Brayboy, Torrenzo

Tenure Summary

GPS records show Torrenzo Brayboy began as a behavioral health counselor for the Georgia Department of Corrections in 2015 and advanced through Behavioral Health Counselor 2, 3, and supervisor roles through 2020. Starting in 2021, records place him in correctional superintendent positions; a facility-specific posting lists him as Superintendent at Atlanta Transitional Center from January 16, 2021 through December 31, 2023, and later records list a 2025 ATC superintendent posting. Across his documented facility-lead tenures, GPS attributes two deaths, both at Atlanta Transitional Center. No lawsuits naming Brayboy as a defendant appear in the records reviewed.

What happened on their watch

Atlanta Transitional Center — Superintendent (2021–2023)

Two in-custody deaths are attributed to Atlanta Transitional Center during Brayboy’s documented tenure there, according to GPS records.

The first, Christopher Shane Green, 46, died on April 12, 2022. GPS records list Green under cause category 5. A Fulton County Medical Examiner investigative report, FCME case 2022-00861, obtained by GPS through an open-records request, documents a medical history of hypertension, hepatitis C, and substance use, and notes that the medical examiner did not perform an autopsy. The investigative report exists, but GPS records state the certified cause and manner of death have not yet been obtained.

The second, Joel Bennett, 44, died on March 22, 2023. GDC records the death as an in-custody death at Atlanta Transitional Center, per GPS. GPS records list a cause category of 6 and state the cause remains unknown/pending. GPS’s open-records searches with the Fulton County Medical Examiner found no case for a Joel Bennett with a 2023 death year; GPS notes the death may have been certified at a hospital outside Fulton County, or that no medical-examiner or coroner inquiry occurred.

For context, a Georgia DOAS Risk Management settlement ledger lists a $10,000 state liability payout tied to Atlanta Transitional Center for a 2019 incident involving Jerry Sellers. The payout date shown in the ledger predates Brayboy’s documented ATC superintendent start date of January 16, 2021.

Sources

• GPS personnel records and in-custody death records for Torrenzo Brayboy and Atlanta Transitional Center.
• Fulton County Medical Examiner Investigative Report, FCME case 2022-00861, obtained via open records request, regarding Christopher Shane Green.
• Fulton County Medical Examiner correspondence and search results regarding Joel Bennett.
• Georgia DOAS Risk Management settlement ledger, via open records, for the Jerry Sellers settlement tied to Atlanta Transitional Center.

Synthesized by GPS Intelligence System on Sep 6, 2026 from positions, attributed deaths, lawsuits, intel reports, and news mentions in the public corpus. The supporting data tables follow below.