise time in an outdoor pen with a view of the sky; according to the contempt order, extremely low staffing levels at the unit meant taking inmates to the outdoor pen was impossible. Tags: legal,solitary,staffing,conditions Sources: In a scathing order, federal judge finds Georgia prison officials in contempt of their own promises | Georgia Public Broadcasting - [reported] Named defendants in SMU contempt litigation GDC Commissioner Tyrone Oliver, SMU Warden Joe Williams and GDC Director of Field Operations Stan Shepard are among the defendants named in the SMU contempt litigation, according to the AJC/Corrections1 report. Tags: solitary,legal,corruption Sources: Federal judge imposes fines, monitor on Ga. prison - [reported] Judge Treadwell contempt order: GDC ran a 'four-corner offense' to stall until injunction expired In April, Judge Treadwell issued a contempt order citing GDC for making false statements or misrepresentations about its efforts to comply with a settlement of a lawsuit over conditions in the agency's supermax prison, writing: "As the end of the injunction's term neared, it became clear to the Court that the defendants, in effect, were running a four-corner offense and had no desire or intention to comply with the Court's injunction; they would stall until the injunction expired." Tags: legal,solitary,corruption,investigations Sources: Georgia prison system engages in deception as crisis builds, Atlanta Journal-Constitution - [confirmed] Contempt penalty: independent monitor and $2,500/day fines after May 20 As a penalty, the court and GDC will jointly appoint an independent monitor of the solitary unit in Jackson at GDC expense; after May 20, GDC will pay fines of $2,500 per day, or $75,000 a month, until it meets the terms it agreed to five years earlier. Tags: legal,solitary,budget Sources: In a scathing order, federal judge finds Georgia prison officials in contempt of their own promises | Georgia Public Broadcasting - [reported] SCHR and Kilpatrick Townsend filed preliminary injunction motion for SMU prisoners On July 5, 2018, the Southern Center for Human Rights and Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP filed a motion for a preliminary injunction in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia on behalf of men incarcerated in the Special Management Unit at Georgia Diagnostic & Classification Prison. Date: 2018-07-05 Tags: solitary,legal,conditions Sources: Georgia Prisoners Are Subjected to “Harshest and Most Draconian” Solitary Confinement Units in the Nation – Southern Center for Human Rights, georgia prisoners are subjected to harshest and most draconian solitary confinement units in the nation [1] - [confirmed] Judge ordered independent monitor at GDC expense Judge Treadwell ordered the appointment of an independent monitor, at the prison system's expense, to keep watch on compliance with the requirements for the Special Management Unit. Tags: solitary,legal,conditions Sources: Federal judge imposes fines, monitor on Ga. prison - [confirmed] Cassady v. Hall jury award for officer assault at GDCP David Cassady, an inmate at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison, alleged that corrections officer Steven Hall physically and sexually attacked him there in October 2010, and a jury awarded him $150,000 in compensatory damages and $50,000 in punitive damages. Date: 2010-10-01 Tags: legal,violence,corruption Sources: David Dwayne Cassady v. Steven D. Hall, U.S. Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit, 2018-06-15 (court record via CourtListener) - [reported] Judge Treadwell found GDC falsified SMU review records; counselor refused to sign for absent prisoners Judge Treadwell found that GDC falsified records purporting to show that SMU prisoners were receiving regular reviews to chart their progress toward leaving the unit, citing testimony of a counselor who refused to sign review forms because she was asked to sign for prisoners who weren't present. Tags: legal,solitary,corruption Sources: Georgia prison system engages in deception as crisis builds, Atlanta Journal-Constitution - [confirmed] Federal judge holds GDC in contempt over SMU agreement A federal judge found Georgia Department of Corrections officials in contempt of an agreement to restore constitutional rights of inmates held in the Special Management Unit (SMU) at Georgia Diagnostic Prison in Jackson. Tags: legal,solitary,conditions Sources: In a scathing order, federal judge finds Georgia prison officials in contempt of their own promises | Georgia Public Broadcasting - [confirmed] Gumm v. Jacobs settlement: $425,000 in attorney fees; final judgment May 7, 2019 The settlement in Gumm v. Jacobs provided for attorney fees and costs totaling $425,000, and the district court approved the settlement agreement and issued a final judgment on May 7, 2019, in Case No. 5:15-cv-00041-MTT-CHW. Date: 2019-05-07 Tags: legal,solitary,budget Sources: David M. Reutter, "Settlement in Class-Action Suit Over SMU Conditions at Georgia Prison," Prison Legal News, September 9, 2019 - [confirmed] Gumm v. Jacobs settlement establishes general 24-month limit on SMU confinement The Gumm v. Jacobs settlement agreement establishes a "general 24-month limit on confinement in SMU," and class members will be regularly reviewed to "determine whether they will process through the program phases or transfer to a different facility." Date: 2019-01-01 Tags: legal,solitary,policy Sources: David M. Reutter, "Settlement in Class-Action Suit Over SMU Conditions at Georgia Prison," Prison Legal News, September 9, 2019 - [reported] Brooks v. Humphrey judgment on the pleadings In Brooks v. Humphrey, a judge adopted a Report and Recommendation, granted the defendants' motion for judgment on the pleadings, and denied as futile the plaintiff's motion for leave to file a second amended complaint (Order by U.S. District Judge C. Ashley Royal, 9/30/16). Date: 2016-09-30 Tags: legal Sources: BROOKS v. HUMPHREY, 2016-09-30 (court record via CourtListener) - [confirmed] Colton v. GDCP: court order on report and recommendation and motion to dismiss (Jan. 28, 2022) In Colton v. Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison, the court entered an order on a report and recommendation together with an order on a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim, dated January 28, 2022. Date: 2022-01-28 Tags: legal,facilities Sources: COLTON v. GEORGIA DIAGNOSTIC AND CLASSIFICATION PRISON, 2022-01-28 (court record via CourtListener) - [confirmed] Federal judge found SMU settlement violation April 2024 The Senate study committee's final report states that Dr. Craig Haney in 2015 offered a harsh assessment of the Special Management Unit at Jackson Diagnostic, and that a federal judge found in April 2024 that GDC violated a subsequent settlement agreement with the Center (for minimum time out-of-cell and access to programming); the case is subject to ongoing litigation. Date: 2024-04-01 Tags: legal,solitary,conditions Sources: senate.ga.gov: 2024SenateStudyCommDOCFinalReport, 2024SenateStudyCommDOCFinalReport [1] - [reported] DOJ: GDC under SMU consent decree since 2019; held in contempt April 2024 DOJ's findings report on Georgia prisons states that since 2019 GDC has been subject to a consent decree in a civil rights class action challenging conditions of confinement in the Special Management Unit, and that in April 2024 the court overseeing the consent decree held GDC in contempt for failing to comply with court orders and imposed monetary sanctions until GDC comes into compliance. Tags: legal,solitary,conditions,investigations Sources: DOJ Findings Report: Investigation of Georgia Prisons (October 2024) - [reported] Clark indictment charges and bond The indictment charges the now-former corrections officer and Weekes by name with two felonies, Trading with Inmates and Violation of Oath by a Public Officer, and Clark was arrested in August 2021 and released on a $20,000 bond. Date: 2021-08-01 Tags: corruption,legal,staffing Sources: Indictment: Special Mgmt Unit Officer Helped Inmate Charged in Tattnall Murder for Hire • The Georgia Virtue - [reported] Clark case pending and potential sentences The case against Clark is still pending and she is represented by the Public Defender's office in the Towaliga Circuit; if convicted, she faces a sentence of one to five years for Trading with Inmates and up to five years for Violation of Oath. Date: 2021-01-01 Tags: corruption,legal Sources: Indictment: Special Mgmt Unit Officer Helped Inmate Charged in Tattnall Murder for Hire • The Georgia Virtue POLICYS (19) ---------------------------------------- - [reported] State executions carried out at GDCP GDC's Special and Unique Missions fact sheet states state court-ordered executions are carried out at GDCP. Tags: facilities,operations,legal Sources: Special and Unique GEORGIA - [confirmed] Male death-sentence inmates housed at GDCP; female at Arrendale (CY2025 roster) GDC's Death Row Roster report states that male UDS (Under Death Sentence) inmates are housed at Georgia Diagnostic & Classification Prison and female UDS inmates are housed at Arrendale State Prison. Date: 2025-01-01 Tags: facilities,operations,demographics Sources: Data Management, death row roster cy 2025 - [confirmed] GDCP security level CLOSE/DEATH GDC's facility page lists GA Diagnostic Class Prison's security level as CLOSE/DEATH and describes it as serving Adult Male Felons and Close Security. Tags: facilities,operations Sources: GA Diagnostic Class Prison | Georgia Department of Corrections - [reported] Eric Cox promoted to Warden of Special Management Unit effective January 16, 2026 GDC Commissioner Tyrone Oliver announced the promotion of Eric Cox, Warden at Dodge State Prison, to Warden at the Special Management Unit (SMU), effective January 16, 2026, succeeding Joseph "Joe" Williams. Date: 2026-01-16 Tags: staffing,facilities,operations Sources: New Warden at the Special Management Unit | Georgia Department of Corrections, new warden special management unit [1] - [confirmed] GDCP visitation cancellation around executions GDC's facility page states that at GDCP, cancellation of family and professional visitation for diagnostic offenders occurs the day before an execution, and if an execution is stayed, visitation is canceled as long as an execution order remains in effect. Diagnostic offenders cannot receive visits until they have been at GDCP for 60 days, and only immediate family members are allowed to visit. Tags: policy,facilities Sources: GA Diagnostic Class Prison | Georgia Department of Corrections - [reported] GDCP opened in 1969; diagnostic process revised in 2009 to about 15 workdays GDC's facility fact sheet for the male diagnostic facility states GDCP opened in 1969 to complete the diagnostic process on adult male offenders, and that the process was revised in 2009 to take approximately 15 workdays. Tags: facilities,operations,policy Sources: Male Diagnostics Georgia, 22131 - [reported] Joseph Williams promoted to Warden of Special Management Unit effective May 1, 2023 GDC Commissioner Tyrone Oliver announced the promotion of Joseph "Joe" Williams to Warden at the Special Management Unit (SMU), effective May 1, 2023. Date: 2023-05-01 Tags: staffing,facilities,operations Sources: New Warden at the Special Management Unit | Georgia Department of Corrections, new warden special management unit [2] - [confirmed] Male intake at GDCP or Coastal State Prison The Georgia Department of Audits and Accounts' special examination of GDC states that male offenders are transported to Georgia Diagnostic and Classification State Prison or Coastal State Prison for screening and intake, conducted by GDC staff and including assessment of medical and mental health status. Date: 2018-12-01 Tags: operations,facilities,medical,mental_health Sources: DOAA Bed Demand & Agency Strategy Report (2018-12) - [confirmed] Statewide visitation suspended March 2020 Following a directive from Governor Kemp, GDC suspended visitation at all correctional facilities statewide through April 10, 2020, while offenders retained access to loved ones via mail, phone calls, and GOAL devices. Date: 2020-03-12 Tags: policy,conditions Sources: Georgia Department of Corrections Suspends Visitation Statewide | Georgia Department of Corrections - [confirmed] Michael Cannon reassigned as SMU Superintendent at GDCP GDC announced that Michael Cannon was reassigned to Superintendent at the Georgia Diagnostic & Classifications Prison (GDCP) Special Management Unit (SMU), effective October 1, 2016. Date: 2016-10-01 Tags: staffing,solitary,operations Sources: New Superintendent at Georgia Diagnostic & Classification Prison SMU | Georgia Department of Corrections - [reported] GDC contract with U.S. Security Systems to replace GDCP A&B housing unit locks In response to the PREA audit finding on A&B housing unit door locks, GDC's Director of Engineering and Construction Services Hal Gibson reported that the department was under contract