Facilities · Jail
DeKalb County Jail
Decatur, Dekalb County, Georgia · capacity 3,800
Also reported as DeKalb County Detention Center.
34 deaths are recorded here, from 2008 to 2026; 33 by name.
- undetermined 17
- suicide 6
- illness 5
- other person 3
- overdose 2
- neglect 1
The people
- David Addo-Wright September 23, 2026
- Tehutihotep Hartley August 17, 2026
- John Parazzo July 17, 2026
- Olaolukitan Adon Abel April 21, 2026
- Michael Gafa February 15, 2026
- Rodney Garrick October 14, 2025
- Larynz Redd September 20, 2025
- Preston Gabriel Bush September 4, 2025
- Cheryl Driscoll June 2025
- Regis Darnell Jackson February 12, 2025
- Name not reported May 22, 2024
- Charles Robert Smith May 20, 2024
- Van Lebron Johnson April 14, 2024
- Christon Collins March 15, 2024
- Michael Breedlove November 10, 2023
- Ricky Lavoghn McCullum July 19, 2023
- Jonathan McWaters June 28, 2023
- Jackson Orukpete December 27, 2022
- Anthony Lamar Walker December 26, 2022
- Michael Assevero August 14, 2022
- Viktor Ivanov Radunchev August 13, 2022
- Nina Maureen Colman July 25, 2022
- Vernon Dennis Head July 15, 2022
- Taneeka Holmes May 2022
- Kelly Ivory May 2022
- Jaquay Smith February 5, 2022
- Latonya McKenzie July 2021
- Marcos Torres-Diaz July 15, 2020
- Clarence Manning May 11, 2019
- Willie Whonya Lowery Jr. March 2018
- Ali F. Morad May 26, 2017
- Jah'Corey D. Tyson December 17, 2016
- Jah’Corey D. Tyson July 4, 2015
- Umoja Iddi Bakari Date not reported
History and conditions
Research on this facility’s history, oversight and conditions is coming.