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Brown, Wanda S
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Profile written August 30, 2026
This profile reflects positional accountability — this individual held the leadership roles shown during the dates shown, during which the listed deaths or lawsuits occurred. Inclusion does not constitute a legal finding of personal culpability for any specific incident.
Tenure Summary
Wanda S. Brown appears in GPS records as a behavioral health counselor from 2015 through 2017 before moving into facility leadership roles. Brown held the post of Correctional Asst. Supt at Phillips Transitional Center in 2018, Correctional Superintendent in 2019 and 2020 with no facility name listed in GPS records, Deputy Warden at Phillips Transitional Center in 2021, and Correctional Asst. Supt at Phillips Transitional Center from 2022 through 2025. GPS records also show a one-day Correctional Asst. Supt posting at Phillips State Prison on Nov. 22, 2023.
Across Brown’s facility-tenure records, GPS attributes two deaths to Brown, both at Phillips Transitional Center. GPS records list no lawsuits naming Brown as a defendant.
What happened on their watch
Phillips Transitional Center — Brown held three postings at this facility: Correctional Asst. Supt in 2018, Deputy Warden in 2021, and Correctional Asst. Supt from 2022 through 2025. GPS records attribute two deaths at Phillips Transitional Center during Brown’s tenure there.
The first, on Oct. 10, 2021, was Anthony Lamar Johnson, 62, while Brown held the Deputy Warden role. According to GPS records, a Gwinnett County Coroner case (21G-1764) was later located; the initial coroner investigation listed no determined manner or cause, and the case was subsequently resolved as natural/medical with manner natural.
The second, on Dec. 23, 2024, was Wayne A. Lockett, 67, while Brown held the Correctional Asst. Supt role. GPS records provide no narrative cause for Lockett’s death. The two decedents were ages 62 and 67. GPS records do not attribute any deaths to Brown’s earlier 2018 Phillips Transitional Center posting.
Phillips State Prison — Brown held a one-day Correctional Asst. Supt posting at Phillips State Prison on Nov. 22, 2023. GPS records attribute no deaths to Brown at that facility.
Sources
- GPS personnel, position, and death records for Wanda S. Brown
- Gwinnett County Coroner case 21G-1764, as documented in GPS records
Positions Held
| Title | Facility | Tenure |
|---|---|---|
| CORRECTIONAL ASST. SUPT | PHILLIPS TRANSITIONAL CENTER | 2022-01-01 → present |
| Correctional Asst. Supt | PHILLIPS STATE PRISON | 2023-11-22 → 2023-11-22 |
| DEPUTY WARDEN | PHILLIPS TRANSITIONAL CENTER | 2021-01-01 → 2021-12-31 |
| CORRECTIONAL SUPERINTENDENT | 2019-01-01 → 2020-12-31 | |
| CORRECTIONAL ASST. SUPT | PHILLIPS TRANSITIONAL CENTER | 2018-01-01 → 2018-12-31 |
| BEHAVIORAL HLTH COUNSELOR 3 | 2016-01-01 → 2017-12-31 | |
| BEH HEALTH/COUNSELOR (WL) | 2015-01-01 → 2015-12-31 |
Deaths attributed during tenure
2 people died at facilities under Brown, Wanda S's leadership.
| Date | Decedent | Age | Facility | Role at time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-12-23 | WAYNE A LOCKETT | 67 | PHILLIPS TRANSITIONAL CENTER | CORRECTIONAL ASST. SUPT |
| 2021-10-10 | ANTHONY LAMAR JOHNSON | 62 | PHILLIPS TRANSITIONAL CENTER | DEPUTY WARDEN |
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