with U.S. Security Systems to replace locking control systems and replace slider doors in several GDCP housing units, including A&B, with Rosser International as the design professional. Date: 2016-01-01 Tags: facilities,operations,budget Sources: Prea Audit: Auditor’s Summary Report - [confirmed] GDCP leadership roster as of October 16, 2026 GDC's Facility Operations directory lists at GA DIAGNOSTIC AND CLASSIFICATION STATE PRISON: Warden Jacob Beasley, Deputy Warden Security Nicholas Brown, Deputy Warden Security Reginald Clark, Deputy Warden Security Jacinta Johnson, Deputy Warden C&T Patricia Watts, Deputy Warden Diagnostic Terrion Thurman, and Deputy Warden Admin. Tandra Rogers. Date: 2026-10-16 Tags: staffing,operations,facilities Sources: Facility Operations Updated: 10/16/2026 - [reported] Eric Sellers reassigned as GDCP Warden effective July 1, 2016 GDC Commissioner Homer Bryson announced the reassignment of Eric Sellers to Warden at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison (GDCP), effective July 1, 2016; as Warden, Sellers would be responsible for overseeing 488 staff members and 1,326 close security inmates. Date: 2016-07-01 Tags: staffing,facilities,operations Sources: New Warden at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison | Georgia Department of Corrections, new warden georgia diagnostic and classification prison [2] - [reported] GDCP houses 192-bed Special Management Unit and is a Sex-Offender Release Site GDCP's PREA audit report states the facility houses a Special Management Unit (SMU) consisting of 192 beds and is also a Sex-Offender Release Site. Date: 2019-01-01 Tags: solitary,facilities,reentry,operations Sources: GDC, PREA GDCP - Audit (Cycle 2) - [confirmed] GDCP is statewide male diagnostic facility housing death-sentence offenders and carrying out executions GDC's Annual Fiscal Report describes Georgia Diagnostic & Classification Prison (GDCP) as a statewide male diagnostic facility that houses offenders under death sentence and carries out state ordered executions. Date: 2017-01-01 Tags: facilities,operations,death Sources: GDC Annual Fiscal Report 2017 - [confirmed] Male UDS at GDCP, female UDS at Arrendale (CY2026 roster) GDC's death-row roster states that male inmates under death sentence are housed at Georgia Diagnostic & Classification Prison and female inmates under death sentence are housed at Arrendale State Prison. Date: 2026-01-01 Tags: facilities,operations,demographics Sources: Data Management, death row roster cy 2026 - [confirmed] June 2025 Board minutes: SMU update, Guidehouse, new prison discussed The Board of Corrections' June 2025 minutes record that Commissioner Oliver briefly discussed the new prison (cell mockups), ongoing projects, Guidehouse, procurements, ACA Accreditation for several facilities, an SMU Update, and Focus Recognitions given to staff for assisting with the SMU mission. Date: 2025-06-01 Tags: policy,operations,solitary Sources: Board of Corrections, board meeting minutes june 2025 - [confirmed] Board resolution: GDCP 'Barn Demo' The Georgia Board of Corrections' September 2025 minutes record a resolution for a 'Barn Demo' at the Georgia Diagnostic & Classification Prison, on property in Butts County owned by the State and in GDC custody. Date: 2025-09-01 Tags: facilities,policy Sources: Board of Corrections Meeting Minutes, September 4, 2025 - [confirmed] GDC contracted Carter, Goble, and Lee for GDCP maintenance (2009) The Georgia Department of Audits and Accounts' maintenance report states that in 2009 GDC contracted with a private company, Carter, Goble, and Lee (CGL), to provide maintenance at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison (GDCP) and Metro State Prison, which closed in April 2011. Tags: facilities,operations,budget Sources: DOAA Maintenance of State Prisons Audit (2012-02) QUOTES (3) ---------------------------------------- - [reported] Judge Treadwell: Court can no longer assume even sworn GDC statements are truthful U.S. District Judge Marc T. Treadwell issued an August order stating: "The Court has long passed the point where it can assume that even sworn statements from the defendants are truthful." Tags: legal,corruption,investigations,solitary Sources: Georgia prison system engages in deception as crisis builds, Atlanta Journal-Constitution - [reported] Psychologist Craig Haney describes SMU E Wing as 'bedlam-like' Psychologist Craig Haney wrote of the SMU's E Wing: "The atmosphere inside E Wing was bedlam-like, as chaotic and out-of-control as any such unit I have seen in decades of conducting such evaluations." Haney is a psychology professor at the University of California-Santa Cruz. Tags: solitary,conditions,mental_health Sources: Georgia prison system engages in deception as crisis builds, Atlanta Journal-Constitution - [reported] Treadwell quote on holding defendants in contempt Chief U.S. District Judge Marc Treadwell wrote: "The Court can no longer tolerate the defendants' misconduct and, for the reasons discussed below, holds the defendants in contempt." Tags: legal,solitary Sources: Federal judge imposes fines, monitor on Ga. prison DATA GAPS (1) ---------------------------------------- - [confirmed] No documentation of promised mental health screening or counseling at SMU SMU officials could provide no documentation to the court of promised mental health screening or counseling to SMU inmates at the Georgia Diagnostic Prison. Tags: mental_health,solitary,legal Sources: In a scathing order, federal judge finds Georgia prison officials in contempt of their own promises | Georgia Public Broadcasting DATASETS (4) ---------------------------------------- # GDCP PREA audit findings by cycle Summary of PREA audit standard outcomes for Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison across two audit cycles (2016 and 2019). Audit Cycle Year Standards Exceeded Standards Met Standards Not Met Standards Not Applicable --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cycle 1 2016 2 38 0 3 Cycle 2 2019 5 40 0 # GDCP officer turnover rates, 2010-2013 (Georgia State Auditor Appendix C) Annual officer turnover rates for Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison as reported in the 2013 Georgia State Auditor Special Examination Report No. 13-21, Appendix C table of GDC and DJJ Facility Turnover Rates. Year Turnover Rate --------------------- 2010 26 2011 34 2012 28 2013 32 # GDC statewide Correctional Officer vacancy rate, FY2020-FY2021 Department-wide Correctional Officer