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Facility Leader: Shawn Gillis, Warden
Shawn Gillis was named warden at Adams County Correctional Center in November 2018. Previously, he was assistant warden at McRae Correctional Facility. Gillis joined CoreCivic in 1999 as a correctional officer at Wheeler Correctional Facility, where he also served as senior correctional officer, assistant shift supervisor, shift supervisor, unit manager, programs manager, chief of security and chief unit management. He was promoted to assistant warden at Gadsden Correctional Facility, and later held the same role at Graceville Correctional Facility. Prior to joining CoreCivic, Gillis worked as a correctional officer at the Georgia Department of Corrections. He served for five years in the U.S. Army.