When Prison Staff Work for the Gangs
GDC was warned before Zeary Davis was killed at Dooly State Prison. Georgia law lets prosecutors charge staff who ignore a known danger.
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An email named two men by GDC number and warned they were beating people in a Dooly dorm. A phone call followed two days later. No one was moved. Zeary Davis, 31, died on that dorm floor. https://gps.press/when-prison-staff-are-warned-and-a-man-dies-anyway/
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GDC received an email naming two men held at Dooly State Prison and warning they were extorting and beating others in their dorm. Two days later, a call put the same warning in front of the deputy warden and a captain. No one was moved. On September 26, 2024, Zeary Davis, 31, died on the floor of that dorm, and GDC's own incident report classed his death as a homicide by another inmate.
Before that, according to accounts GPS holds, the man now charged broke another man's jaw at the prison and admitted it to the warden. GDC's discipline policy allows a supervisor to hold a man in segregation while an investigation runs. GPS asked for his disciplinary records and GDC produced none. If your district attorney received a warning like this one, what should they do with it?
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An email to GDC's commissioner named two men by their GDC numbers and said they were beating people in a Dooly State Prison dorm. A call two days later reached the deputy warden and a captain. No one was moved. On September 26, 2024, Zeary Davis, 31, died on that dorm floor. GPS holds the email and the call records. Read the full investigation at the link in our bio.
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Georgia Prisoners' Speak has obtained an email sent to GDC Commissioner Tyrone Oliver warning that two men held at Dooly State Prison were extorting and beating others in their dorm, and a record of a follow-up call to the deputy warden and a captain two days later. No one was moved. On September 26, 2024, Zeary Davis, 31, died on that dorm floor, and GDC's incident report classed the death as a homicide by another inmate.
The article examines what Georgia law already provides: reckless conduct and involuntary manslaughter statutes, violation of oath, and federal civil rights charges. It also asks why district attorneys, who are required to review every case where probable cause exists, have not publicly examined whether staff were warned. For policymakers and prosecutors, the housing assignment is GDC's own decision, made inside its own prisons.