vacancy rates reported in GDC's FY2021 annual fiscal report. Fiscal Year Vacancy Rate --------------------------- FY2020 28.34 FY2021 41.7 # GDCP security-level population breakdown (2019 PREA audit) Facility-reported population by security level from the 2019 PREA audit report. Not the GDC monthly count that includes the statewide county-jail backlog. Security Level Population ---------------------------- Minimum 211 Medium 2059 Closed 323 KEY ENTITIES (140) ---------------------------------------- - Ahmed Holt [person]: Assistant Commissioner of Facilities, Georgia Department of Corrections - Akeriaen Lawson [person]: Civilian arrested in February 2026 for attempting to smuggle contraband including a drone and cellphones near GDCP. - Alex Tillman [person]: Promoted from Unit Manager to Deputy Warden of Care and Treatment at GDCP effective July 16, 2024. - Allen Ramsey [person]: GDCP officer arrested May 18, 2020 after marijuana and tobacco were found in his vehicle. (aka: Officer Allen Ramsey) - Antoine Caldwell [person]: Promoted to GDCP Warden effective February 1, 2022. - Arrendale State Prison [facility]: Women's state prison in Alto, Habersham County, GA. Mixed close/medium security. Houses death row, diagnostic intake, Children's Center, all-female fire department. Being downsized toward transitional center status. - Asa James Ward [person]: GDCP inmate sentenced to 56 months for drug trafficking conspiracy. (aka: Foolay) - Atlanta Journal-Constitution [organization]: Georgia newspaper that conducted multi-year investigation into GDC corruption, drug trafficking, and overdose deaths. (aka: AJC) - Autry State Prison [facility]: Georgia state prison with GCI shoe/boot manufacturing and garment operations. - Baldwin State Prison [facility]: Georgia state prison where 26 grams of methamphetamine were found on a visitor in November 2025. - Benjamin Ford [person]: Director of Field Operations, Georgia Department of Corrections, addressee of SCHR's letter. - Boyd Henry Williams [person]: 64-year-old inmate killed at GDCP on October 3, 2022 by manual strangulation and blunt force trauma. - Brandon Astor Jones [person]: Inmate executed at GDCP on February 3, 2016. - Brandon Burrell [person]: 31-year-old who died in custody at GDCP after being stabbed; autopsy found roughly 60 lacerations and suggested hours passed before guards found his body. His fiancée Kaylyn Shilling had warned staff of violent threats and requested protective custody, which was not granted. - Brandon Trace Burrell [person]: Age 31; died at GDCP Jan. 28, 2024, of methamphetamine intoxication complicated by physical altercation. - Brian Dennis Adams [person]: Former warden of Smith State Prison (2019-2023); 26-year GDC veteran arrested Feb 8, 2023 for RICO conspiracy, bribery, false statements in connection with YSL Squad smuggling/murder ring - Brian Kemp [person]: Governor of Georgia who proposed $600 million in emergency spending over 18 months for prison reform in January 2025. (aka: Governor Kemp) - Brian Owens [person]: Vice Chairman of the State Board of Pardons and Paroles for FY2019. Appointed to the Parole Board on February 1, 2015 by Governor Nathan Deal. Former Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Corrections. (aka: Brian Owens, Vice Chairman) - Brooks v. Humphrey [case]: Federal case in which the court adopted a Report and Recommendation, granted judgment on the pleadings, and denied leave to file a second amended complaint (9/30/16). - Bruce Chatman [person]: Reassigned as GDCP Warden effective July 1, 2013. - Bryan Keith Terrell [person]: Inmate executed at GDCP on December 9, 2015. - Butts County Coroner [organization]: County coroner that pronounced deaths of GDCP inmates. - Butts County Jail [facility]: County jail where Officer Walker was transported after arrest. - Butts County Sheriff [organization]: County sheriff's office that arrested GDCP officer Doug Hall and maintenance worker Russell Connally on September 10, 2012. - Butts County Sheriff's Office [organization]: County law enforcement agency involved in thwarting a drone contraband drop at a Georgia facility. - C. Ashley Royal [person]: U.S. District Judge who issued the September 30, 2016 order in Brooks v. Humphrey. (aka: US District Judge C Ashley Royal) - Carlton Michael Gary [person]: Person executed at GDCP on March 15, 2018 at 10:33 p.m. - Carrell Beontae Johnson [person]: Age 32; died at GDCP June 6, 2023, of chopping and sharp force injuries (homicide). - CGL [organization]: Company holding HVAC convenience contract for GDC covering 8 of 58 locations, about $5 million for labor - Christopher Monica [person]: Correctional officer killed in June 2017 during a transport escape between Hancock State Prison and GDCP. (aka: Sgt. Christopher Monica) - Coastal State Prison [facility]: Georgia state prison visited by DOJ during 2022-2023 investigation (aka: Coastal) - Colton v. Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison [case]: Court case in which an order on a report and recommendation and an order on a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim were entered on January 28, 2022. (aka: Colton v. GDCP) - Conseulla Cooper [person]: Visitor who pleaded to 15 years (five to serve) for attempting to smuggle marijuana and methamphetamine into GDCP in 2016. - Craig Haney [person]: Professor of psychology at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Leading national expert on psychological effects of solitary confinement. Conducted inspection of Georgia's SMU for Gumm v. Jacobs litigation and described it as 'one of the harshest and most draconian' in the nation. (aka: Dr. Craig Haney) - Curtis Billue [person]: Correctional officer killed in June 2017 during a transport escape between Hancock State Prison and GDCP. (aka: Sgt. Curtis Billue) - Daniel Anthony Lucas [person]: Inmate executed at GDCP on April 27, 2016. - Daniel Charriez [person]: Age 46; died at GDCP Feb. 23, 2022, of delayed complications of traumatic brain injury (homicide). - Darla P. O'Connor [person]: Auditor who signed the 2025 PREA final report for GDCP. - David Cassady [person]: Inmate at Phillips State Prison charged and convicted of mailing destructive devices to federal buildings. - Deivon Waller [person]: GDCP inmate sentenced to 240 months for drug trafficking conspiracy in Operation Night Drop. (aka: Hitman, VP) - Diversified Correctional Services, LLC [organization]: PREA auditing firm that conducted the 2019 GDCP audit. - Dodge State Prison [facility]: Georgia state prison where 592 grams of marijuana were found with a drone operator in November 2025. - DOJ [organization]: Federal agency that investigated Georgia prisons and found 8th Amendment violations in October 2024. (aka: Department of Justice, U.S. Department of Justice) - Donnie Cleveland Lance [person]: Inmate executed at GDCP on January 29, 2020. - Donnie Hulett [person]: Death row inmate found unresponsive at GDCP on October 1, 2017; death investigated as apparent suicide. (aka: GDC #1066274) - Dooly State Prison [facility]: Georgia state prison where Jackie Kavaskia McMillan led drug trafficking network; second highest cell phone seizure count by end of 2016 (1,342 phones). - Doug Hall [person]: GDCP correctional officer arrested September 10, 2012 by a Butts County Sheriff after a search resulted in one pack of tobacco. (aka: Correctional Officer Doug Hall) - Elmer W. Pless [person]: Age 65; died at GDCP May 15, 2023, of strangulation (homicide). - Emanuel Women's Facility [facility]: Women's facility in Swainsboro, GA. Capacity 415, GPS active 378. Mental health Levels II/III, Braille program. Alarming death rate: 6 deaths in 2025. (aka: Emanuel WF) - Eric Cox [person]: Promoted from Warden at Dodge State Prison to Warden at the Special Management Unit effective January 16, 2026. - Eric Sellers [person]: Reassigned to Warden at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison effective July 1, 2016, overseeing 488 staff and 1,326 close security inmates. - Georgia Board of Corrections [organization]: Governing board that issues rules for Georgia prison operations, including Rule 125-4-2-.08 (Library) and Rule 125-2-4-.17 - Georgia Bureau of Investigation [organization]: Georgia state law enforcement agency that conducts some criminal investigations involving the prisons (aka: GBI) - Georgia Department of Audits and Accounts [organization]: State agency the committee recommended review all GDC contract renewals for the past five years. (aka: Georgia Department of Audits) - Georgia Department of Corrections [organization]: State agency responsible for operating Georgia's prison system. Subject of federal DOJ investigation in 2022-2023 for constitutional violations including food-related deaths. (aka: GDC) - Georgia Department of Public Health [organization]: State agency providing drug overdose surveillance data including statewide overdose statistics. (aka: DPH) - Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison [facility]: Georgia state prison from which David 'Toro' Zavala operated drug trafficking while serving time for armed robbery. - Georgia Diagnostic and Classification State Prison [facility]: Prison near Jackson, Georgia where Georgia's death row and execution chamber were moved from GSP in June 1980. - Georgia Senate Study Committee on Corrections [organization]: Georgia Senate study committee whose 2024 final report documents GDCP's intake, death row, and SMU roles and the SMU settlement violation. (aka: 2024SenateStudyCommDOC) - Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission [organization]: State agency posting GDCP procurement solicitations. - Georgia Supreme Court [organization]: Highest court in Georgia; issued Cook v. State ruling and denied Bharadia's DNA evidence claim - Georgia Survivor Justice Act [legislation]: New Georgia law allowing victims of abuse to have their sentences reconsidered and directing judges to resentence. - Gregory C. Dozier [person]: GDC Commissioner who announced Shay Hatcher's promotion in 2018. - Gregory Paul Lawler [person]: Inmate executed at GDCP on October 19, 2016. - Guidehouse [organization]: Consulting firm that conducted the Kemp Assessment of Georgia's prison system, publishing recommendations in January 2025. - Gumm v. Jacobs [case]: Federal class action lawsuit challenging conditions in Georgia's Special Management Unit. Filed pro se by Timothy Gumm in 2015. Settlement reached January 2019. 100-page contempt order issued April 2024 finding GDC 'flagrantly violated' the settlement. Filed in U.S. District Court, Middle District of Georgia. - Hal Gibson [person]: GDC Director of Engineering and Construction Services who reported on the GDCP lock replacement project. - Hancock State Prison [facility]: Georgia state prison where THC gummies, white powdery substances, and marijuana were recovered in January 2024. - Hays State Prison [facility]: Georgia state prison visited by DOJ during 2022-2023 investigation (aka: Hays) - Homer Bryson [person]: Former GDC Commissioner who supported transitional center phone policies, stating it was important for residents to learn responsible use of technology (aka: Commissioner Homer Bryson) - J.W. Ledford Jr. [person]: Inmate executed at GDCP on May 17, 2017. - Jacinta Johnson [person]: Promoted from Unit Manager to Deputy Warden of Security at GDCP effective April 1, 2026. - Jacob Beasley [person]: Promoted from Warden at Smith State Prison to Warden at GDCP effective July 16, 2025. - Jalaludin Douglas [person]: Deputy Warden of Security at the Special Management Unit as of October 2026. - Jamie Green [person]: Death row inmate found unresponsive at GDCP on November 9, 2017; death investigated as apparent suicide. (aka: GDC #628897) - Joe Williams [person]: SMU Warden named as a defendant in the SMU contempt litigation. (aka: SMU Warden Joe Williams) - John Wayne Conner [person]: Inmate executed at GDCP on July 15, 2016. - Jose Morales [person]: Retired warden of GDCP's Special Management Unit who described inmate decompensation in a 2021 GPB interview. - Joseph Williams [person]: Promoted to Warden at the Special Management Unit effective May 1, 2023; succeeded by Eric Cox in 2026. (aka: Joe Williams) - Joshua Daniel Bishop [person]: Inmate executed at GDCP on March 31, 2016. - Katherine Brown [person]: PREA auditor who conducted the 2016 GDCP audit. - Kaylyn Shilling [person]: Fiancée of Brandon Burrell who emailed GDCP staff days before his death warning of numerous violent threats and requesting protective custody. - Kenneth E. Fults [person]: Inmate executed at GDCP on April 12, 2016. - Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP [organization]: Law firm that co-filed the class action motion in Gumm v. Jacobs in 2018 alongside the Southern Center for Human Rights. (aka: Kilpatrick Townsend) - LaChesha Smith [person]: Promoted to Deputy Warden of Care and Treatment at GDCP effective December 1, 2022. - Mable P. Wheeler [person]: PREA auditor who signed the Cycle 4 audit of Phillips State Prison and Transitional Center. - Macon State Prison [facility]: Georgia state prison visited by DOJ during 2022-2023 investigation (aka: Macon) - Marc T. Treadwell [person]: Chief Judge, U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia. Issued the 100-page contempt order in Gumm v. Jacobs (April 2024) finding GDC 'flagrantly violated' the settlement agreement. (aka: Chief Judge Treadwell) - Marc Treadwell [person]: Federal judge who issued April 2024 contempt order finding GDC officials repeatedly falsified documents and made false statements. (aka: Judge Marc Treadwell, Federal Judge Treadwell) - Marcus Ray Johnson [person]: Person executed at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison on November 19, 2015. - Marcus Sutton [person]: 30-year-old inmate who died at GDCP on February 25, 2023, with N-pyrrolidino etonitazene ('pyro') in his system. - Marion Wilson Jr. [person]: Person executed at GDCP on June 20, 2019 at 9:52 p.m. - Mark Agbaosi [person]: Promoted to Deputy Warden of Security at GDCP effective December 1, 2022. - Metro State Prison [facility]: Institutional services location for parole operations. Diagnostic Unit - Parole Office, 1301 Constitution Road, S.E., Atlanta, GA 30316. - Michael Cannon [person]: Reassigned to Superintendent of the GDCP Special Management Unit effective October 1, 2016. - Nathan Weekes [person]: Smith State Prison inmate who ran the Yves Saint Laurent Squad smuggling/murder ring; ordered hits resulting in murders of Jerry Lee Davis, Bobby Carlton Kicklighter, and Jessica Gerling - Nicholas Brown [person]: Promoted to Deputy Warden of Security at GDCP effective August 1, 2025; previously Deputy Warden of Security at Rutledge State Prison. - Office of Professional Standards [organization]: GDC's primary investigative division responsible for internal investigation of serious incidents including felonies related to deaths, assaults, riots, and drugs (aka: OPS) - Officer Walker [person]: GDC officer arrested in January 2021 for attempting to bring contraband into GDCP. - Operation Ghost Guard [operation]: FBI two-year investigation (2016) into GDC corruption resulting in ~130 indictments including 46 current and former correctional officers across 11 facilities. - Operation Night Drop [operation]: 2024 DEA operation resulting in two federal indictments targeting drone-based drug delivery conspiracies at Smith State Prison, Telfair State Prison, and other facilities from 2019 through July 2024. - Patricia Watts [person]: Promoted from Human Resources Technician Supervisor to Deputy Warden of Care and Treatment at GDCP effective September 1, 2026. - Pulaski State Prison [facility]: Georgia women's state prison where Christina Buttery died on December 21, 2022, from a methamphetamine and fentanyl overdose. - Ray Jefferson Cromartie [person]: Person executed at GDCP on November 13, 2019 at 10:59 p.m. - Reginald Clark [person]: Deputy Warden at Baldwin State Prison named as defendant in Jackson v. Deputy Warden Reginald Clark. (aka: Deputy Warden Reginald Clark) - Ricardo Daughtry [person]: Lead plaintiff in the SMU lawsuit, age 40, found dead in his cell less than two months after Judge Treadwell's contempt order; records showed no check for nearly seven hours despite a 30-minute policy. - Ricardo Daughtry et al. v. Shawn Emmons et al. [case]: Federal class-action litigation over Special Management Unit conditions; a federal judge found a settlement agreement violated in April 2024. (aka: SMU class-action) - Riverbend Correctional Facility [facility]: Medium security facility operated by GEO Group with 25% recidivism rate and 66% post-release employment rate - Robert Earl Butts Jr. [person]: Person executed at GDCP on May 4, 2018 at 9:58 p.m. - Rosser International [organization]: Design professional reviewing custom hardware packages for the GDCP locking control system replacement project. - Russell Connally [person]: GDCP maintenance worker arrested September 10, 2012 by a Butts County Sheriff after a search. (aka: Maintenance worker Russell Connally) - Sarah Geraghty [person]: Senior attorney at the Southern Center for Human Rights who commented on Sentinel v. Glover decision. - Scotty Garnell Morrow [person]: Person executed at GDCP on May 2, 2019 at 9:38 p.m. - Senate Study Committee [organization]: Georgia Senate committee that studied corrections staffing issues and reported findings in December 2024. - Sharie Shonta Clark [person]: Former GDC Lieutenant at GDCP's Special Management Unit, fired and indicted for trading with inmates and violation of oath. - Shavari Reynolds [person]: Deputy Warden of Security at the Special Management Unit as of October 2026. - Shawn Emmons [person]: Reassigned from Warden at Hays State Prison to Warden at GDCP effective July 1, 2023. - Sheneca King [person]: Special Assistant at the Special Management Unit as of October 2026. - Smith State Prison [facility]: Georgia state prison targeted by drone smuggling networks; subject of Operation Night Drop indictments. - Southern Center for Human Rights [organization]: Legal advocacy organization that investigated food conditions at Gordon County Jail and sent a formal letter to Sheriff Mitch Ralston in October 2014. (aka: SCHR) - Special Management Unit [facility]: Georgia's primary long-term solitary confinement unit, located at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson. Subject of Gumm v. Jacobs litigation and described by experts as 'one of the harshest and most draconian' in the nation. (aka: SMU) - Stacey Humphreys [person]: Death row inmate whose execution was stayed by Cobb County Superior Court Judge Tyler Browning. - Stan Shepard [person]: GDC Director of Field Operations named as a defendant in the SMU contempt litigation. (aka: GDC Director of Field Operations Stan Shepard) - Steven Frederick Spears [person]: Inmate executed at GDCP on November 16, 2016. - Steven Hall [person]: Corrections officer found by a jury to have physically and sexually attacked inmate David Cassady at GDCP in October 2010. - Tandra Rogers [person]: Promoted to Deputy Warden of Care and Treatment at GDCP effective November 1, 2022. - Terrion Thurman [person]: Promoted from Behavioral Counselor III to Deputy Warden of Care and Treatment at GDCP effective September 1, 2025. - Timothy C. Ward [person]: Former Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Corrections. The November 30, 2022 Central Office Appeal Response falsely denying Legionella was issued on letterhead bearing his name. Named defendant in Sullivan v. Ward. (aka: Commissioner Ward) - Timothy Gumm [person]: Prisoner serving a life sentence for rape who filed the pro se lawsuit (Gumm v. Jacobs) challenging SMU conditions in 2015 after 5 years in isolation. Held in SMU for 7.5 years despite 14 transfer recommendations. Placed in SMU following a failed escape attempt in 2010. - Toricka Nash [person]: Deputy Warden of Care and Treatment at the Special Management Unit as of October 2026. - Towaliga Circuit Public Defender's Office [organization]: Public defender office representing Sharie Shonta Clark. - Tyler Browning [person]: Cobb County Superior Court judge who stayed Stacey Humphreys' execution. (aka: Judge Tyler Browning) - Tyrone Oliver [person]: Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Corrections who in March 2024 stopped including preliminary cause of death in monthly mortality reports. (aka: Commissioner Oliver, GDC Commissioner) - U.S. Department of Justice [organization]: Federal agency that published October 2024 findings report on unconstitutional conditions in Georgia prisons. (aka: DOJ) - U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Georgia [case]: Federal court where the SMU preliminary injunction motion was filed and where the contempt ruling and fines were issued. (aka: Middle District of Georgia) - U.S. Security Systems [organization]: Contractor under contract with GDC to replace locking control systems and slider doors at GDCP housing units including A&B. - Wheeler Correctional Facility [facility]: A CoreCivic-operated private prison in Alamo, Georgia, opened in 1998. - William Sallie [person]: Inmate executed at GDCP on December 6, 2016. - Willie James Pye [person]: Inmate executed at GDCP on March 20, 2024. - Zedarrius Coleman [person]: Inmate attacked at GDCP on June 16; five inmates were charged. 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Ledford Execution Final Media Advisory | Georgia Department of Corrections, Georgia Department of Corrections (2017-05-17) [press_release, primary] URL: https://gdc.georgia.gov/press-releases/2017-05-17/ledford-execution-final-media-advisory - Lucas Execution Media Advisory | Georgia Department of Corrections, Georgia Department of Corrections (2016-04-27) [press_release, primary] URL: https://gdc.georgia.gov/press-releases/2016-04-27/lucas-execution-media-advisory - Male Diagnostics Georgia, 22131, Georgia Department of Corrections [official_report, primary] URL: https://gdc.georgia.gov/media/22131/download - Male Diagnostics Georgia, male diagnostics and classification fact sheet, Georgia Department of Corrections [official_report, primary] URL: https://gdc.georgia.gov/document/fact-sheets/male-diagnostics-and-classification-fact-sheet/download - Man killed in Georgia prison laid there for hours before guards came, autopsy suggests | FOX 5 Atlanta, FOX 5 Atlanta (2025-01-01) [journalism, secondary] URL: https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/man-killed-georgia-prison-laid-hours-before-guards-came-autopsy - Morrow Execution Final Media Advisory | Georgia Department of Corrections, Georgia Department of Corrections (2019-05-02) [press_release, primary] URL: https://gdc.georgia.gov/press-releases/2019-05-02/morrow-execution-final-media-advisory - New Deputy Warden of Administration at Georgia Diagnostic Classification Prison | Georgia Department of Corrections, Georgia Department of Corrections (2022-11-01) [press_release, primary] URL: https://gdc.georgia.gov/press-releases/2022-11-01/new-deputy-warden-administration-georgia-diagnostic-classification-prison - New Deputy Warden of Care and Treatment at Georgia Diagnostic & Classification Prison | Georgia Department of Corrections, new deputy warden care and treatment georgia diagnostic classification [1], Georgia Department of Corrections (2022-12-02) [press_release, primary] URL: https://gdc.georgia.gov/press-releases/2022-12-02/new-deputy-warden-care-and-treatment-georgia-diagnostic-classification - New Deputy Warden of Care and Treatment at Georgia Diagnostic & Classification Prison | Georgia Department of Corrections, new deputy warden care and treatment georgia diagnostic classification [2], Georgia Department of Corrections (2024-07-29) [press_release, primary] URL: https://gdc.georgia.gov/press-releases/2024-07-29/new-deputy-warden-care-and-treatment-georgia-diagnostic-classification - New Deputy Warden of Care and Treatment at Georgia Diagnostic & Classification Prison | Georgia Department of Corrections, new deputy warden care and treatment georgia diagnostic classification [3], Georgia Department of Corrections (2025-08-27) [press_release, primary] URL: https://gdc.georgia.gov/press-releases/2025-08-27/new-deputy-warden-care-and-treatment-georgia-diagnostic-classification - New Deputy Warden of Care and Treatment at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison | Georgia Department of Corrections, Georgia Department of Corrections (2026-08-28) [press_release, primary] URL: https://gdc.georgia.gov/press-releases/2026-08-28/new-deputy-warden-care-and-treatment-georgia-diagnostic-and - New Deputy Warden of Security at Georgia Diagnostic & Classification Prison | Georgia Department of Corrections, Georgia Department of Corrections (2022-12-01) [press_release, primary] URL: https://gdc.georgia.gov/press-releases/2022-12-01/new-deputy-warden-security-georgia-diagnostic-classification-prison - New Deputy Warden of Security at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison | Georgia Department of Corrections, Georgia Department of Corrections (2026-03-30) [press_release, primary] URL: https://gdc.georgia.gov/press-releases/2026-03-30/new-deputy-warden-security-georgia-diagnostic-and-classification-prison - New Deputy Warden of Security at the Special Management Unit | Georgia Department of Corrections, Georgia Department of Corrections (2021-05-01) [press_release, primary] URL: https://gdc.georgia.gov/press-releases/2021-05-01/new-deputy-warden-security-special-management-unit - New Superintendent at Georgia Diagnostic & Classification Prison SMU | Georgia Department of Corrections, Georgia Department of Corrections (2016-09-30) [press_release, primary] URL: https://gdc.georgia.gov/press-releases/2016-09-30/new-superintendent-georgia-diagnostic-classification-prison-smu - New Warden at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison | Georgia Department of Corrections, new warden georgia diagnostic and classification prison [1], Georgia Department of Corrections (2025-07-10) [press_release, primary] URL: https://gdc.georgia.gov/press-releases/2025-07-10/new-warden-georgia-diagnostic-and-classification-prison - New Warden at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison | Georgia Department of Corrections, new warden georgia diagnostic and classification prison [2], Georgia Department of Corrections (2016-07-01) [press_release, primary] URL: https://gdc.georgia.gov/press-releases/2016-07-01/new-warden-georgia-diagnostic-and-classification-prison - New Warden at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison | Georgia Department of Corrections, new warden georgia diagnostic and classification prison [3], Georgia Department of Corrections (2018-09-27) [press_release, primary] URL: https://gdc.georgia.gov/press-releases/2018-09-27/new-warden-georgia-diagnostic-and-classification-prison - New Warden at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification State Prison | Georgia Department of Corrections, Georgia Department of Corrections (2022-01-28) [press_release, primary] URL: https://gdc.georgia.gov/press-releases/2022-01-28/new-warden-georgia-diagnostic-and-classification-state-prison - New Warden at the Special Management Unit | Georgia Department of Corrections, new warden special management unit [1], Georgia Department of Corrections (2026-01-08) [press_release, primary] URL: https://gdc.georgia.gov/press-releases/2026-01-08/new-warden-special-management-unit - New Warden at the Special Management Unit | Georgia Department of Corrections, new warden special management unit [2], Georgia Department of Corrections (2023-05-18) [press_release, primary] URL: https://gdc.georgia.gov/press-releases/2023-05-18/new-warden-special-management-unit - New Warden Named at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison | Georgia Department of Corrections, new warden named georgia diagnostic and classification prison [1], Georgia Department of Corrections (2013-06-06) [press_release, primary] URL: https://gdc.georgia.gov/press-releases/2013-06-06/new-warden-named-georgia-diagnostic-and-classification-prison - New Warden Named at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison | Georgia Department of Corrections, new warden named georgia diagnostic and classification prison [2], Georgia Department of Corrections (2023-06-08) [press_release, primary] URL: https://gdc.georgia.gov/press-releases/2023-06-08/new-warden-named-georgia-diagnostic-and-classification-prison - Office of Planning and Analysis, Georgia Department of Corrections (2016-01-01) [official_report, primary] URL: https://gdc.georgia.gov/document/annual-statistical-reports/death-row-roster-cy-2016/download - Officers nowhere to be found during recorded brutal stabbing attack on Georgia State Prison inmate | FOX 5 Atlanta, FOX 5 Atlanta [journalism, secondary] URL: https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/georgia-diagnostic-and-classification-state-prison-inmate-attack - Overdosed: Drug deaths soar at Ga. prisons, Atlanta Journal-Constitution (2023-01-01) [journalism, secondary] URL: https://www.ajc.com/sp/news/investigations/prisons-overdose/ - Prea Audit: Auditor’s Summary Report, Georgia Department of Corrections / PREA Auditor [official_report, primary] URL: https://gdc.georgia.gov/document/prea-audit-location-report/prea-gdcp-audit-cycle-1/download - PREA Facility Audit Report: Final, prea gdcp audit cycle 4, Georgia Department of Corrections by Darla P. 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Shawn Emmons, et al. – CourtListener.com, CourtListener [legal_document, primary] URL: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/10704856/ricardo-daughtry-et-al-v-shawn-emmons-et-al/ - Sallie Execution Final Media Advisory | Georgia Department of Corrections, Georgia Department of Corrections (2016-12-06) [press_release, primary] URL: https://gdc.georgia.gov/press-releases/2016-12-06/sallie-execution-final-media-advisory - senate.ga.gov: 2024SenateStudyCommDOCFinalReport, 2024SenateStudyCommDOCFinalReport [1], Georgia Senate (2024-01-01) [official_report, primary] URL: https://web.archive.org/web/2024/https://www.senate.ga.gov/committees/Documents/2024SenateStudyCommDOCFinalReport.pdf - Set for Execution in Georgia September 16, Stacey Humphreys’ New Appeals Highlight Clemency Conflict of Interest, Juror Misconduct | Death Penalty Information Center, Death Penalty Information Center by Leah Roemer (2026-09-11) [journalism, secondary] URL: https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/set-for-execution-in-georgia-september-16-stacey-humphreys-new-appeals-highlight-clemency-conflict-of-interest-juror-misconduct - Spears Execution Final Media Advisory | Georgia Department of Corrections, Georgia Department of Corrections (2016-11-16) [press_release, primary] URL: https://gdc.georgia.gov/press-releases/2016-11-16/spears-execution-final-media-advisory - Special and Unique GEORGIA, Georgia Department of Corrections [official_report, primary] URL: https://gdc.georgia.gov/document/fact-sheets/special-and-unique-missions-fact-sheet/download - Terrell Execution Media Advisory | Georgia Department of Corrections, Georgia Department of Corrections (2016-12-08) [press_release, primary] URL: https://gdc.georgia.gov/press-releases/2016-12-08/terrell-execution-media-advisory - The Governor’s Budget Report, fy 2015 governors budget report, Georgia Office of Planning and Budget (2014-01-01) [official_report, primary] URL: https://opb.georgia.gov/document/governors-budget-reports/fy-2015-governors-budget-report/download - The Governor’s Budget Report, fy 2016 governors budget report, Georgia Office of Planning and Budget (2016-01-01) [official_report, primary] URL: https://opb.georgia.gov/document/governors-budget-reports/fy-2016-governors-budget-report/download - Violence, suicides mount in Georgia’s woefully understaffed prisons, Atlanta Journal-Constitution (2022-01-01) [journalism, secondary] URL: https://www.ajc.com/sp/news/investigations/prisons-understaffed/ - Visitor Arrested for Contraband Charges Takes Plea Deal | Georgia Department of Corrections, Georgia Department of Corrections (2017-08-29) [press_release, primary] URL: https://gdc.georgia.gov/press-releases/2017-08-29/visitor-arrested-contraband-charges-takes-plea-deal - Wilson Execution Final Media Advisory | Georgia Department of Corrections, Georgia Department of Corrections (2019-06-20) [press_release, primary] URL: https://gdc.georgia.gov/press-releases/2019-06-20/wilson-execution-final-media-advisory